Rainbow over WashingtonThis image seems almost too extraordinary to believe. A real rainbow on a day of gay protest, shining through the…
Boom, Bubble and BustTom Durning passes along a New York Times article from October 21 that now seems dated by fast-changing events: A…
Last Candidate Standing!A Municipal Election Event Like No Other :: Friday, November 7, 2008 (7:00-9:30pm), Think election debates seem like a bit…
The Creative BinnerProvince columnist (and sometime PT contributor) Derek Moscato picks up on an idea I floated a few weeks ago: ……
Obama in a laneThis is Barack Obama walking through the Honolulu neigh- bourhood in which he grew up. What struck me, in addition…
ConnectionsDoug Saunders, the “Reckoning” columnist in the Globe and Mail columnist, can usually be counted on for some Saturday-morning insights. …
Buzzer goes blogThe Buzzer – Translink’s little newsletter (and a unique feature of this region’s transit system) – has gone online: Editor…
Small is beautifulWitold Rybczynski makes the case for smaller homes: Smaller houses on smaller lots are the logical solution to the problem…
FeedbackA video about the feedback loops likely to lead to catastrophic climate change. No, not cheery, but kinda important to…
Loving the OlympicsHere’s my latest column in Business in Vancouver: How much do you have to love the Olympics if you want…
With more respect to Sarah Palin …I had asked in a previous post whether she was a “dispensationalist” – and gave a link to Wikipedia for…
New Stuff 1 – Golden Ears BridgeI’ve been doing a bit of travelling this last week, mainly around the region. In the next few days, some…
TEAM Comes to the Paradise MakersFormer city planner Ray Spaxman, when asked to discuss “Vancouverism”, had this to say in a recent Courier article: “I…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner