The beach at the North Sea at Wassenaar
Is it really so unusual for a person the have never seen a tide? I thought, as I sat and watched the waves lick farther and farther up the flat…
August 2017
So This Guy Stops By Over the Weekend…
An old buddy. We’ve been friends since he began doing my firm’s computer work in the 80s. He comes over to visit about twice a year these days. He showed…
Charlottesville – likely just the beginning
In the space of a decade or so, public debates over differences in policy in US politics have been replaced by mud-slinging over differences in colour, religion and heritage. Obamacare…
Deliberative Polling is Path to Electoral Reform
Here is a link to my OP-ED on ELECTORAL REFORM in today's Vancouver Sun. http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-deliberative-polling-a-route-to-electoral-reform
Deliberative Polling is Path to Electoral Reform
Here is a link to my OP-ED on ELECTORAL REFORM in today's Vancouver Sun. http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-deliberative-polling-a-route-to-electoral-reform
Deliberative Polling is Path to Electoral Reform
Here is a link to my OP-ED on ELECTORAL REFORM in today’s Vancouver Sun. http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-deliberative-polling-a-route-to-electoral-reform
The Eclipse, The Future and the EQ of Caring
Something about this week’s solar eclipse has me thinking about the future of humanity. The sun strangely disappearing on Monday reminds us all that anything can happen. We are, after…
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of August 21, 2017
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of August 21, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 21, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 21, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Judge blasts Toronto cop’s ‘false testimony’ in drug case James Alex Fields…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson write that equality of opportunity is an illusion if people don’t have the necessary equality of income to…
The Jury Is Still Out
Today, as the sun is temporarily blotted out over the United States, Barbara Will wonders if her country is in a permanent state of eclipse: Pick up any newspaper and…
Using Drones to Plant Entire Forests
When drones are brought up in the news it’s usually because they are used to kill, here’s a story about drones bringing life. A company, BioCarbon Engineering, has demonstrated how…
Donald Trump and the Question Journalists Don’t Dare Ask
It's hard to believe, how time flies. But Donald Trump's "working vacation" is over and he's heading back to Washington.But sadly, although he did little or no work, just played…
In Beautiful Barcelona.
Barcelona is one of the finest cities for tourism in Europe. Its excellent hotels, broad boulevards and beautiful buildings also provide an excellent venue for international meetings and conferences. In…
This week’s column: feeling superior after Charlottesville? Don’t.
Pop quiz time. 1. At an election rally, Ku Klux Klan member J. F. Bryant is joined onstage by a confident young lawyer, who rails against those who speak other…
Len Bracko, 74, was St. Albert MLA, city councillor, schoolteacher and respected community builder
PHOTOS: Len Bracko in his days as a St. Albert councillor at the site of the city’s wetland park on the east shore of Big Lake. Below: Mr. Bracko helping…
LNG facilities: siting, safety, regulation
An August 19 fire and gas leak at the Tilbury Island LNG facility reminds of the fuel’s inherent dangers. Luckily, Delta’s Firehall No. 7 is only 1,500 meters from the…
FRIENDSHIP is in the Heart of Every Caregiver
I’m up at our family cottage on a lake in the mountains of Quebec. Yesterday it rained, so naturally I gravitated to the bookshelf in the corner by the fireplace.…
On closing questions
Thus far in my posts about the federal NDP leadership campaign, I haven’t said much about my own preferences as between the candidates. And there’s a reason why I haven’t…