Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Suzuki row shows risk of relying on corporate funding

April 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

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

April 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

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

April 14, 2018 // 1 Comment

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

April 7, 2018 // 2 Comments

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

March 31, 2018 // 5 Comments

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

March 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

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]