Okay, today I’m on holiday, so I think a feel-good story is in order. As this one involves receiving the benefit of our tax dollars, everyone should be interested. My town, Tsawwassen, is a pretty typical suburban setting, with tattered, semi-rural-style streets. Originally they all had ditches to deal with our West Coast rains,…
Month: August 2017
Social Commentary
Trump Was Right – But That’s Not the Point.
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Or Was It? So Donald Trump lost it yet again and said something horrible, and the media jumped all over him. But the strange thing is that what Trump said is correct. The alt-right and white supremacists are far past being complete idiots and a long way towards what most decent people would call evil.…
Politics
Here’s to Christie: Ineptitude Will Out
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As expected, Christie Clark’s team didn’t win, so she quit the game and went home, solidifying her name in posterity as the least effective premier the province has seen in the last 50 years. Note I don’t say the worst. She was far too inept to do a whole lot of damage. She committed the…
Politics, Social Commentary
You Think You’re Discussing Politics; You’re Not
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Common wisdom among hostesses who wish to ease the flow of conversation at their parties: no politics, no religion. Why not? These topics are important to everyone, and many people have opinions on them. They should be good for much lively discussion. And that’s the problem; the discussion is too lively. More like argument. Why…