Note, I bring this article to the top because it is drawing such heavy traffic.B.C. freezes salaries, bonuses for Crown executives, CBC News, July 25, 2012 “The B.C. government is freezing the […]
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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.
A changeup – on Major League Baseball
Mother Jones asks, Is Your Team’s Owner a Major League Asshole? Tim Murphy, Ian Gordon, Tasneem Raja, and Sarah Zhang provide information to help us judge. Here are a few examples: Houston […]
Profits before quality and safety
From RossK, The Gazetteer, A New Market For A New White Powder: …it has become religion among conservatives to denounce regulation, saying it stifles business and hinders economic growth. But consider: At […]
We’re "fed a constant stream of journalistic pap"
One of the most significant articles you’ll read anytime is by John Naughton, professor of the public understanding of technology at the Open University, published in The Observer, July 28, 2013: Without […]
Smile
I’m a regular online listener to BBC News Quiz, a panel show created by John Lloyd 36 years ago. It has been hosted by Danish/British author and presenter Sandi Toksvig since 2006. […]
Harper channels Nixon
Harper’s Audit-the-Enemy Strategy Fulfills Nixon’s Dream, Mark Grandia, DESMOG CANADA “…Not only do we now know that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office maintains a political enemy list, we also saw an extra […]
BC Liberal Whac-A-Mole
Premier Photo Op’s deputy chief of staff resigned over her role in the Liberals’ ethnic outreach artifice. The Liberals and their faithful media partners emphasized that Kim Haakstad took no cash on […]
Corporate crime and failure of oversight
With the death toll at 35 42 47 and rising, Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster is not just tragedy, it is corporate crime. At the root is eagerness of big business to take ever […]
NDP insiders need to go
Failed NDP candidate Matt Toner provides commentary: Let’s reboot the Old Democratic Party into something new for the 21st century. Toner would offer much as an MLA and I’m surprised that voters […]
David Hardon, R.I.P.
An old friend passed a while ago. I’m sad about that and full of regret that we went separate ways long ago and never reconnected. Dave Hardon wasn’t famous outside the film […]
Tall tales in the post-truth era
I’ve often wondered why Grouse Mountain’s single wind generator sits idle, even as the breezes blow. Talking about the wind machine standing above North Vancouver, BC Hydro’s CEO said: Grouse Mountain is […]
What, me worry?
The Salt Spring Island Forum holds programs for people interested in learning about issues important to the world. At one of their events, we met Bill McKibben, the man Time Magazine called […]
If you read anything this week, it should be Mair and Willcocks
I add to a piece from a few days ago because Rafe wrote what amounts to Part 2: “Why Rafe Mair is Cancelling his Sun, Province Subscriptions” This part I appreciate particularly: […]
Can we start again?
I’s bin livin my life wrong for three score and more years. I shoulda listened to that fire and brimstone Baptist preacher when I was a kid in East Vancouver. Instead Bobby […]
Encouraging crime best way to fight crime?
“An investigative reporter who analyzed hundreds of FBI counterterrorism stings says the case of a Surrey couple accused of plotting to bomb the B.C. Legislature rings eerily similar. ” ‘…you find these […]
Brave New World has arrived
In 70 plus years of the communist eastern bloc, elites exercised tight control of communications. Pravda and Izvestia were mouthpieces of USSR state agencies and censorship was pervasive, including management of radio, […]
Returning soon
I’ve been absent from the blog world for a few weeks and regular readers deserve an explanation. First, I’ll describe what started this one person blogging effort more than four years ago. […]
Canada’s Senators, choose one
To help us decide which image best represents the Senate, Toronto Star provides a helpful resource HERE.
Government we collectively deserve
A significant week just passed. Great days for some; difficult moments for others. Like many observers of British Columbia politics, I was surprised by the election result. Believing facts clear and the […]
Connections between wealth and power flourish in secret
An article I published almost three years ago is timely on this election day. Voters have an opportunity to change direction. If we do not, the plundering of British Columbia will accelerate. […]
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If you require high standards a good place to look for clarity is Liz Oyer. Liz - Blanche takes down…