Lyrics from Mitch Benn, one of Britain’s favorite satirists: I BELIEVE I believe the Good Lord loves me, and that he loves you as well And if you don’t believe he loves […]
I believe
When you don’t want to know the answers
Even though I pay for a copy of the The Globe and Mail, I may seem to be a marketing rep. Can’t help it though when articles show up like this Mark […]
Extra! Extra! Canwest publishes truth
I suppose with the pending bankruptcy, job security is no longer a huge issue throughout the Canwest Global system. How else can we explain the publication of a precise and truthful report […]
Electricity in your garbage
Since we have been thinking about power generation and Metro Vancouver is trying to find a final solution to waste, perhaps it’s time to look at radical alternatives. Within The Electricity in […]
Thanks to readers
In April, I began blogging, mostly as an exercise to improve writing skills left too long unpracticed. I was also trying to sooth an occasional urge to rant about public issues. Unfortunately, […]
Highest and best use
In “Stream of aboriginal tradition hits a rocky patch,” The Globe and Mail examines how the declining Fraser River salmon fishery impacts the traditions of people who for thousands of years relied […]
First, they lied to the poor people
From July 2009, published here after the BC Liberals reversed a promise before the May 2009 election that HST was “not on the radar.” First, they lied to the poor peopleAnd I […]
Unswerving devotion to being perverse
Let’s hope they know more about managing investigations of crime than they do about managing public relations. July 23, Thomas Braidwood issued his report recommending severe restrictions on the use of conducted […]
When 2 + 2 = 8
British Columbia Premier Deceiver Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced a plan to combine PST (provincial sales tax) and GST (goods and services tax) into HST (harmonized sales tax). The new […]
Chat with the Globe’s Mark Hume
Title: Mark Hume discusses corruption probe in B.C. politics Date: Wednesday July 22, 2009 Time: 12:00PM PDT Mark Hume of The Globe and Mail British Columbia bureau takes questions on the political […]
Self interest before public interest
An earlier post “Power from the powerful” listed the following political insiders and their connections to private power production. Geoff Plant, former BC Liberal Attorney General, now chair of Renaissance Power. Mark […]
No, not a cult
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965): “Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one among the crowds, and […]
Railgate opens?
Gary Mason, The Globe and Mail, A landmark ruling puts B.C. Premier in the hot seat, July 21, 2009: …It’s not a stretch to say yesterday’s ruling by Madam Justice Elizabeth Bennett […]
"The job’s too big for us"
A decade ago, media companies were fat and so was their sense of entitlement. Newspapers and broadcasters were flourishing and to them, the Internet was an untapped lode, ready to be exploited. […]
Do you care?
Radio talk shows are often wastelands of puffery, babble and prejudice. Well conducted programs, with knowledgeable listeners, occasionally break through with moments of simple passion. One of those occurred recently on Bill […]
"… disclosure of documents (potentially thousands) …"
Could there be other surprises about to surface in examination of the Dziekanski homicide? One has to wonder why the Inquiry anticipates soon receiving thousands of documents for examination. This was the […]
Freedom of expression, perhaps
For this post, I planned to review the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the BC case regarding advertising that discomforted our political establishment. In it, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority appealed […]
Citizen journalists and citizen critics
An American FCC Commissioner since 2001, Michael Copps opposes media consolidation. He believes it has gone too far and thinks 70% of Americans agree. Common complaints allege that concentration quiets the voices […]
Canwest Global reaching new levels
Vancouver’s Province newspaper began daily publication in 1898 and the Vancouver Sun in 1912. Both were folded into Pacific Press in 1957 although initially that was a production and distribution convenience and […]
Changing scene of political commentary
Clearly, journalism itself is not dying. What is dying — and rightfully so — is the staid, establishment-serving, passion-free, access-desperate, mindless stenographic model to which establishment journalism rigidly adheres. From Glenn Greenwald, […]
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