Autopsy report following the death of David Eby’s political career
On the Facebook page BC Green Supporters, Peter Neuman wrote text that is repeated here after the separator. It is repeated with permission of Mr. Neuman.
Norman Farrell
Morgane Oger’s comments
I can’t. This isn’t ok! “Slavery is good.” “…I have been in favour of slavery since 2016”. Comparing being gays to disease or disability. Hardcore racism against Africans. The words…
Laila Yuile’s comments
I’m still home sick today, along with half the valley from the number of comments on a post in Comox Valley community yesterday! Take your pick – rhinovirus, covid and…
Election 2026
More than a few voters remain unsure where to place their vote in Saturday’s provincial election. The choice is difficult. Party platforms offer some guidance, but promises mean little when…
Political corruption and economic monopolies go hand in hand
Dominated as Canada is by large corporations that profit through monopolization, this country needs an organization with goals like those promoted by the American Economic Liberties Project. We have one…
World Inequality Report 2026
I have seen statistics about wealth and income concentrations many times, but I was shocked when I came across the World Inequality Report for 2026. Ricardo Gómez-Carrera of the Paris…
David Brooks, a traditional conservative now a staff writer at The Atlantic
David Brooks’s opinion piece in The Atlantic begins with a question that many people have been asking for a considerable time.
Teddy Doze-evelt
TIME magazine published the full transcript of its interview with Donald Trump. It makes a strong case for more effective constitutional and political means of removing a president who is…
Rob the poor, give to the rich
A paper published by the Rand Corporation in 2023 had a fundamental conclusion that U.S. economic growth since the mid-1970s has been distributed far less evenly than in the postwar…
No unconditional loyalty
The B.C. NDP deserves criticism. But the reassembly of the disassembled B.C. Conservative Party offers little confidence that it is ready to govern. Let the Conservatives first demonstrate that they…
Carlin, gone too soon
Much of George Carlin’s work survives despite the passage of time.
Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year
Climate change may not affect baby boomers like me, but it sure as hell will affect my grandchildren. The headline of this article is drawn from the World Health Organization,…
Foot-dragging on electrifying new residential construction may cost new owners $25,000+ in retrofits
Local governments are climate change laggards. This needs to change, and voters should keep this in mind on October 17.
David Eby’s blunder
In what may prove to be one of the greatest misjudgments in the modern history of politics in British Columbia, David Eby chose to call a provincial election. The fact…
Metro Vancouver is costing North Vancouver taxpayers almost $20,000 each
I was recently at a meeting where North Vancouver District Council member Jim Hanson talked about the need for reform of Metro Vancouver governance. He illustrated his comments by comparing…
Taxpayers are invariably hosed
I don’t know why private industry should object to government involvement in megaprojects. Eventually, and inevitably, taxpayers get hosed, while the world's wealthiest citizens grow even wealthier. Governments spend billions…
Affordable housing
A discussion of policies that could result in more affordable housing.
Crime declining — police budgets and political rhetoric rising
Dr. Graham Farrell served as Research Chair in Environmental Criminology at Simon Fraser University before moving to the University of Leeds in 2015, where he is Professor of Crime Science.…
We had a visitor
Yesterday, a black bear was in our yard, but when it noticed humans, it scurried up the Seymour River western escarpment behind our home. Today, another bear visited. This time…
Municipal politics and climate action
A friend of mine is deeply engaged with his local government. He is, by his own admission, a royal pain in the ass to people at city hall. His theory…