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Posted in The Tyee on May 17th, 2011
The pleasures of roaming a small bookshop, the joy of holding a bound tome. Fading fast? Whither books? Are they doomed to be curiosities on an antique table, along with coal oil lamps and ear trumpets? They well might be, with the advent of the e-book accessing hundreds of thousands of books — and cheaply. […]
Posted in The Tyee on Apr 6th, 2011
They’re tucked in so tightly together it’s a blatant, ongoing conflict of interest. I want you to use your imagination, hard as it might be under the circumstances. Suppose there is an NDP premier (see, I told you it would be tough!) who, it’s disclosed, is the honorary chairman of the B.C. Government Employees Union […]
Posted in The Tyee on Mar 21st, 2011
Does Christy Clark know the difference between a caucus and a cactus? To survive, she’d better. Understanding how caucus and cabinet work requires a mind that doesn’t believe what he/she is conditioned to believe by politicians and the media. It’s like most of our political system — what we think happens is not so in […]
Posted in The Tyee on Mar 8th, 2011
Incoming premier faces a raft of challenges. Hardest might be building a loyal cabinet. Christy Clark faces the Vander Zalm syndrome, and I question her ability to handle it. I would say the same thing about any of the other candidates had they won. Before I go there, let me express my horror at the […]
Posted in The Tyee on Feb 22nd, 2011
The more I age, the more I strive to care about the world my grandson will inhabit. Whoever said that they are the “golden years” must have been a failed alchemist — though I suppose that’s redundant. I can tell you that they are shitty with either an abundance of that commodity or into the […]
Posted in The Tyee on Feb 12th, 2011
When will we face the contradictory, dishonest way we nurture and kill animals? Much has been written about the ghastly slaughter of 100 dogs in Whistler by a company that used them as sled dogs, an event very popular, I’m told, at last year’s Olympics. Attention has been drawn to how we slaughter, indeed raise, […]
Posted in The Tyee on Jan 31st, 2011
Lib leadership candidates already signaling they endorse Campbell’s record. Sitting as I am in the middle of the Indian Ocean (actually I’m in a stateroom on a ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean) I’m getting a better feel for what issues will capture the interest of voters in the run-up to the election […]
Posted in The Tyee on Jan 19th, 2011
I owe my allegiance to certain principles rather than any political party. I’ve been accused of changing my politics. I’m now ready to plead guilty but in a qualified way, if I may. I don’t think my position has changed much since my political days — what’s happened is that I’m now ready to concede […]
Posted in The Tyee on Jan 18th, 2011
And province’s New Dems are wise to troll federal ranks for a new leader. Somehow, sitting in a room in London concentrates the political mind wonderfully. I’ve been muddling through political questions with an eye on the NDP and Liberal leadership races, if races they can be called. I’m mindful of the fact that my […]
Posted in The Tyee on Nov 3rd, 2010
Further thoughts on why BC could use a new party, and who might put it together. I’ve recently floated the idea that there’s room for a third party of the middle in B.C., and have been inundated (well, some people wrote… hell, a few folks have voiced opinions) such that I thought I should flesh […]
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