Category: Opinion
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Glasgow Letter – week 48 2023
I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the Glasgow Skye Association Annual Gathering on the first weekend in December! Ever since I’ve been in Glasgow, and long before, the Glasgow Skye has felt like the beginning of the festive period. There is always a heated…
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Letters to the editor – week 48 2023
Flooding solution Reading in The Oban Times about the damage to properties caused by the flooding at Lochavullin reminded me of the discussions held with the public a few years ago by consultants employed by Argyll and Bute Council to come up with a solution. They held three open evenings at Rockfield and at the…
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At Random with Martin Laing – Thursday November 30 2023
Building for the future I am not religious in any way, yet I find the subject fascinating on a number of levels and respect the right of others to follow the religion of their choice. I suspect, though, that some people will allow their beliefs to invest their views with illogical reasoning over some issues.…
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Thought for the Week – week 48 2023
Every day the news from Gaza shows more violence, killing and war. We’ve seen the murder of civilians, the taking of hostages, the destruction of homes and hospitals. We long for peace to come. The war isn’t only affecting people in Gaza and Israel. In Britain, even here, senseless violence against Jewish and Islamic people…
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Beachd Ailein – 23 An t-Samhain 2023
Gann ceithir seachdainean gu latha na Nollaige, agus chan iongnadh liostaichean phrèasantan a bhith gan deasachadh thall ’s a-bhos! Abair atharrachadh bho àm m’ òige fhìn, ged a bhiomaid theagamh a’ miannachadh rudeigin cha robh cinnt sam bith againn dè nochdadh latha na Nollaige. B’ e fìrinn na cùise gun robh airgead gann agus dh’fheumadh…
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Lorn Healthy Options weekly health tip: The talk test and our cellular engines
Let’s prepare to grow older and live, not just exist.
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Leader, November 24 2023
The effort required to establish, run and make a success of a club like the Dunaverty Players members have cannot be easily appreciated by those of us not involved with such groups
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Thought for the Week, November 24 2023
It is not the ‘commandments’ of religion that have been the cause of atrocities and violence in recent weeks, but their transgression in pursuit of power, land, provocation, revenge, hatred and, to put it bluntly: all that is evil.
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Letters to the editor – November 24 2023
Community consultation on KGV garden has been thorough The Ardrishaig Community Garden (ACG) Committee is disappointed to learn about the KGV Park Association’s objections to the development of a community garden within the KGV Park in Ardrishaig. The idea for a community garden was first proposed at a public community council meeting in February 2022.…