Seems like Simon's posts are better -  if that's possible - when he's stuck indoors.
1.  A short piece on the growing tendency of elected officials hiding behind appointed officials...likely telling us how "accountable" they are all the while.
2.  A longer piece on how Newfoundlanders (and likely less so Labradorians) are joining the ranks of the world's remittance labourers.
And their government is jiggy with that.
 
