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Norman Farrell
Globe editorial by confounded ideologue
The Globe and Mail presented an editorial this week that appears to be written by a confounded ideologue seconded from a Toronto high school paper. It really is the most…
More contempt for the public by public officials
While we consider the subject of contempt for the public by public officials, Damien Gillis provides a definitive view of its existence. In a must read report on testimony at…
Contemptuously serving the governing party
Chief Justice Lance Finch issued a release defending Gordon Campbell's appointment to the Order of British Columbia. Finch's effort at exculpation is a rare event. For the most part, Superior…
Major threat to Canada is extravagant exaggeration
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says "draconian" anti-terrorism measures that were scrapped in 2007 are once again necessary because Canada faces a major threat from "Islamicism." Interesting fact: the Christian and…
Dear Greenpeace, re Tzeporah Berman (RERUN)
Tzeporah Berman was at Capilano University Wednesday evening performing at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. Her act was promised to be an exploration of the…
Schools help fund Encana’s foreign investments
News Item, May 2011 VANCOUVER - Encana and the British Columbia government’s Pacific Carbon Trust have a new deal by which the Trust is purchasing 84,000 tonnes of carbon offsets…
Tossing the myth of impartiality
CKNW's Bill Good took a little heat this week from callers but did his best to defend Gordon Campbell's appointment to the OBC. Good's ire rises quickly if callers slip…
‘Uncontrollable’ natural disaster inevitable
Oil Exploration Under Arctic Ice Could Cause 'Uncontrollable' Natural Disaster by Michael McCarthy Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by the Independent/UK "Any serious oil spill in the ice of…
Horgan speaks on OBC
The Canadian Press Date: Tuesday Sep. 6, 2011 8:06 PM ET VICTORIA — The New Democrat Opposition in B.C. says the rules may not have been followed when former Liberal…
Intermittent economic storms
Speaking with his disingenuousness dial set to maximum, Education Minister George Abbott talks as if the provincial government is merely an interested observer to the teachers' labour negotiations, "We do…
A non-partisan citizen speaks a powerful message
Motorcycleguy, a regular reader here, left a comment at The Vancouver Observer in response to Tzeporah Berman's defence of her support for the industry of power producers aiming to interfere…
A crime family depends on its enablers – rerun
I quoted from a Lewis Carroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter in a comment thread at the Vancouver Observer. My obvious suggestion was that Tzeporah Berman had been like…
Alexandra Morton reports an "Unwanted Trespass"
There seems to be no end to small details that paint a very disturbing picture in the coastal salmon farming industry. Why do we have to rely on private citizens…
A sad, embarrassing moment that cheapens an honour
Kudos to the Times Colonist editorialists for an honest examination of the Ordure of British Columbia fiasco: "...Campbell’s honour is premature for another reason — quite simply, it breaks the…
A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, along the briny beach
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have…
An ebbing tide may beach many yachts
In the preceding article, I quote Robert Reich from the New York Times. The words are worth repeating for emphasis because Reich's points are so little understood but so important…
Labour Day – Canadian heritage moment – Rerun
First published here in 2009 I was flipping the radio dial on Labour Day and noticed that CKNW's Christy Clark featured a guest who seemed a strange choice. It was…
Smile and learn
Strange Animal with Mike O'Brien - A short but wonderful CBC radio series