After BC voters told Christy Clark to find a more suitable occupation, I planned to transition from blathering about politics to writing about travel and dining. I opened a site called Notable Discoveries and expected to let IN-SIGHTS go idle. That did not happen. COVID, inflation and health issues ensured our outside activities were limited. At the new website, I might have been writing about ways of cooking eggs on a hotplate.

I have followed politics since my early teen years, studied political science at university, and maintained a lifelong interest. Beyond a focus on public affairs, I developed a stronger interest in climate change and environmental protection. I worry about the world we are leaving my grandkids and other young people.

With the corrupt BC Liberals gone, like others in 2017, I thought a progressive, ethical, and environmentally sensitive NDP government was taking power. Guess that ranks among my larger delusions. But then, one year before the deadly pandemic took hold, New Scientist wrote, “Despite all the grim news, the world is becoming a better place for us.”

By summer of 2017, I was not done with politics. Deception had become irrefutable in statements made to me by the new Premier. Continuation of Site C dam construction while the project was undergoing a months-long reassessment foretold the outcome of that phoney review.

Additionally, there was the NDP’s absolute disinterest in examining the BC Rail affair and the associated debasing of our legal processes. On that matter, I concluded an old political habit was at work. Incoming folks ignore dishonest acts of outgoing folk because they expect the same treatment when their party’s time in government ends.

I will soon provide an example here of what I intended to produce at Notable Discoveries and I might try to resurrect the website if life becomes more settled.