PETERS – Is this what American exceptionalism looks like?
YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THE TERM ‘American exceptionalism’, but there’s no doubt you’ve experienced the concept before. It’s the idea that the United States, due [Continue]
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PETERS – Social media killed nuance and replaced it with the ‘take’
I WOULD HATE TO BE RUNNING a high school debate club in 2020. Normally, I’m squarely in the camp of ‘the good old days were mostly bad.’ But one thing that seems to get [Continue]
PETERS – Grit your teeth and be kind to the Albertan horde this long weekend
IT’S THE MAY LONG WEEKEND and that means British Columbians are once again preparing for an invasion. It happens every year: our eastern flank is overwhelmed and our [Continue]
PETERS – We don’t always agree with mom but we don’t doubt her motives
THE METAPHOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AS A FAMILY is one that extends beyond the surface. And Dr. Bonnie Henry is clearly our mother in that metaphor. Rather than responding to [Continue]
PETERS – Govt restrictions have left us in a terrible place but it could be worse
FRIDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT of a ban on the trade of military-style weaponry presented an interesting dichotomy with some of the images coming out of the United States. A protest [Continue]
PETERS – National inquiry must be held into Nova Scotia massacre
THERE WILL BE NO TRIAL of Gabriel Wortman in the Nova Scotia massacre from last weekend. Wortman is dead, and while that fact will not elicit tears from anyone, it does mean [Continue]
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