Opinion

A family therapist, Murray Bowen, believes you can understand a family and a person within the family unit when you investigate and analyze their past three generations.

Ed, my neighbour next door, showed up at the store last week to check out our Halloween costumes. Halloween brings the kid, or inner child, out of Ed in full force.

Dear Editor When I started high school in 1945, the legal drinking age was 21. As a result, in our school, drinking wasn't the "thing to do" until we were about the age of 18.

Winter is here, it came early and is already making me crazy. We've missed meals with friends and family because of the roads and the energy bill has been climbing for weeks.

Sitting around the supper table this Sunday evening, the conversation turned to cousins, nieces and nephews. I love these family gatherings and the memories they evoke.

Dear Editor Regarding the letter requesting balanced CUPlex Dekker Centre events coverage (News-Optimist Oct. 31), I recalled the name of the television show, The Facts of Life, upon reading this person's opinion piece.

Today, I am going to talk about the election, and the topics of "hope" and "change." No, I am not talking about the American election.

It goes against every fibre of my being to be on the same side as Lucien Bouchard about anything, but an Oct. 23 report in the Financial Post almost has me rooting for the guy in his current efforts. Bouchard, former No.

A big bouquet to Ryan Gidych, Brandon Keating and Ted King for being "Snow Angels" and coming to the aid of responsible dog owners trying to get to the dog park by the airport Monday.

Dear Editor I am a member of The War Amps Operation Legacy, which consists of young members and graduates of the Child Amputee Program who are dedicated to preserving and commemorating Canada's military heritage by teaching younger generations about