The end of spelling, but not of the International
This was an exciting week at the Rothenburger household, at least for me — the International is, at long last, back on the road. “You scared the dog,” Syd said after I [Continue]
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Being mad as hell isn’t quite enough
“All I know is that first you’ve got to get mad. You’ve got to say, ‘I’m a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!’ So I want you to get [Continue]
Roadside spandex blooms in the spring
I may be imagining it, but cyclists and motorists seem to be treating each other with more respect. Must be Bike to Work Week. Put another way — the armchair mayor is [Continue]
Is there a God? Well, yes and no…
The amazing thing about this past weekend’s Imagine No Religion 2 conference at the Kamloops Convention Centre is that it happened at all. A few short years ago, it [Continue]
To pray, or not to pray; that is the question
It’s not uncommon, when public institutions hereabouts hold a ceremony to open a new building or mark a milestone of some kind, to invite elders from our local First [Continue]
Cut-and-run law needed for barbers? Probably not
My barber friend John DeCicco was telling me that some guy ripped him off for the price of a haircut this week. The guy claimed he had to go to the bank machine next door to [Continue]
