Editorials

EDITORIAL – Trudeau was right to cancel plans for electoral changes

February 2, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU’D THINK, by the way the Opposition is talking, that an election promise had never been broken before Wednesday. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The free ride is over; media outlets need tax dollars

February 1, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M SO VERY tired of listening to the Blame the Media game day after day. How easy it is to lay a guilt trip on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The Americans: ‘I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them kicked around’

January 31, 2017 // 3 Comments

Bill McQuarrie’s “Dear America” column today is reminiscent of one written more than 40 years ago with a very different perspective. In June 1973, the U.S. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A solution for coffee-shop time hogs: charge them by the minute

January 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DESPITE THE omnipresence of the Internet, public libraries continue to be an essential and well-used part of our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The shooting at the mosque and Donald Trump’s twisted idea of how to build national unity

January 30, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division…. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pornographic or not, there’s lots to argue about with art

January 27, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FOR SOMETHING that’s supposed to enrich our lives, art can sure be a divisive thing. Call something art, and someone will [Continue]