Profile of Peter Jackson

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

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• A long road to peace
  In Washington today, Americans are swearing in their first African-American president. An ocean away, Israelis and Palestinians are at war - ...
• Marxists of the world, good night!
  Well, I really got my derriere kicked on that last column. Turns out I know nothing about what's going on south of the border, as several U.S. ...
• Born in the U.S.A.
  How do we know Stephen Harper was born in Toronto? Sure, there may be hospital records, and he probably has a birth certificate. But have any of ...
• Bonavista welcomes 'Messiah's' second coming
  It's 8:30 Sunday morning in the parking lot outside Memorial University's School of Music. A crisp, wintry chill is a welcome change from the ...
• Can't get those songs out of my head
  No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd. In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud. - Dire Straits, Skateaway ...
• Finally, an alternative to Harper's bazaar
  Underlying the 2006 campaigns of both U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and his rival John McCain was a fundamental pledge to steer the U.S. away ...
• Here's lookin' at you, kid
  Hi. Remember me? The kidney guy? I'm the one who received a kidney from his wife in March. I chronicled the experience in this column space at ...
• How sweet it is - and isn't
  Whoopee! The bucks stop here. Newfoundland and Labrador is now a "have" province. When Brian Peckford made his famous prognostication - that ...
• What a flower says
  At a Telegram meeting Friday, editors were admiring the Rem-embrance Day front page designed by art director Dan Helmbold when someone had an ...
• Paradise lost
  Polls indicate that Democratic candidate Barack Obama is poised to win today's U.S. presidential election. But even if he rides his wave of hope ...
• Why nurses need a break
  When a Telegram story generates dozens of online comments, you can be sure of two things: a lot of people feel passionately about the subject, ...
• No place for scare tactics in abortion debate
  There's a new ABC campaign in town. Actually, it's an old campaign that just won't die. It's the Abortion Breast Cancer campaign, properly known ...
• Decision day
  By midnight tonight, it'll all be over but the crying. It's been a short but confusing federal election campaign. Most voters probably have no ...
• Yeah, and so's your mother
  What's the difference between a pitbull wearing lipstick and a political attack ad? One is a rare sight, and the other is as common as dirt. Hmm, ...
• Death and the maiden, revisited
  Paulina Escobar flinched as the lights of a car shone through the window. Instinctively, she stood up and faced the door. "It's me," said ...
• Green Shift a good idea, but needs work
  Tired of all the fear-mongering from Harperistas, I decided to discover what the Liberal party's Green Shift (carbon tax) policy was all about. ...
• It's not about Danny
  Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest.
• Rideout's career a real rollercoaster ride
  There are some things you just know are going on behind the scenes, even though you rarely see it happen. Then, in a flash, it's laid out in ...
• Paging Dr. Killmore
  I don't know if Gary Null and his colleagues received much publicity for their thesis that modern medicine is the No. 1 killer in the U.S. ...
• More Mexico hype
  In 1990, a young Canadian couple were convicted in a Brazilian court of involvement in a kidnapping scheme. David Spencer and Christine Lamont ...
• Reserve judgment until facts are in
  When a news story has generated a maelstrom of diverse opinions and conjecture, it's hard to resist sticking your oar in. Sometimes, though, it's ...
• Transplant launches new journey
  To begin a column that can adequately express my sentiments in light of my most recent journey with my husband, Peter Jackson, is indeed a ...
• Just like starting over
  If hospitals are a testament to anything, it is the invention of the wheel. Modern medicine may rely on increasingly sophisticated - and ...
• Food, glorious food
  I love food. I think about it all the time. I'm not a glutton, but I revel in the whole idea of food, and the delectable combinations of flavours ...
• My kingdom for a kidney
  This past Christmas, I bought my wife a matching necklace and earrings. Not too extravagant, not too cheap. The chain was white gold and the ...
• The secret is out
  I've been dying to know how those miraculous little Q-Ray bracelets work. You know the ones - they're strips of braided cable with metal knobs on ...
• The little bracelet that couldn't
  The secret is out. I've been dying to know how those miraculous little Q-Ray bracelets work. You know the ones - they're strips of braided cable ...
• The great isotope caper - who's at fault in...
  Gary Lunn, like many of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ministers, can be a little ham-handed. It wasn't too long ago that he was all set to ...
• Step back, take breath
  Those looking for a common theme to the year just past may find it in signs of a grassroots pushback against Islam. The tone was set in January ...
• Seeking old-fashioned seasonal spirit
  Twas two nights before Christmas, and all through the house, Are boxes of junk that I blame on my spouse. For, given the choice to deck halls or ...