My latest from the Guelph Mercury.
__________
July 16, 2009
Matt Bondy
As the Roman Empire careened toward destitution in the 4th century AD, Roman emperors undertook to overhaul its civil, fiscal and military methods and objectives in a grand attempt to rejuvenate the beleaguered civilization.
As Joseph Tainter, author of The Collapse of Complex Societies, put it, “the Romans [...]
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
Bush, Obama presidencies reassert, re-imagine America
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conservatives should spend summer on ‘big think’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canadian Politics on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
__________
My latest from the Guelph Mercury
__________
June 17, 2009
Matt Bondy
Michael Ignatieff is thinking. The leader of Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition presumably spent the weekend at Stornoway — sipping a dry white, I’ll bet — and pondering.
When the Stephen Harper-led Conservative government produced its economic report card this month, Ignatieff guffawed at his fellow opposition types who [...]
The Waterloo Room
Posted in International Affairs, Uncategorized on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friends,
I hope you’ve been keeping well and the Spring has been good to you.
As you know, I have been reserving this blog as an online archive for my columns with the Guelph Mercury. Having a few months ago been awarded a monthly column of my own – Arch Over Main Street – I continue to [...]
Obama wanted JFK, got FDR
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My latest from the Guelph Mercury. (View pdf of newspaper page here)
__________
On January 20th, Barack Obama will accede to the presidential rostrum a proponent of change, swear before God to become its agent, and intone its themes before an anxious, innumerable audience.
Though Obama’s inauguration will mark, as JFK said, not so much the triumph of [...]
Sides of the Coin
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
John Meacham and Evan Thomas have a stellar piece in Newsweek, which was posted today at RCP. Entitled “The Vices of their Virtues”, the medium-length write-up makes the case that undecideds now have a perfectly good basis on which to evaluate the two US presidential candidates – and it comes down to character.
_______________
They portray [...]
Hang In There
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m presently piggy-backing on a neighbour’s wireless signal. It’s such a finnicky and slow connection I dare not even take the time to insert a funny picture or post any commentary.
Just saying hi – and remember, I’ll be back in no time.
Your correspondent from this hellish world of communications-technology barbarity,
M
Stay Put
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing worse than getting some momentum going then losing one’s footing.
I’ve recently moved to a new residence and my cable and internet provider has signalled, in various and several ways, its cavalier disregard for my journalistic endeavours.
At the very latest, we’ll be back at full speed in three weeks.
Keep Checking Regularly!
Best,
M
