Last April, Gene Weingarten became the first person to win a second Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. He talked recently to journalism students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts. He told […]
Feeling old?
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.
Who protects us from the protectors?
In August 2007, three officers of the Sûreté du Québec disguised themselves and joined crowds gathered at a summit of political leaders in Montebello. Protest leader Dave Coles noticed three bandana-clad “burly” […]
Some chicken, some neck
People in the alternative media, including your modest servant at In-Sights, have taken pleasure in recent political developments here in BC. Everyone knows that the mainstream media, with near unanimity, has supported Gordon […]
More noise from Norman Spector
Norman Spector, a man of wide political experience, added his version of the reasons for Campbell’s intention to resign. You can read it at the Globe and Mail: Gordon Campbell’s not so ‘smooth […]
BC Liberal leader acceptable to us all
Is the motive safety or prohibition?
After complaints from restaurants that new driving laws have negatively impacted the hospitality industry, Solicitor General Rich Coleman said today: “People don’t understand that they can go in and have a couple […]
Catapulting the propaganda
One thing repeated over and over and over again by government supporters in British Columbia is the assertion that Gordon Campbell “transformed the province’s finances.” What is unsaid though is that the transformation rewarded the wealthiest citizens and penalized the poorest.
Salespaper, not a newspaper
Reader Larry Elford left an interesting comment when The Tyee asked How do you like the new Globe and Mail: I call this and other “business” media in Canada a “salespaper” instead of […]
More friends helping friends?
It is a good time to consider one or two existing stories, while sycophantic media fans are “busily wiping Gordon Campbell’s tears.” Emily Barca is not one of those. At Vancouver Observer, […]
AGT shames the MSM
Alex Tsakumis throws a high, hard strike on the inside corner: “And now a word to those in the media, who are busily wiping Gordon Campbell’s tears: Shame on you. Are you […]
Sergeant Schultz was not the only one, again
From the Globe and Mail, Tory MP’s former employer targeted by CRA over Swiss tax shelters: While working as a banker more than 15 years ago, Conservative MP Andrew Saxton approved the […]
They’ve never lied to us before, right?
Squamish newspaper The Chief examined evidence put forward by Vancouver power-blogger Laila Yuile and statements of PAB media spokespersons with the Ministry of Transport. Document reveals Sea to Sky Highway being ‘shadow’ […]
Open, democratic and civil debate, for whom?
To have an open, democratic and civil discussion, all citizens must have a voice and a platform. The mainstream media in this province knows little about open discussions. I tried to engage the Editorial Pages Editor in correspondence, asking Vancouver Sun to open the Op-Ed page to people with ideas that occasionally stray from the newspaper’s agenda. Mihlar had not the courtesy to respond. So how do opponents of mainstream concepts participate in open, democratic and civil debates?
We are owed an honest explanation
Omnia causa fiunt – everything happens for a reason. When the captain who carefully plots his own course suddenly and radically alters direction, I ask why. What changed for Premier Gordon Campbell […]
Recognizing a deserving citizen journalist
Monday night, I left this comment at The Legislature Raids, a website by BC Mary (AKA Mary Mackie). Campbell will be the first major Canadian politician chased from office by a citizen’s […]
The people spoke
Please, preserve the evidence. Does Paul Taylor now get another six figure handshake and goodbye? Campbell’s pending departure is a major story because it demonstrates there is a new game today when […]
What the meaning of ‘is’ is, again.
The defining moment of Bill Clinton’s political career might be his statement to a grand jury, claiming he wasn’t lying about Monica Lewinsky when he said, “There’s nothing going on between us.” […]
D’oh!
CBC News is reporting that the new sort-of-partially-retractable $600 million roof at BC Place cannot open or close when the weather is rainy or windy. I suppose that means none of the […]
Laila Yuile refutes the BC Government refutation
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; Laila Yuile offers another chapter in her reporting about Shadow Tolls. It seems the […]
Premier still doesn’t get the need for honest debate
I usually whine about the Vancouver Sun’s lack of balance when reporting on political and economic affairs. So they deserve credit for publishing this piece, a Chad Skelton item that does not praise […]
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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…