Our grandchildren, on the beach near Powell River, 2011
Five reasons why I want BC to remain a great place to live
BC Ferries tests solution for low-volume routes
Cap’t David Hahn examines comfort and stability Hahn family takes advantage of free ferry passes Head office staff helps with vessel safety testing
Then we elected Obama
By Dave Johnson, ourfuture.org Just ten years ago this country was running huge surpluses and paying off its debt. But then we elected Obama and all hell broke loose. Oh, wait… Something […]
Why is rudeness becoming de rigueur?
From David Mitchell’s Soapbox “Then there’s Dragon’s Den, a veritable temple of rudeness, which also tells a barefaced lie about how business is done. The people who do that job for real […]
Understanding modern medicine
David Mitchell and Robert Webb, two of Britain’s brightest social commentators, provide an inside look at modern healthcare:
A self-indulgent story of cars
We suffered a fatal loss recently. Not tragic but inconvenient. The family car died, soon after our local service mechanic found he could afford an air ticket to anywhere because we said, […]
Little known wisdom
A regular reader forwarded the opinion piece about efficiency that is shown below. It seemed relevant after my sad account of an unnamed person delaying and inconveniencing my important technical efforts, in the […]
Empty rooms
Harper Lee wrote about her love of books as a child and her dedication to the written word: “Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, […]
Sacrifices must be made
See the whole strip at This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow Global TV and their media partners want you to know we cannot afford reasonable healthcare because economic affairs are so bad […]
BC Liberals to feed the lions ?
Colin Hansen and Kash Heed should resign along with Gordon Campbell so that Christie Clark has a better chance of winning a seat in the Legislature. BC Liberals can rid themselves of […]
How about an ‘Inquiry on the Cheap’
News Item: The provincial Crown is seeking the return of up to one million pages of documents disclosed to defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption case. B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief […]
They might be giants
Dave Lundy, commenting at theleftcoast.ca, leaves his view of early entrants to the NDP leadership race: “So let me get this straight, the first 3 candidates for the leadership of the opposition, […]
Time to evacuate Arkansas?
You know about coal miners and canaries. Life for a bird in a coal mine might be short but it could be meaningful. Being sensitive to poisonous gases, canaries warn of dangerous […]
The USA’s year in crazy
Now in its 16th year, online publication Salon covers wide ranging topics but examines politics and social issues with a liberal or progressive point of view. Salon publishes stories on culture, lifestyle, technology and […]
Toff guys
For people tired of BC politics, this is from The Now Show one of the Friday Night Comedy Shows of BBC Radio 4, available by podcast. A guest last week was Henning Wehn, […]
Time for a change of place and a smile
Writer and humorist Barry Cryer OBE has been an important contributor to British comedy for over half a century. Having written for many leading comedians, he lately worked the after-dinner circuit reminiscing about good old days […]
A personal contribution
Please excuse my very personal act but this pictures three of the people on whose behalf we now argue for a better British Columbia. Three of my grandsons. Brothers Shay, Odin and […]
The blossom and the fading flower
Dying in increments, okay with that…
The article about Roger Ebert repeated here was first published in 2010. It came to mind when I was reading through old emails exchanged with an acquaintance who was facing a serious life challenge. None of us know how we will respond when facing the final threat to survival. Ebert was only 70 years old when he died in 2013. Despite years of serious illness, he was able to keep his life meaningful until the end.
A land where people care for each other
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