This from the Globe and Mail this morning (May 26, 2006), written by former Queen’s Journal co-editor, Greg McArthur. Brings back memories of History 275, “Conspiracy and Dissent in American History,” a course that I taught for three decades ………Comments welcome.
Guard says Liberal ties cost him promotion
Corrections officer seeks judicial review, claims he was asked […]
Lots to report of a general nature, including pondering answers to such questions as “why aren’t you writing for the Whig-Standard these days?” and “why doesn’t the Whig have a society page?” and what in the world will Mayor Harvey Rosen and his City Council do if big money is not forthcoming on the LVEC […]
RES IPSA LOQUITOR……..COMMENTS WELCOME…….MARGARET ATWOOD, ARE YOU LISTENING?
MARRY OR GET OUT, U.S. TOWN TELLS UNWED PARENTS
A small American town is facing accusations of seeking to drive unmarried couples with children out of town on grounds they do not fit the local definition of a family.
The brewing controversy in Black Jack, a town of 6,800 in […]
I’ve only seen the Bay-to-Breakers race once, but then Kingston is a long way from San Francisco. Several years ago I had the opportunity to be on hand in May and two of my children, David (now 42) and Kristin (now younger than David) both completed the 7+ miles course in good time. […]
Something to think about in these days of cutting corners at all corners to emerge triumphant, get to a bowl game, etc. As a boy growing up in exclusive Hillsborough, I discovered USF athletics about the time I was ten (in 1951). The Dons played great football and basketball in those days (Pete […]
I’ve been meaning to write about the concert I attended at Sydenham United Church a week ago. Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody, and contender with Bob Dylan for the mantle passed down by that icon, put on a show to remember. The Grand Theatre out of commission for reno, the church provided an intimate ambience […]
APROPOS OF AN EARLIER ENTRY, I PRESENT HERE A COLUMN THAT I WROTE FOR THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD. THE PIECE APPEARED ON SEPT. 19, 1988 (pA7), SHORTLY BEFORE THE SEOUL OLYMPICS AND THE BEN JOHNSON INCIDENT. IT ASKS READERS TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR WHEN THINKING ABOUT DRUGS IN SPORT…..
HOLMES DISCERNS THE CHARIOTS OF PILLS
“WELL, THEN, […]