The Independent, Dec 3/09 Jerome Taylor: I was questioned over my harmless snapshot I was on the South Bank of the Thames trying to compose a shot of the Houses of Parliament […]
Sliding toward totalitarianism
Enright talks to Kennedy, again
The Sunday Edition for December 13th, 2009: Introduction: Paul Kennedy is both the RCMP’s strongest critic and its staunchest supporter. With his findings on the horrific death of Robert Dziekański and its […]
CBC’s Michael Enright talked to Paul Kennedy
Michael Enright introduction: There are two public images of the RCMP. There’s the historical almost mythical image of the Horsemen in Red Serge taming the west, bringing law and order to a […]
News about the dark side
An editorial by The Globe and Mail, December 9, 2009: By giving out false information on the fatal tasering of the Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, and refusing to correct the errors for […]
More artwork
Civic irony, but the mural is now restored
Update: voices heard. The artwork is restored. From Marsha Lederman at the Globe and Mail, Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural: The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural […]
Talking to the wind
I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear. I’m on the outside looking inside What […]
A friend says we need levity here
Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations this year. Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news […]
Lying with dogs, rising with fleas
From Andrew MacLeod at The Tyee, Sun’s Olympic Reporter Was Paid to Write for IOC’s Magazine: The Vancouver Sun’s lead reporter on the Olympics, Jeff Lee, has over the years written […]
Synergy?
From a forum at RadioWest.ca I was listening to the 11:30 news on CKNW yesterday morning. It was sponsored by doggydoo.ca, a pet waste removal company. Could there possibly be a more […]
Privatization offers one sure result
As you read this American story, consider how BC Liberals aim to privatize health services to corporations who will put profit before people. Exclusive: Temp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses By […]
A story evolves
April 1, 2009, Statement from Metropolitan Police: A member of the public went to a police officer on a cordon in Birchin Lane, junction with Cornhill to say that there was a […]
Time for something completely different
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 […]
Hi Norm. I happened to see an NPR interview with, of all people, Tucker Carlson. I’m sure you can find…