From the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch What is Coca-Cola doing behind closed doors with Koch Industries at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)? The Center for Media and Democracy […]
What is Coke doing with Koch
Norm Farrell
Gwen and I raised three adult children in North Vancouver. Each lives in this community, as do our seven grandchildren. Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. Since 2009, I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA.
Drawing lines
One of the items in my Mirth and Meditation Archive is this: Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. – Gilbert K. Chesterton Chesterton’s expression is wonderfully concise but, in […]
Negotiation, a fruitless process in education
Almost six years ago, Vince Ready, in an interim report to the BC Liberal government about relations with teachers, commented: …the parties have not concluded meaningful negotiations in the decade since the […]
Open letter to DFO by Alexandra Morton
To: Dr. Laura Richards, Director General, Science, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada I am writing to ask for your progress report on the thousands of silver-bright sockeye and now Coho that are floating […]
Dogs know best what to do with (anonymous) polls
Stephen Smart’s report from Victoria caught my attention during Tuesday’s CBC News Vancouver. The Legislative reporter has apparently written off the NDP opposition; his focus was on the party that finished fourth […]
Today’s built-to-loot enterprises show their style
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good (www.inequality.org). Chuck is also a co-founder of Wealth for […]
Important victory for democracy and freedom
New York, NY. Monday, October 3, 2011—Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel […]
Truth a long time casualty at PavCo
Harvey Oberfeld recently called professional sports teams: “… the worst corporate welfare bums … trying to get working class British Columbians, through our taxes to subsidize various aspects of their operations. “And […]
It’s the union’s fault – Pavco’s truthiness
The stadium soon to be named Telus Park opened to CFL fans Friday but the facility was troubled with inadequate concessions and services. Early Saturday, CKWX News reported: “The line-ups were too […]
Taking action when business is slow…
“The FBI has received substantial criticism over the past decade — much of it valid — but nobody can deny its record of excellence in thwarting its own Terrorist plots. “Time and […]
Killing machines have no conscience
Is there irony in America’s rush to deploy drones and remote controlled weaponry around the world? From Joseph Nevins at the Boston Review, Robocop: In September 2010 the House Unmanned Aerial Vehicles […]
Shouts may begin with whispers
“Wall Street’s fear is understandable. If the public is ever given a voice to express its outrage, their party train will have to stop and some people will pay for their crimes. […]
"You can talk at your own town hall meeting"
Terrance Heath produces an excellent piece on the American ‘Tea Party’ movement brought to life by the Koch brothers and other plutocrats and apparatchiks. Is The Tea Party Over? Maybe. – published by […]
And when do they bell the cats?
Rod’s Mickleburgh’s B.C. NOTEBOOK in the Globe and Mail, After his one bright insight, Bloy gets left in the dark: After nine years languishing on the government’s dusty backbenches, the former Boy […]
BC Municipalities already audited
News item, September 29, 2011 “Municipal politicians voted overwhelmingly Thursday to tell the provincial government they don’t want a Municipal Auditor-General’s office… “The local politicians said they’re already prohibited from running deficits, […]
Finding tax sources that fit today’s economy
Financial Transaction Tax: Making the financial sector pay its fair share Brussels, 28 September 2011 – Today the Commission has presented a proposal for a financial transaction tax in the 27 Member […]
Union guy stealing my cookie
From BNET, Today’s CEOs think Henry Ford was a chump. Case in point: Larry Young, the CEO of the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. In 2009, DPS made $555 million in profit and […]
Canadian media is unsustainable
Phil Hochstein, head of the ICBA, a construction industry lobby group, has long been an articulate tool given red carpet access by media that fear we might go a day without hearing from a pro-business spin doctor. Today Hochstein is selling the results of a poll his organization sponsored. Not surprisingly, the survey report matches ICBA’s view of the world.
Scapegoats. Do we have ours chosen?
Human nature leads us seemingly to need scapegoats in times of trouble and hard times. When a full economic meltdown occurs, when the one percenters have gained near the entire wealth of […]
First Hahn, now Hayes and the rest must go
David Hahn’s lucrative reign as BC Ferries CEO is ending but more substantial change is needed at the company. The Board failed in its governance role and BC Liberals should now scuttle […]
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