Columns

After a lifetime of failed plans, unsuccessful efforts, and catastrophic mistakes, I’ve recently learned that my penchant for sticking with a problem and pushing for a solution, or an answer, is the incorrect approach.

After Alberta’s May 5 election there was excited media speculation that the result might reverberate to the benefit of the federal NDP in the upcoming national election. That I doubt. The Alberta result was not a sudden shift in voter ideology.

TLC’s reality show 19 Kids and Counting – a show following the lives of extremely conservative Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children – has been on the air for 10 seasons.

Life is full of significant events, dates, and anniversaries.

Some people criticize what they view as the government’s increasing interference in people’s lives. They say the government should get out of people’s way, and stop meddling in things that it doesn’t have business regulating.

We live in interesting times. Our prime minister continues to thumb his nose at our constitution. Mr. Harper insisted that Mike Duffy be named the senator for Prince Edward Island despite the fact that the gentleman was not resident in that province.

All economies are exploitative: there will always be winners and losers, and those who will take more out of a system than they give to it. Should we be looking at a model for our economy that mitigates this: one that creates more “haves” than “have-nots,” or one that creates a more balanced perspective for our economy. Is this possible, without scaring those who have obviously benefitted from the previous economy here in Alberta?

Taking a “gap year” to travel and volunteer has become a popular rite of passage among high school graduates.

Awaking to a new NDP government, some Albertans have proclaimed shock at this political outcome, but the question is why? This NDP government is not the same party as one sees in Ottawa, nor is it the same as other provincial NDP parties.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, Great Britain’s prime minister during the Second World War.