Opinion

Gerolamo Cardano was celebrated throughout Europe as a physician to nobles of the Italian court and the Chair of Medicine at the University of Pavia. He was also something of an amateur mathematician.

On such a tiny scale of economic influence, it still mattered. I was a young banker with very little ability to influence the big machine, but I did have some.

This editorial is an updated version of a column that first appeared in the Feb. 16, 2007 edition of The Citizen: Thank God for the Dixie Chicks.

Thank you for your recent story about lawn bowling in Prince George. It described the sport quite well. I would like to follow-up with a couple of points that may be of interest to your readers.

The Liberal government is making a hash of marijuana legalization by embarking on a needless consultation exercise led by a task force of well-meaning volunteers. Four U.S. states made cannabis legal in 2012 and others are vocally following suit.

This letter is my opinion. Call me a racist, call me a bigot - most of all, I'm a Bohunk. I accept full responsibility for this letter and do not pass the buck to The Citizen for it. Maybe you think that Donald Trump is a fool.

One of my physical chemistry professors, the late R.N. O'Brien, was fond of saying the three laws of thermodynamics are very easy to understand: You can't win. You can't break even. And you can't quit the game.

With the Canada Day weekend, a week of Brexit madness and visits to Canada by world leaders, it is timely to stop and to consider how Canada could contribute its knowledge to the current world crisis. It is hard to believe that the U.K.

You have worked hard all spring to get the garden, landscape and containers looking great and now you want to go away for a few days and come back to the same beautiful landscape you left. This is possible by following some of the tips below.

In recent weeks I've been searching the ditches and fields for the gorgeous wild flowers that appear so naturally, so spontaneously, without human initiative. The digital memories on my screen saver will brighten my thoughts for years to come.