ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The loneliness of the civic-election candidate
Campaigning is stressful, and there’s no more stressful time than the home stretch. At the same time, there’s a sort of relief that it will soon be over. I wrote [Continue]
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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Why Good Samaritans are an endangered breed
This column was originally posed on Oct. 1, 2010. IF YOU SAW SOMEONE in obvious distress, would you stop to help? Or would you pass by? Many people would stop. Most [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – History shows Kamloops voters don’t like big changes
The following excerpt is from a column published Nov. 15, 2008 in The Kamloops Daily News. Ten years later, the situation now isn’t an exact comparison to what it was [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – 10 years ago, the Coquihalla cash cow was put to pasture
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since tolls were taken off the Coquihalla. Here’s what I wrote about it on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 in the Kamloops Daily News [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The fruits and veggies theory of transferable vote
Originally published May 2, 2009 in The Kamloops Daily News. IN 2005, I VOTED against BC-STV because I didn’t understand it. In 2009, I will vote against BC-STV because I [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Will Nelson Riis run for federal NDP; can he win?
A column by Mel Rothenburger in the Kamloops News published on Feb. 11. 1977. FOR SOMETHING THAT’S still many months away, the next federal election is shaping up to be one [Continue]
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