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, ‘Maybe it’s too soon.” Good’s ire rises quickly if […]
Tossing the myth of impartiality
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.
Little enthusiasm to defend the OBC appointments
Friday afternoon before a long weekend – the favourite moment to dump orphaned news releases. Christy Clark’s associates wanted no relationship to the September 2 appointment of Gordon Campbell to the Order of […]
‘Uncontrollable’ natural disaster inevitable
Oil Exploration Under Arctic Ice Could Cause ‘Uncontrollable’ Natural Disasterby Michael McCarthyPublished on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by the Independent/UK “Any serious oil spill in the ice of the Arctic, the “new […]
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 premier Gordon […]
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 hope the […]
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 to protect […]
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 rules. A […]
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 wings.” Tzeporah […]
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 to our […]
Global TV’s strange news priorities
It was a busy news day Sunday so British Columbia’s self described source for news, weather, traffic, events and features did not have time to report on the rising tide criticizing Gordon […]
Don’t judge the world while standing on your head
The Order of BC awards were announced after noon on Friday preceding summer’s last long weekend, best day of all for taking out political trash. Apparently, Christy Clark’s Government was shy about […]
Campbell’s BC Liberals didn’t abandon principles, they never had any
Thomas Paine, a great radical of the 18th-century, inspired both the American and French revolutions and is widely regarded as “possibly the most influential writer in modern human history.” He is cited often […]
Honours for sale in British Columbia?
The above is from a search of the FRPCS site of Elections BC done September 3, 2011. Searching on the name ‘Aquilini’ returns a listing of donations with a total of $530,130. […]
The unworthy are poor company for the worthy
CBC reports: Former premier Gordon Campbell is among 14 people soon to be awarded the honour of the Order of British Columbia. The office of B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point announced the 2011 […]
How Global Investors Make Money Out of Hunger
Speculating with Lives, by Horand Knaup, Michaela Schiessl and Anne Seith, Spiegel Online “In recent years, the financial markets have discovered the huge opportunities presented by agricultural commodities. The consequences are devastating, […]
Message from Alexandra Morton
Testimony at the Cohen Inquiry Aquaculture Hearings hit a new low yesterday. The lengths scientists are going to cover up the marine anemia outbreak that occurred on salmon farms in the Fraser […]
They won big but it’s still not enough
Forty years ago, American (and, by logical extension, Canadian) business worried about future survival of free enterprise. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce commissioned Lewis Powell, later a Nixon appointed Supreme Court Judge, […]
Corporate tax dodging out of control?
Interesting report from the Institute for Policy Studies in the USA: “Guns don’t kill people, the old saw goes. People do. “By the same token, corporations don’t dodge taxes. People do. The […]
"The corporate coup is over – they won"
In politics today, trolls live in the sewers of think-tanks, communications firms, corporate media, old-line political parties and government ministry offices. They provide material to fill the airwaves and pages of the […]
Outbreak of postpartum compassion
Jon Stewart, most trusted newsman in America, if you are under 40, laughs at the hypocrisy of Faux News bubblehead Megyn Kelly. Recently returned following birth of a baby, Kelly defended her […]
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That was quick. The war to bring Jesus home rejected by majority of Americans? https://time.com/7382231/iran-us-israel-war-support-polling-trump-republicans-democrats/ The majority of Americans disapprove…