ROTHENBURGER – Are we too easy, or too tough on our young people?
“At the age of nine I had to do the work of a teenager, working with four horses hitched to a set of harrows walking behind barefooted. Boots couldn’t be worn because [Continue]
Armchair Mayor
EDITORIAL – The question that shouldn’t be asked at U.S. border
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SAD STATE of Canada-U.S. relations is no more obvious than in the marijuana border rule. Let me explain. Recreational [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR – The day Harry’s parents paid a visit to Kamloops
BIG DAY, royal wedding and all. Today is all about Harry and Meghan. Seems like only yesterday it was all about Charles and Diana. Chuck and Di. Back when Harry was just a [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – The ‘It’s not who I am’ excuse doesn’t work anymore
THERE’S AN OLD saying in business, “It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. There’s a new saying when [Continue]
EDITORIAL – City at least half right with proposal for McIsland golf property
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELL, IT LOOKS like the City is on the right track with the question of what to do with the McArthur Island mini-golf [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – City’s newest public art piece should have good wheels
I CAN HARDLY WAIT for the unveiling of our next major piece of public art, a monument to the volunteers of the 2017 wildfires. Public art in Kamloops is always like opening a [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Handling of parkade incompetent or brilliant?
The following Armchair Mayor column was published Oct. 12, 2011 as the proposal for a parkade in the Heritage House parking lot came to a conclusion: AS THE COUNTING gets [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Suzuki row shows risk of relying on corporate funding
If corporate donations are going to be clawed back over something as unimportant as an honorary doctorate to an unpopular environmentalist, what will happen when something [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Running a big university is not an easy gig
THE ANNOUNCEMENT of Thompson Rivers University’s new president had scarcely been made before word got around about a high-profile incident he’d been involved in at his [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – A candid talk with the one and only Mr. Joe Troll
Hey, if it isn’t Joe Troll. Good morning, Joe! JOE TROLL: You’re an idiot! Great day, isn’t it? JOE TROLL: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Do your [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER — We are fleeting specks of awareness, full of worry
THAT SONG, the one that said, “Don’t worry, be happy,” was a joke, right? Sometimes I worry that I worry too much. Other times I worry that I don’t worry enough. Or [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – The Chilcotin War and the rewriting of Canada’s history
THE JUSTIN TRUDEAU government, assisted by all opposition parties, this week completed a masterful rewriting of history. The prime minister joined with speakers for the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Thoughts and prayers don’t deserve the bad rap
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS have been getting a bad rap lately. Commentators are trashing them as over-used, empty and meaningless. They’re referring to the sympathies offered by [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Will newest, grandest public art project get two thumbs up from the masses?
GOOD ON the City for its newest public art project. I’m a huge fan of public art. This week, councillors were shown plans for putting lipstick on the Lansdowne Street [Continue]
