Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 22, 2012 J14 VANCOUVER — Finance Minister Ebenezer Scrooge VI stared from his office window at the unpopulated square below. The building was empty, silent. His face was a study. Reflective? Troubled? Conflicted? Perhaps all. It had been a long road for the Scrooges from the…
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The greatest gift I ever received
Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press – December 23, 2011 VANCOUVER — I sat down to write about the greatest gift I’ve ever received. But, like a river in flood that carves a new channel, it became about my mother. Here, hard-eyed, I declare a sour disposition toward columns about (a) one’s mother and (b)…
Of Old Bulls and Young Turks
Appeared in Winnipeg Free Press – May 14, 2011 VANCOUVER — Ready for the Parliamentary Channel switching to re-runs of Sesame Street? How about a private member’s bill bringing acne into the Canada Health Act? Think diaper boards in the washrooms will raise public respect for the Commons? The parliamentarians’ informal afternoon naps may be…
An early Christmas schnoodle
This is not a new column, but since we recently passed the one-year mark of having Kaylan in our lives, it seemed fitting to post the piece on the new website. TL From Winnipeg Free Press – December 24, 2009 VANCOUVER — In the household where these words were written, Christmas arrived early this year….
Five days that saved the world
Seventy years ago, civilization hung in the balance — and Churchill tipped it Appeared in Winnipeg Free Press – May 29, 2010 You would not be reading this, nor I writing it, if it were not for the five most important days of the 20th century — 70 years ago this week. Those who lived…