The other night my partner, Penny, and I watched “The Mauritanian” — a new film that’s getting a lot of buzz, and for good reason. I don’t normally blog about movies, but this exceptional movie is worth making an exception for. Most of us have at least heard about the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in…
Category: Vancouver
Pinpointing what’s possible when it comes to vaccines
On the COVID-19 front, I’m delighted to share some great personal news! Out of the blue the other day, I got a call from Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre, which is part of Vancouver Coastal Health. Would I like a nurse to come to my home the next day to give me the vaccine? Of…
A second look at Biden’s plan for Yemen
In my last blog, I commented favourably on President Biden’s announcement in regard to Washington’s new policy regarding Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen. Since then I’ve watched a video by investigative journalist, Abby Martin, on www.theAnalysis.news. The Analysis video opened my eyes and I am now much less optimistic about President Biden’s announcement. Regarding President…
Soon, the NPA will be put out of its misery
The Non-Partisan Association saga continues with yet another chapter that illustrates how the oldest and, some would say, most venerable municipal party in Vancouver has been taken over by a bunch of right-wing amateurs. The NPA’s elected caucus has continued to demand that their party’s board of directors call an annual general meeting. Normally, this…
No one is immune to the rise of fascism
As the countdown continues with the transfer of power from President Trump to President-elect Joe Biden, the world is on edge. Rumours continue to circulate that President Trump will launch an attack on Iran during the dying days of his presidency. Even worse is the unthinkable but very real risk he will push the nuclear…
The NPA is as good as dead
It’s Vancouver’s oldest and some would call it the city’s most venerable political party, since it has dominated our local political scene for decades. The Non-Partisan Association, or NPA, was founded in 1936 to claim the centre-right when Vancouver’s business class was petrified of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation or CCF — a socialist democratic party…
Help stop The Ice Pick for good. It insults us all!
The Toronto-based developers like to describe it in terms of origami for its so-called “folded planes”. But just about everybody I know calls it The Ice Pick for its cold indifference to its surroundings, and how it stabs at the heart of our city’s most iconic district. We all thought the dreaded Ice Pick project…