Back in tribal days, the war leader was usually the best fighter, and he led from the front. The main development of war tactics in the last couple of millennia has been the gradual movement of the leaders away from danger. Since Medieval times, the noble/serf relationship has dominated the battlefield, with the serfs taking…
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Politics, Social Commentary
The Law of the Oilfield Jungle
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There are two ways to make a fortune in business. The first method is invention. You come up with a new idea, a new product, or an improvement on an old method. The other technique is to make it as easy and as cheap as possible to market your goods and services. A successful business…
Politics
Gapping the Bridge
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I will always remember the moment when Justin Trudeau lost my confidence in him. He had won the election and was saying all the right things and everything looked okay. An then he called off his promise to institute Proportional Representation. It had been a key point in his campaign, and the main reason I…
Politics
Running the Numbers for Ukraine
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The war in Ukraine may be a drone war at the moment, and the locals may be winning, but like all wars, this one is a matter of people vs people, and economy vs economy. People vs People In the long haul, this war comes down to people vs people. Like Hitler, Netanyahu, and the…
Politics, Social Commentary
The Battle Against Greed
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Sorry, folks, it’s time again for the voice crying in the wilderness. But I’m not prophesying anything good. The only sure bet at the moment is that we’re going to have a horrible time with wildfires this summer. El Nino, low snow packs, everything points towards it. What is unfortunately also true is that Nicole…
Politics, Social Commentary
Criminally Responsible
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A difficult situation has arisen in British Columbia, and the Premier has seen fit to argue publicly against the penal system’s authority and actions. In doing so, he has harmed the usefulness of the legal system and not done any favours for the victims. The Original Case Ten years ago, a man killed his own…
Politics, Social Commentary
Warfare: the More it Changes…
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In essence, the art of battle hasn’t made much progress recently. It’s still a matter of the warring powers developing huge masses of the equipment that would have won them the last war, only to find that science has already moved on. Late 1770s An imperial power tried to control a rebellious colony with conventional…
Politics
The Art of the Stall
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In the constantly changing merry-go-round of provincial/federal/civic politics, everybody is on a different section of the “get-something-done/get re-elected” cycle, and they rarely coincide. So sometimes the best solution is to stall. If you can get other politicians to follow along, you can wait for a better opportunity, and often that’s best for the country. Mark…
Politics
Ain’t Gonna Change
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News media last week was full of “Carney has a majority, what now?” Fair enough. But the question that kept appearing was, “How will Pierre Poilievre have to change to adapt to the new situation?” How many times have we heard this? Don’t people realize the premise the question is based on? A Foible of…
Politics, Social Commentary
The Land Rights Debacle
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I had a conversation last weekend with a friend who owns property in the Interior, and he was all up in arms about, among other things, the loss of private ownership within Treaty lands and the ceding of control of all mining in the province to the First Nations. That’s right. Complete control. And according…