Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Should 51st State feel insulted at being ignored in speech?

March 5, 2025 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ADRIAN BRODY’s speech at the Oscars couldn’t match Donald Trump’s annual address to Congress last night (Tuesday, March 4, 2025) for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pettiness continues around the City council horseshoe

March 4, 2025 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PETTINESS around the Kamloops City council horseshoe knows, it seems, no bounds. When the council meets today (March 4, 2025) for its [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why Sugarcane didn’t win a Best Documentary Oscar

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

KAMLOOPS HAD A PART in Sunday night’s (March 2, 2025) Academy Awards. A small one, but we were there in a film called Sugarcane that was nominated under the Best [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It’s Zelensky, not Donald Trump, who should be thanked

February 28, 2025 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE OVAL OFFICE shouting match today (Feb. 28, 2025) must surely go down in history as the most embarrassing failure in U.S. diplomacy ever. [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It was a dark and stormy night at the video mart

February 28, 2025 // 2 Comments

In the days before live-streaming TV, people fought over the best movies at the video rental store, or subscribed to “cable,” or bought huge satellite TV dishes that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – AAP was legal but that doesn’t mean it was best

February 25, 2025 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL process that was used to get approval for $275 million worth of civic projects, including a new performing arts [Continue]