An American friend wondered if I planned to write about recent words of Fraser Institute ‘Senior Fellow’ Tom Flanagan. The University of Calgary professor, Harper advisor and right wing activist spoke with […]
Postmedia columnist Mikael Smyth fits the CKNW political agenda quite seamlessly. This is part of his objective, non-partisan commentary, just before the 1:00 pm news break, November 29: Carole James, as an […]
We read reports describing how the NDP is funding party president Moe Sihota’s stipend with contributions from unions, particularly two large ones in BC: CUPE and USW. It is news, though neither major […]
I have written occasional criticism of mainstream media masters but never quite like this one. I have had the opinion that, as a political analyst, George Will makes a good baseball writer. […]
Troll: One who posts a deliberately provocative message with the intention of causing disruption and argument. I noted an example Monday. It is a contribution from a former professional columnist who took […]
Having forsaken home delivered newspapers, I rely on on a web connection to supply news and information. Books are treasured in our house but even a half ton of those can be […]
Fellow ‘Wingnut’ blogger Laila Yuile has been demonstrating the government’s secret payment of shadow tolls on the Sea to Sky Highway, and probably other transportation projects. The BC Liberals tried to brush […]
Sun Stenographer Jonathan Fowlie provides Campbell absent when Bill Bennett given the axe: “Premier Gordon Campbell was absent from the cabinet room this morning when Bill Bennett was asked to step down as energy minister, The Vancouver […]
Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s Wednesday piece quoted from a leaked transcript of a September conference call involving the NDP’s provincial executive. The politicos were discussing recall strategy, among other things. No wonder […]
Today, the media is full of reports criticizing Gordon Campbell’s management style. Ex-Mining Minister Bill Bennett spoke bluntly and directly, stating his belief that Campbell has driven good people away, running an undemocratic government […]
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009): “A democracy ceases to be a democracy if its citizens do not participate in its governance. To participate intelligently, they must know what their government has done, is doing […]
Published Nov 6/2010, updated Nov 10/2010. A repeating argument made at Northern Insights is that Gordon Campbell’s government cares too much for its wealthy supporters and too little for the province’s neediest […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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?
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 […]
Job Displacement? Can’t be stopped. It's just inevitable. Translated as: Let’s see how bad it can get first then talk…
To halt the spread of homelessness as a top housing priority few things matter more than affordability. What does matter…
On the subject of Wealth Extraction... Has BC Hydro Chair Mr. Clark studied info comparable to this video? Should Hydro…
Renewed interest in “interest”? https://ellenbrown.com/2025/11/04/how-a-fed-overhaul-could-eliminate-the-federal-debt-crisis-part-ii-curbing-fed-independence/ Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that compound interest is “the most powerful force…
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This Just In https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/general/microsoft-to-use-2-8-million-gallons-of-lake-michigan-water-in-2026-for-mt-pleasant-project/ar-AA1ML7Mw Too bad about Lake Michigan. Where did you say hundred of thousands of gallons of data…