Armchair Archives

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It’s not the politicians who run the governments

February 17, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following column was published in The Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 7, 1983. THERE’S A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION among many members of the general public that Kamloops [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – And so then I said, ‘Martin, I love your work’

February 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Kamloops folks are used to seeing film productions in town nowadays but, back in 1989, it was a new and exciting thing. That was the year Martin and Charlie Sheen were in [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – When Christ wants to be anonymous, something is wrong

February 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

A man dressed as Jesus Christ was arrested for unknown reasons (although some reports say he spent the night in the drunk tank) at a heavy metal concert in Penticton last [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Homelessness arrives in Kamloops but so far so good

January 27, 2023 // 1 Comment

Homelessness is nothing new in Kamloops but, back in the ‘90s, as I wrote in this column published May 7, 1994 in the Kamloops Daily News (under the headline, “On the [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – What’s in a name? Money, when it comes to arenas

January 20, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following is an editorial published under my byline in The Kamloops Daily News on Aug. 8, 1996. History confirms my opinions on the matter did not prevail. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Don’t be fooled by the hocus locus of pro rep math

January 13, 2023 // 1 Comment

The following column was originally published Oct. 6, 2018. It’s specific to the B.C. referendum on the electoral system but it outlines the fundamental flaws of [Continue]