Opinion

A bottle of Laphroaig and a Hoyo de Monterrey double corona. If you happen to be a sucker for fine Scotch and big, complex cigars, the aforementioned will evoke images of comfy, quilted cordovan leather easy chairs, and time well spent in conversation with the closest of friends. And the good fortune to know that,...

On my way to kindergarten one day a long time ago I witnessed one of those early lessons we sometimes remember for the rest of our lives. A welder was welding two pipes together beside a hole in the ground in the middle of a lawn, back in the days before it took three workers,...

Seasonal excitement has gotten out of control. It happened on a whole new level last year when the pumpkin spiced latte got its own hashtag and started trending, but even before pumpkin spice became the only thing nice, seasonal anticipation was starting to go overboard. There was the Christmas countdown app that everyone downloaded in...

'THEY DON'T REPRESENT OUR RIDINGS TO PARLIAMENT. THEY REPRESENT THEIR PARTY TO OUR RIDINGS.' Yesterday, columnist Chuck Poulsen touched on a question I’ve been pondering for weeks now. He broke out some of the promises and numbers being thrown around by federal party leaders on the campaign trail and wonders how individual voters are supposed...

I asked a friend how she was going to vote. Her response astutely stated what many voters in this three-way tie are thinking. Here it is: “How am I going to vote? Oh, that is so difficult to say. “The trouble is that I just am not an ideologue. I cannot, on principle alone, support...

“Your father died ten minutes ago.” The nurse’s terse conveyance over my smartphone left me dumb. The anticipated but dreaded call arrived mid-afternoon last Wednesday. I’d been on the road plying my workaday trade; and the whole way back from Fernie that day, I had been periodically interrupted by thoughts of my dying dad. How...

It’s hard to find perspective when a child dies.

There isn’t much that makes me squirm with discomfort. Apart from moths inside lampshades, unexpected penis pictures, the occasional episode of criminal minds and awkward small talk with old high school classmates, I’m pretty steadfast when it comes to most situations. More and more, however, I’m finding myself experiencing pangs of what can only be...

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT IS BRANDED, BOXED, WRAPPED AND SOLD? I’ve developed a new hobby of trolling partisan voters — voters who have already drank the Kool-Aid and support one party over another or others. It’s easy prey because declared partisans have committed themselves to a path of poor logic. Take the...

SINGLE DAD LOOKING TO SETTLE DOWN: Seeking warmth. Security. Positive atmosphere. Must be okay with dogs, kid friendly. Preferably easy on the wallet — and the eyes. Clean and tidy a definite plus. No, it’s not a personal ad. It’s a wanted ad for housing — creatively embellished, though not unreasonable, as personals are —...