Profile of Peter Jackson

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

All articles of Peter Jackson

• Conversion therapy: a delicate sort of gay bashing
  Imagine you’re diagnosed with schizophrenia. Your life is consumed with feelings of fear and paranoia, brought on by imaginary voices. You are ...
• I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore
  Someone once described the difference between an American and an Irishman as follows: an American and an Irishman walk by a mansion. The ...
• When words were words, and acronyms knew their place
  Rhonda, a hairstylist, notes that the Back Street Boys and New Kids on the Block have joined forces. Their new group abbreviation is NKOTBSB, ...
• Eastern Health thinks in mysterious ways
  If Vancouver can set up a facility where drug addicts can safely break the law, surely a handful of smokers should be able to sneak out ...
• Senate reform? Expect some fireworks
  In 1992, anyone foolhardy enough to utter the words “constitutional change” would have risked a trip to a mental health facility for observation. ...
• Liberal cartoon ads that didn’t make the cut
  Billy the Broken Ferry Voice: Why so glum, Billy? Billy: Because I’m on drydock again. It’s so frustrating. Why do I keep breaking down? Voice: ...
• If appointing partisan senators is wrong, stop doing it
  Now that we know Fabian Manning, thankfully, came out of his moose encounter relatively unscathed, I would like to join the chorus of those who ...
• A tale of two studies
  Where have all the climate change scientists gone? Are they all cowering in their labs, afraid to enjoin a skeptical public? Have they been ...
• We must stop talking down to animals
  I have been giving some thought to releasing our dog into the wild. Not our setter, mind you; she is very old and feeble, and would likely not ...
• We await the unveiling of the secret agenda
  In a way, I’m unguardedly happy and relieved that the Conservative Party of Canada finally forged the majority they so desperately coveted. It ...
• Election day stream of consciousness
  I don’t know how to vote. All those debates and rallies and ads are all so confusing. I think I’ll just go with my instincts. I’ll just go around ...
• Talking to the taxman
  A couple of decades ago, the touchy-feelie crowd came up with a new way of asking, “How are you?” In short: “Where are you on the ...
• The great escape
  The one thing we said wouldn’t happen, happened.Within an hour of moving the dogs to our new house in the city, our 110-pound retriever bolted ...
• So long, golden pond
  About fourteen years ago, my wife and I moved to a house overlooking a small pond in Portugal Cove. This weekend, we will move back to St. ...
• A face in the crowd
  I am now on Facebook. I finally have “friends.”This is a big yawner to most of you, I know. The networking service has been around for a decade. ...
• Till the day I die
  You know the ones. The ones who say they’re die-hard Liberals, their parents and grandparents were Liberal, and their spouse and children are, ...
• Politically correct science
  There’s nothing like being trapped in a circular argument. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? If I say everything I say is false, is that ...
• One course worth dropping
  I love myth-busting. There’s a certain satisfaction that comes with clearing up long-standing misconceptions, and bursting a few bubbles in the ...
• Retired teachers fill a hole
  One of the main headlines arising from the provincial auditor general’s report released two weeks ago has been the revelation that hundreds of ...
• Actions speak louder than words
  The editorial on page A6 of today’s Telegram addresses a report on the province’s access to information law by John Cummings. Cummings, a former ...
• The Metrobus stigma
  Dug deep down in my pocketsTo try and find some coin,But much to my chagrinAll I found was my groin.— Shuffle Demons, “Spadina Bus”Has this ever ...
• How much for the sugar water?
  Last week, CBC-TV’s “Marketplace” aired a program called “Homeopathy: Cure or Con?” There was little doubt about the answer to that ...
• That’s for us to know, and for you not to find out
  There’s the booby prize, and then there’s the bottom of the barrel.When it comes to openness, it looks like Newfoundland is in the latter ...
• A serious look at humour
  The problem with political correctness is it’s not funny.That’s the main concern among many of those who protest any incursion on their right to ...
• Driven out for Christmas
  A friend was supposed to be in Morocco for Christmas. He didn’t make it, of course. The chaos at weather-beaten airports in Europe foiled his ...
• A Christmas visit
  ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the House,The cobwebs had gathered like ticks on a grouse.The green chairs sat empty, the ...
• That old Christmas card
  Top 10 excuses for posing in front of the words “Lest we forget” for a Christmas card: • 10. Came down to a toss-up between that and “We are the ...
• More on muddied messages
  I don’t like corporate philanthropy. I’m particularly down on those that fund health initiatives — especially children’s health.At least, that’s ...
• Sending the wrong message
  Is there anything more sad than a new addition to a children’s hospital being named after a fried chicken magnate?The Janeway Children’s Hospital ...
• Names will never hurt me
  The day I was born, my father popped out to pick up some cigars. When he entered the store, he was greeted by a display for a new brand of ...