Opinions
The game no one wants to play
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 13th, 2020
Data has forced the conclusion about climate change Marc R. Roussel UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE Imagine a game in which two players take turns, player one adding a cup of water to a bucket, and player two removing a cup. Averaged over time, the amount of water in the bucket stays the same. At some point, ... Read More »
18 responsesThe price of progress
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 12th, 2020
Monica Field In the words of John Prine, describing Paradise, Kentucky: Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. I have ... Read More »
1 responseAn October Surprise in the U.S.?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 8th, 2020
Trump’s rush to open economy also revived pandemic An “October Surprise” in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately. He might try to cling to office even if he loses the vote, but it would be a lot easier and neater if he ... Read More »
11 responsesStrike three! You’re out!
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 7th, 2020
Strike one, strike two, strike three – you’re out! The two words you don’t want to hear while you’re up to bat. But when it comes to the prime minister, these two words are more than appropriate. Justin Trudeau’s first ethics strike took place when he used more than 200,000 taxpayer dollars to pay for ... Read More »
6 responsesCrowsnest Pass at a crossroad
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 6th, 2020
Allan Garbutt I was born and raised in southern Alberta, and first explored the upper Oldman River more than 60 years ago. The Oldman was a favourite recreation area until school and work took me away. I returned as a medical doctor in 1992 and have lived here ever since. My return coincided with some ... Read More »
8 responsesA good next step in fighting virus
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on August 5th, 2020
Earlier last week city council made masks mandatory in public areas of City-owned facilities and on City transit. This is a great first step in order to help keep the community safe in light of a recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the first two recorded deaths from the disease in the city. Masks are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Importance of open-mindedness
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 31st, 2020
Consider CO2 contributions from non-human resources in climate debate Cosmos Voutsinos Universities are called “higher-learning institutions” because, in addition to their research, their teaching process includes the examination of all sides of a problem, then the professor assists his students to reach a conclusion. This way, the students are learning how to think, instead of ... Read More »
54 responsesA safe return to the classroom
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 30th, 2020
Nathan Neudorf MLA FOR LETHBRIDGE-EAST The suspension of in-person schooling in March has been hard for many students and their families. Kindergarten to Grade 12 education changed significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I know that students, parents, teachers and school boards did their best to adapt to a different way of ... Read More »
2 responsesNew approach to opioid crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 29th, 2020
When the late Red Adair, the famed oil well firefighter who doused well blowouts around the globe, tackled a well blaze, extinguishing the flames was just the first step. The problem wasn’t over until the source of the fire – leaking oil or gas – had been stemmed by capping the well. Alberta – the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A new Cold War brewing? No sale!
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 25th, 2020
Is there going to be a new Cold War with China? Probably not. Consider the case of Huawei. Mike Pompeo swept into London on Tuesday like an overweight Darth Vader, while his local satrap, Boris Johnson, waited nervously in Downing Street for judgment. People swore they could hear Pompeo’s cloak swish as he strode through ... Read More »
2 responsesUCP putting health system at risk
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on July 24th, 2020
American-style medical system would be a bad deal for Albertans I had hoped that by the time I was writing this column in July that we would have had much of the worst of the pandemic behind us. I hoped that we would have successfully flattened the curve, and put in place the measures necessary ... Read More »
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