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Peter Jackson is The Telegram's Commentary Editor. You can reach Peter at pjackson@thetelegram.com

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• Don't let the music die
  “Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.”— Frank ZappaWith apologies to Joni ...
• The new invaders
  I had always assumed Mexico’s history centred around struggles against Spanish overlords and American interlopers.But a friend informed me ...
• Get on the omnibus — or else
  “Everything is not black and white anymore. The budget is not the budget.” — Loyola Hearn, May 2005 Loyola Hearn was in a tight spot. The ...
• Stompin’ at the Savoy
  Does privilege improve the performance of politicians? Do they function better not having to worry about that expensive second brandy, or the ...
• Will lawsuits spell the end of homeopathy?
  I’m embarrassed to admit that World Homeopathy Awareness Week, April 10-16, somehow escaped my notice. Because if there’s anything I’m dedicated ...
• Cute behind glass — not so in the flesh
  Walking up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, you hit the southeast corner of Central Park at 59th Street. In July, it’s usually hot and sticky. Exhaust ...
• Just answer the questions
  If the PUB was the jury in a criminal trial, you might say it just delivered a nullification verdict.Basically, it did a bunch of things it ...
• You can’t do an air search without aircraft
  CBC-TV’s “The Fifth Estate” aired its much anticipated documentary on the death of Burton Winters Friday. The Labrador teen froze to death on the ...
• All the news that fits
  What makes something a news story? And who decides?They are questions that many readers — on blogs, in letters, in phone calls and in online ...
• The life and times of Pierre Poutine
  His friends had little doubt Pierre Poutine was destined for a life of crime. Even as a small fry on the streets of Joliette, he was always ...
• It takes two to tangle
  Last week’s column made some assertions that were — shall we say — less than accurate.The first was my suggestion that the current administration ...
• The percolated jumping frog of Dunderdale county
  There’s a metaphor about change that often springs to mind.Take a frog and put it in a pot of boiling water. It will immediately leap out. Put it ...
• Sticks and stones
  Politics is full of glass houses. But that doesn’t stop anyone from throwing stones. Far from it.Last week, a firestorm of protest broke out over ...
• Febreze®
  Febreze, a line of deodorizers manufactured by Proctor and Gamble, has been on the market since 1996. Most people will recognize Febreze from a ...
• Is old age security really broken?
  Fixing what’s not broken seems to be a guiding principle behind much of what Stephen Harper says and does these days.In everything from corporate ...
• Best-laid plans
  “When we commenced our review, we requested a copy of the ‘Infrastructure Strategy’ that was being referred to in the speech from the throne and ...
• Rendered mute
  It’s hard to know what makes Lawrence Solomon tick.The National Post columnist has devoted most of his energy to spreading myths and promoting ...
• Harper, Pope draw battle lines
  Now there’s a sensational headline, for sure.It’s a nod to Canada’s most mobile pundit, Andrew Coyne, who downsized fellow journalists for ...
• Lesson learned, now for the next step
  The sordid legacy of residential schools has left a lasting scar on the relationship between native populations and the rest of us who — fairly ...
• Beyond the grief, a gesture of giving
  In Tuesday’s Telegram, Barb Sweet reported on the fact that 25 people in this province received life-changing kidney or liver transplants, thanks ...
• St. Christopher sticks it to Christmas
  I notice Christopher Hitchens is dead. By that, I don’t mean he has “passed on” or “crossed the bar” or “gone to meet his maker.” I mean, where ...
• Christmas stories, new and revised
  Warning: Reading this column will take two minutes of your time that you will never get back.Rudolph the red-nosed reindeerRudolph the red-nosed ...
• Eyes without a face
  Not to trivialize the issue with a choice double entendre, but the decision to ban veils at citizenship ceremonies is really only window dressing ...
• Lies and the lying liars who tell them
  I cannot tell a lie. The title of this column is stolen from U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s book about the Republican Party and its unofficial media ...
• Zen and the art of surfboard deliverance
  Several years ago, a choir I sang with attended a little social event in a church basement along with a visiting group from Brazil. We had some ...
• Do your best, Scouts Canada
  Few criminal cases are more sickening than unreported child sexual abuse.The most high-profile of these has been abuse at the hands of Catholic ...
• Excuse me, is this street occupied?
  Thanks be to God. Those dirty, urinating, lazy, misguided vagabonds have finally been kicked out of Zuccotti Park. (That is, unless they've moved ...
• Let’s get serious about jokes
  It’s a knee-jerk response, mostly. A public figure makes an off-colour remark and everyone jumps aboard him or her. Special interest groups ...
• Global warming: one skeptic’s conversion
  I think we’re long overdue for a global warming checkup. The topic has pretty well fallen off the radar in the past couple of years, but climate ...
• Do no harm, but do something
  Just to be clear, I am a stooge for Big Pharma. I have been bought. They throw wads of cash my way, disguised as grants and consultancy fees.I am ...