Armchair Archives

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – ‘International law’ is just political convenience

April 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

The following editorial was first published on March 11, 2014. HYPOCRISY IN POLITICSs is as old as politics itself, but the crisis in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. On [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Have a nice day… seriously

April 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops Daily News on Feb. 22, 1985. ‘SHOOT! SHOOT! You lousy!” This is the gentleman sitting one row up and a couple of [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Violence, nudity and coarse language in the movies

March 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

The following column was first published in The Kamloops Daily News on Nov. 18, 1983. A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO, I scanned the movie ads. The line-up went like this: some very [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Doctors’ closed-door strategy has its flaws

March 10, 2023 // 1 Comment

Concerns over the healthcare system aren’t new. Twenty-five years ago, B.C.’s doctors took a day off over a money issue. This column was originally published on Saturday, [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – In quest of the magic formula of being positive

March 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

I foolishly neglected to mark the date on this clipping but, given the references to Expo, it was written in 1986. It puts the lie to those who claim I have gotten grouchy [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Announcing the Bad News Awards for 1975

February 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

For this week’s edition of Armchair Archives, we go back to 1976. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976, not long after I returned to [Continue]