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Residents south of Morriston along the Highway 6 corridor had their trust in government agencies broken last week.

Among the axioms we live by in the world of journalism is that stories, editorials and columns we expect to cause a stir often don鈥檛, while reports we deem innocuous can end up setting off a firestorm.

Watching Speaker Ted Arnott ban the wearing of traditional Palestinian scarves called a keffiyeh has been interesting.

What are you prepared to do?

If only life鈥檚 troubles were so easily dismissed. We long ago ran out of digits counting the number of times that people seemed indifferent to the plight of others. 鈥淣ot my problem,鈥� many would say.

The Feds just announced a new lunch program for students. Over the course of five years, $1 billion has been pledged to feed kids under a national school food program.

Sometimes it鈥檚 best to listen before offering up opinions and reacting to things.聽

Any time governments rush in to limit speech, a free citizenry should be wary.

It looks like a crack in the armour is forming.

Ontario鈥檚 Progressive Conservative government has been taking some heat of late for the appointment of two former political staff members to a committee that helps select provincial judges.

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney passed away last week. 聽

How did we get here?

As the GPS, standard in most cars and smart phones completes its directions and a vehicle pulls up to the address a cheery maiden announces, 鈥淵ou have arrived.鈥�

Our impulse control is clearly not in check this morning, so please excuse the rant on a subject that has been our passion for closing in on four decades.

They still call it MBWA 鈥� management by wandering around.