I was pleased to be able to attend a Pink Ribbon breakfast at Cambridge Community House last week. It preceded the monthly Cambridge Community of Social Services meeting and was raising funds for a great…
I was pleased to be able to attend a Pink Ribbon breakfast at Cambridge Community House last week. It preceded the monthly Cambridge Community of Social Services meeting and was raising funds for a great…
Journalism is sometimes referred to as ‘the fourth estate’ because of the power of the press to balance the power of the government, the police, and the wealthy.* The news media kept the people informed,…
Lately, headlines have been vying for clicks with dramatic claims. Again. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen splashy predictions like “Mile-wide volcano ready to erupt…” or even better, “Major US volcano predicted to erupt…
Interestingly, the recent expulsion of the members of Te Pāti Māori from parliament for a period of time appears partly to be a result of their performing a haka in the house. It raises questions…
There’s a joke about three men shipwrecked upon an island. Being marooned presented a bleak outlook with little prospect of rescue. A bottle washed ashore one day. Intrigued, the three opened it eagerly to discover…
I worked for 10 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in their immediate post-war reconstruction phase. There were highly-paid international consultants by the hundreds, possibly thousands, there. Some readers may be asking if I was…
Matter of interest Waipa District Council’s reply to my letter to the Cambridge News re their “arbitrage” loss is an example of obfuscation – bureaucratic nonsense. In August 2024 WDC announced their “arbitrage deal” would…
This week I want to acknowledge the serious incidents that happened the weekend before last, and extend my condolences to the family and friends who lost loved ones. I also acknowledge the good work and…
It can be a challenge to grasp the scale of geologic processes on land, and I’m finding this even more true in the marine environment. Part of the difficulty lies in the lack of information…
On one of the last evenings on our very recent cruise I sat at dinner with a well-dressed, quietly spoken, American who never uttered a word unless addressed directly. Strangely his wife, at the other…
