Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Elections just won’t be the same without public opinion polls

November 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

THERE’S AN old joke that 82.6 percent of statistics are made up on the spot. Toss that one out at a dinner party or a coffee klatch and see how many get it. Truth is, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Hanging out in the laundromat with Leonard Cohen

November 12, 2016 // 5 Comments

A LAUNDROMAT on Seymour Street was visited many years ago — maybe 25 or so — by a man who could have been anyone with some dirty socks and underwear that needed washing. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trump quickly proves election hasn’t changed him

November 11, 2016 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OUTGOING U.S. President Barack Obama made a salient point in the dying days of the election campaign — he said people [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Never has Canada-U.S. friendship faced such a challenge

November 10, 2016 // 6 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE CANADIANS were saying all the right things yesterday (Nov. 9, 2016), in our usual polite way. We common folk might have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Just one question about what happened in that election

November 9, 2016 // 11 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT THE HELL were they thinking? [Continue]

EDITORIAL – U.S. presidential election shows the folly of early-voting rules

November 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AMERICANS go to the polls today to elect a president. At least some of them do. Some won’t vote at all (between 80 and 100 [Continue]