Opinions
The different meanings behind ‘where are you from?’
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 17th, 2018
“What’s in a name? (Would not) that which we call a rose, by any other word smell as sweet?” Not if you are like many Canadians who continue to make an “other” out of those born in Canada with last names which reflect ethnic origins not of the British isles or of France. In southern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Trump is the emperor without clothes, possibly the ‘biggest, most dangerous the world has ever seen’
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 13th, 2018
I am a news addict. I listen to the news in the car and at home and talk about it with co-workers, friends, and even complete strangers sometimes. The news is one of those ‘windows onto the world’ that can give us a sense of where our world is going. I can’t avert my gaze ... Read More »
2 responsesMarple’s courage in going public with dementia diagnosis has had benefits
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 12th, 2018
Being bold enough to put a name and face to it takes courage. There are all sorts of issues that make Hatters annoyed. Some choose to leave an anonymous comment for Ticked Off & Tickled Pink. Others make a telephone call to the News and vent. It is fairly rare for an individual to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians should be angrily fired up over bread ripoff
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 11th, 2018
Fixing bread prices seems as though it would be more of an issue during the French or Russian Revolutions than in our modern world. However, the current case of companies accused of adding pennies to loaves over the course of the last 14 years should be a call to arms for citizens. Considering that our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oprah is not the answer
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 10th, 2018
Whether Oprah Winfrey runs for president in 2020 or not, it will not miraculously change what is wrong with America. In fact, it might even be detrimental to American society as a whole if she does run. The last thing the United States needs is another over-exposed celebrity setting its political agenda, cloistered in notions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economics 101
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 8th, 2018
I am always amused by people who demand more services from government, lower taxes for them and want to tax the rich and the corporations more and more. These people obviously have no concept of where money comes from. The money comes from work, effort and risk along with due diligence. Some in the U.S. ... Read More »
2 responsesWe should take a closer look at how we treat our most vulnerable
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 5th, 2018
How quickly we forget a lesson learned nine years ago. On Jan. 6, 2009, a homeless man was found dead outside the Medicine Hat Public Library. It was around 2 p.m. before anyone even noticed him wedged between an exterior wall of the library and a parallel decorative, perforated wall. “He was in the fetal ... Read More »
1 responseComing up in 2018: Mundane, but necessary work at municipal level
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 4th, 2018
The changing over of the calendar will always bring with it some new optimism, a hope for better times, even an easier go of things. But, with the bottles of bubbly now drained and confetti cleared away, the road ahead for City Hall shows a lot work on the agenda. Mayor Ted Clugston ran a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A tale of two leaders
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 3rd, 2018
Thomas Pynchon once said in his landmark novel “Gravity’s Rainbow” about the vagaries and vicissitude’s of power, politics and decision making that “Decisions are never really made — at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around a**holery.” As we end 2017 and move on to 2018, we ... Read More »
2 responsesU.S. needs federal funding to slow opioid death spiral
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 2nd, 2018
In almost every developed country, life expectancy at birth has trended predictably and steadily upward for decades, with slight hiccups from time to time, usually lasting just a year and often triggered by major epidemics. The United States, in the grip of an escalating opioid addiction and overdose crisis, has now recorded its second straight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Does getting older mean you’re getting wiser?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 2nd, 2018
I attended a funeral recently where everyone felt uncomfortable. The atmosphere was thick and interactions felt totally artificial. We were acting like robots going through the motions — lips moving, hands shaking, legs walking. There was absolutely no heart communication. So do we get wiser as we age? If you think so, you probably forgot ... Read More »
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