Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Montreal’s ban on pit bulls begins; will it make a difference?

October 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PITBULL LOBBY says Montreal’s ban on the breed — which takes effect today (Monday, Oct. 3, 2016) — won’t work. [Continue]

GUEST EDITORIAL – Grandma and Grandpa aren’t likely to hijack a plane

October 2, 2016 // 1 Comment

A guest editorial from Don Staff in place of Jim Harrison’s CHNL editorial: MY WIFE and I went to Ontario last month to visit relatives. Which means that twice we were [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re back, in a manner of speaking

October 1, 2016 // 10 Comments

AND SO, we begin again. You may have heard Friday that the NewsKamloops.com website, on which Armchair Mayor has resided for the past 14 months, has ceased publication. This [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The week in politics or, ‘What the hell is going on?’

September 25, 2016 // 8 Comments

LET’S SUM UP the week in politics. Donald Trump thinks the cops should do “profiling” and what’s called stop and frisk on people. This is his idea of how to stop the [Continue]

EDITORIAL — Media, public don’t judge Harper the same way

August 2, 2015 // 5 Comments

EDITORIAL — Now that the media are finished whining about the cost of the extra-long election campaign, we can get on with figuring out who’s best qualified to lead [Continue]

EDITORIAL — Killing of Cecil the lion a stupid, cowardly act

July 31, 2015 // 2 Comments

EDITORIAL — The killing of Cecil the lion was wrong on so many counts it’s hard to know where to start. Cecil, of course, is the famous lion wounded with an arrow [Continue]