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People change their mind. Do they though?

Holding on to ideas and beliefs without examination and the willingness to change them is a rigidity that doesn't serve you well. One of the biggest societal changes that we've all experienced in recent years is the willingness for people...

Cynic or sage? Battery factory is good news

Will the new Dumfries battery factory unleash the usual cynicism? Or are you ready to acknowledge good news? The motto of this newspaper is “Beware of cynicism dressed up as wisdom.” It’s a botched version of something said more eloquently...

Ahoy there Orbán

Six weeks after a short parade of world leaders clung to Trump’s hand desperately trying to get their money’s worth at the ratification of the Board of Peace, six of those members - seven if you include the US - were involved in a shooting...

Improvements or paying for the damage done.

Hold on to your hats Doonhamers, the High Street and Queensberry Square are about to get some TLC from the Council. The Council announced the improvements with quotes from Andy Fergusson and Tony Berretti from the Economy and...

Do flood defences go far enough?

Has Sandside been left behind by the flood defence scheme? The D&G Council has published a new website with details of how the flood defence scheme will pan out over the next 3 years, subtle signs that work is underway on the Greensands...

New time check service

Ever since the great chippy disaster of 2032 when the Midsteeple slid down over the plainstanes, leaving some less than plain stains, and crashing into New Look with disastrous consequences, Doonhamers have been struggling to know the...

You can't make it up ...

My colleague, A.Y.Watt has been writing about the Doric Technology Institute and one of his reports covered a nosey version of the Ring doorbell.nosey version of the Ring doorbell that kent abody's business. Now just a few month after it...

Are we expecting a Viking raid?

I saw some “stop the boats” stickers at a pedestrian crossing the other day near the river. I got a sudden pang of fear. Are the Vikings coming? Had someone decided to do Nithraid twice a year? Was there a pestilence ridden cruise ship...

We don't use our democracy

We think we use our democracy, but we don’t. We talk about protecting democracy, but we talk about democracy like it's a listed building nobody has a plan for. We don’t compromise any more. We just go for the win. We don't even seem to...

Who's a Bad Bunny, eh?

American libertarians, free speech absolutists, blood and soils nationalists and everyday racists are spitting into their apple pies because their Superbowl handball half-time show featured a guy singing in Spanish. They were not up for...

Does anyone still wear a hat!?

Noo that everyone and their strife is wearing wee docker caps again like it's 1982, I thought I'd break out some fashion tips from my stale old jar of things bygone. Right so here's the way things seem to be at the moment. The crusties are...

Imagine if dictators backed down?

Living in a state of paranoia of your own making must be hell. It’s particularly ironic as it seems that personal freedom eventually is directly disproportionate to power. Saddam, Qaddafi, Ceaușescu all knew this. The chart very swiftly...

Another day, another cannabis farm

Another cannabis farm worth about £1 million was found by police in Dumfries making this about the 3rd or 4th in as many years. This time the stash was on the Vennel and it's clear now that doing up abandoned buildings is a growth...

Doric Techno Spaiver

I promised tae keep yis in the loop aboot developments at the Doric Technology Institute. Weel ah've a wee bitty news, but ah must confess, I feel like that loon that hid tae rin awa tae Russia fir leakin a that tap secret info. Fit's his...

Let there be light

Dear Doonhamers, have you heard of electricity? Have you tried it yet? Well whether you're a keen user of electricity or just electro-curious, the power of electricity was unavoidable to most Doonhamers today. At specifically approximately...