So we wait…. The other day I posted a snarky comment on Facebook about the pathetic performance of the right wing opposition parties in the Alberta Legislature, to which an old friend of mine in Vancouver replied, “Dave, you’re in BC now. Gotta let the Alberta wing nuts go and concentrate on the ones we…
I was sitting on my deck on the day after the BC provincial election, contemplating the outcome (as it stands — it may change) and feeling — intrigued is the word I’m looking for — at finding myself living in a riding with a Green MP and a Green MLA. And the irony hit me. They…
It continues to amaze me that so many who are attracted to politics struggle with the fundamental principle that you must not only do the right thing; you must also be seen to be doing the right thing. Understand — I cannot vote in next Tuesday’s BC provincial election because I haven’t lived here long enough. Some would…
This might be difficult. “This” is the task of writing my first rant since relocating to paradise. Since my typing skills were honed in the newsroom, I do this mostly using two fingers while looking at the keyboard. So I have to take my eyes off the view! Salt Spring Island is so stunningly beautiful that…
Like motorists passing the scene of a horrific highway crash, I cannot look away from the ten-car pileup that is the Donald Trump presidency. Nor can I make sense of it. How did it happen? Who, or what, started it? What caused the chain reaction — wet roads? Drivers following too closely at high speed?…
You will have noted by now that it’s been nearly a month since I’ve written anything in this space. I fully expect that in the not too distant future my rants and musings here will become much more frequent — maybe even regular — because my environment will be much more conducive to putting analog…
Happy New Year, tout le monde. I note that this is Day 3 of the carbon tax and the sky has not yet fallen, despite the best efforts of the reactionary right to convince you that it would — or will….just wait…any day now…. (I see that my Johnson & Johnson stock ticked upward nicely in…