Thursday, March 5, 2026
This is Adam Walsh. He hosts (and produces) The Signal on CBC Radio in Newfoundland and Labrador, and I’m going to be his guest on Friday for a trivia show. My job: to make him… Read More
Thursday, March 5, 2026
“The test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like… Read More
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
A detail in the latest City of St. John’s economic snapshot caught my eye — and it speaks to an ongoing rift between what people are feeling and the bigger economic picture. The city’s report,… Read More
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
“It would be irresponsible for me and CNN to tell you what the person being gang-raped says, what the rapist says — and to give each equal time and moral equivalence. I can’t do that… Read More
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
It’s been (counts fingers) six weeks, less a day, since I launched this website, and revived Dot Dot Dot, the blog I ran into the ground with intermittent activity for a decade and a half…. Read More
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
“It’s an odd pairing. I’ve always loved the audience, but from a distance. Once you’ve elicited a strong response from an audience, you want it again. That kind of an energy is as addictive as… Read More
Monday, March 2, 2026
On Friday night, Steven Page and his trio headlined the annual Big Ticket fundraiser for the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra in St. John’s. What an evening. (The photo above and another below come from the wonderful… Read More
Monday, March 2, 2026
“I don’t know if anyone has noticed but I only ever write about one thing: being alone. The fear of being alone, the desire to not be alone, the attempts we make to find our… Read More
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Oh, the poor em dash. Often overused by writers like me, it’s now become a symbol of cheating, a giveaway that someone had an AI like ChatGPT whip up an essay for them. Pity, because… Read More
Sunday, March 1, 2026
“I wanted to create a woman who would be representative of my mother’s generation, because these women are leaving us, and I feel a great debt of gratitude to them. Not only was I raised… Read More
Saturday, February 28, 2026
If there’s an industry that could use a proverbial drink, it’s the booze industry in the United States. Consider this. American wine and beer exports fell in 2025, and fell hard — a drop of… Read More
Saturday, February 28, 2026
“I learned this lesson too late, frankly: Do not judge it while you’re doing it. Do not go back and fix things that are 20 pages ago when you’re already 20 pages past that. You’ll… Read More
Friday, February 27, 2026
Most journalists are accustomed to encountering a politician who is thrown by a question, or who seems uncertain while formulating an answer. Occasionally, though, you get the “deer in the headlights” look, with a politician… Read More
Friday, February 27, 2026
“Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.” — Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt, who had an enormous influence on what… Read More
Thursday, February 26, 2026
We’re having a record-setting time in the St. John’s metro area this month. A few days ago, we passed the mark of 170.2 centimetres of accumulated snowfall, making it the snowiest February since record-keeping got… Read More