In the news we find another community sports person accused of sexual misconduct with a child. This one hits close to home, literally and figuratively, because it originates in my home area, […]
Meddling in affairs of wizards
Returned from a quick visit south of the border, I cast the one good eye over news of recent days. There is a target rich environment but I couldn’t decide on a […]
Not keeping the waters pure
Thomas Jefferson: The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be […]
Monumental monumentality
Alex G. Tsakumis, online journalist, describes Gordon Campbell and doing so, provides a text book example of word economy. When the American Psychiatric Association, which knows naught about word economy, describes Narcissistic […]
They gots some ‘splainin’ to do
The platinum crew on the bridge of the good ship B.C. Ferries has got some ‘splainin’ to do. The provincial comptroller-general reported that executive salaries and director’s fees, which exceed public-sector guidelines, […]
Global TV, one thumb up
I complained repeatedly about reporting inadequacies of Vancouver’s Global TV News so, to be fair, I’ll say well done for tonight’s story reporting on West Vancouver School Superintendent Geoff Jopson. Strangely, the […]
Patronage, applied Liberally
Northern Insights recently reminded readers about the BC Liberal Gravy Train that rumbles through obscure and remote locations, boarding a few special travelers. Despite disposition of its main operating assets in 2003, […]
Sell Out
“Sell Out” is a song by fabulous California ska punk band Reel Big Fish, released as the first track on their 1996 album Turn The Radio Off. It may be a good […]
Justice still waiting – Why?
October 25, 2009 was the one year anniversary of Orion Hutchinson’s death. There are still no charges against the driver of the car that struck the young cyclist. Attorney General of BC […]
The transparent fog
Bob Mackin writes at The Tyee:VANOC’s last board meeting opaque. His piece is longer but this interested me: On May 16, 2007, VANOC pledged to increase transparency by posting agendas before and […]
Falcon’s cry
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche! BC Liberal privateer Kevin Falcon has no sympathy, he says, for paramedics who should work overtime whenever demanded. Falcon accused the paramedics of jeopardizing patient lives by […]
Nov. 17/09 UPDATE from BCCLA
This is a development that adds information to the Northern Insights article Kinder, gentler mold.——————————————————– The Vancouver Police Department has responded to BCCLA demands that it refrain from using their newly acquired […]
About a pointless pickle
Allen Garr of the The Vancouver Courier recounts a tale worth reading. It is the story of Tom Prendergast, TransLink CEO, a transit manager with an established record of success, fast tracked […]
Poverty – parent of revolution and crime
The title to this piece was written in the 4th Century BC by Greek Philosopher Aristotle. It speaks a lesson still unlearned. Perhaps not entirely unlearned because democracies mimic totalitarian regimes in […]
Gentler, milder mould
Soon, Sgt. Pepper and his virile squad of spraying constables may represent a kinder, milder mould. Weapons technology is advancing rapidly and the 2010 Olympics provides Canadian police with opportunity and funding […]
Taking the gravy train
A reader of In-Sights provided this link to a Washington Post article. It seems timely, given recent evidence that BC Liberals have been overstating economic benefits from the 2010 Winter Games. Later, […]
Join that War on Terror
BC Liberal Burquitlam MLA Harry Bloy said in the legislature Monday: . . . that 200-odd group of terrorists who came to Victoria from across Canada to interrupt the games. Anyone who […]
Worthwhile reading
You Don’t Have to Sell BC Hydro to Give it Away by Dr. Marvin Shaffer Consulting Economist specialized in energy, transportation and environmental economics and Adjunct Professor SFU Public Policy Program Policy […]
More Olympic history
Avery Brundage became President of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1929 and later took the IOC appointment of an American expelled for advocating a boycott of the Berlin Games. Brundage opposed the […]
Origins of our traditions
Excerpts from the New York Times, Hitler’s Berlin Games Helped Make Some Emblems Popular: “The torch relay is so ingrained in the modern choreography that most people today assume it was a […]
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Naomi Klein gets it. The economy needs to be structured for the many, not the 1%. A couple of other…