Letters to the Editor
It’s lazy to blame CO2 emissions for wildfires in Australia
By Letter to the Editor on January 18th, 2020
An apocalyptic theme of fire and transformation plays to our sense of foreboding. We naturally intuit Australia’s fires as a sign of the end. What lurks behind this nightmare spectacle? Start with Australia’s actual climate – it hasn’t changed. Its latitude on Earth is in the southern hemisphere’s desert belt, with the Namib and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thanks for helping the rich get richer
By Letter to the Editor on January 17th, 2020
I happen to be over 65 years old, but my wife is under 65. She just received notification this morning that her prescription coverage for seniors is being cut off, effective March 1. At the same time, we read that due to cuts in provincial corporate tax, executive pay and bonuses are soaring to new ... Read More »
3 responsesPrejudice is folly
By Letter to the Editor on January 17th, 2020
I had several international visiting professors at university. Some of them were world-renowned scholars. A few were brave enough to teach in Japanese. Because I was young and stupid, I thought them less than what they were worth because of their newly acquired language, ignoring my French, which was like a three-year-old child. You are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regulation has important role in business
By Letter to the Editor on January 16th, 2020
Mr. Neudorf, our MLA in Lethbridge-East, has an overly simplistic concept about the economy. Like far too many UCP party supporters, he tells us unrestricted business promotion provides our “standard of living.” Perhaps Mr. Neudorf is confused between the creation of paper wealth and the production of a public good. Public goods serve humans. Paper ... Read More »
1 responseWill common sense prevail over climate hysteria?
By Lethbridge Herald on December 30th, 2019
The Herald published three Canadian Press articles on Dec. 18 emphasizing a need to act on the so-called “existential threat” to our planet posed by the “climate crisis.” Mia Rabson, one of the writers, asserted: “A decade ago, climate change was more academic than reality, but in recent years few Canadians haven’t been touched directly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Obama’s support revived Liberal campaign
By Lethbridge Herald on November 22nd, 2019
In support of “Didn’t Obama mingle in Canada’s election?” I think he meant meddle! It was proven that Obama’s endorsement five days before the election had an immediate and huge upward effect on the polling of Justin Trudeau. Liberals were tanking and immediately after Obama’s endorsement, Obama’s comment was retweeted a few hundred thousand times, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trying to block movie is blocking free speech
By Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2019
Many pro-life groups fought hard to get the movie “Unplanned” to be shown in Canada, writing letters, petitions, phone calls to government MPs and distributors, etc. and finally success! The Movie Mill in Lethbridge said yes, and now a petition has been launched to pressure them into not showing it. There is no such thing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Migration is the engine of civilization
By Lethbridge Herald on June 22nd, 2019
In June 1979, I attended the UN conference in Geneva, Switzerland discussing the Vietnam refugee crisis. Canada was represented by Flora MacDonald, Secretary of State for External Affairs in Joe Clark’s Conservative government. She pledged that Canada would accept 100,000 of the so-called “Boat People.” Canada made me proud. Compared to the most recent offer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Offer input on appeal board manner
By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2019
The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board of the City of Lethbridge exists to hear appeals regarding decisions made by a development officer, subdivision authority or the Municipal Planning Commission when those decisions are challenged by concerned citizens. This Thursday, June 20, at 6 p.m., the board will hear an appeal regarding the MPC approval of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Treated like modern-day ‘lepers’
By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2019
The recent letter and online comment regarding our plague of opioids as experienced locally exposes the reader to the human and darker side of current public perception. Not for the first time, debate generated more heat than light. This left me troubled. We can agree that it is a problem which appears intractable with no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s the rush to ponder full-time councillors?
By Lethbridge Herald on November 28th, 2018
One of my quirks is I hate surprises. I mean I really hate surprises. So you can imagine my dismay when I picked up Friday’s paper and saw the headline “Full-time councillor talk resurfaces at deliberations.” They have passed proposals for creating four or more full-time positions.It’s a surprise because almost two years to the ... Read More »
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