Opinion Columns

Rechecking my assumptions
A year ago in this space I opined how February was the worst month of the year and that it sucks beyond measure.

Black History Month can help promote unity and inclusion
There are many who ask why we need Black History Month, celebrated each February.

Happy Hour
Those of us of a certain age will remember, back when our local radio station was on the a.m. dial, the noon in memoriam announcements.

The Young and the Not-so-Stressless
My beautiful daughter was born in 1995 — the same year the UN’s climate panel published its second report. It said our actions had the potential to change Earth’s climate “to an extent unprecedented in human history.”

My New Year’s Res-Illusions
According to a 2016 American study, 91 per cent of people don’t follow through on their resolutions.

Where’s the bus?
Lindsay has no transportation service to connect it with communities outside Kawartha Lakes
The map of the GO bus service in our region is a surreal portrait of public transit dysfunction for Kawartha Lakes.

Christmas conspiracy
Yeah. It’s Christmas time again. Even saying it pains me. Christmas is just not my thing, and not because my vegetarian tofurkey is almost as bad as it sounds.

