I found refreshing, but unsurprising, an interview the former First Lady recently did with buffoon Larry King. She is pro-choice and supports gay marriage. I always liked Laura Bush, despite my deep concerns with some of her husband’s policy execution, as much for her ability to tell it like it is, as for her common [...]

For me, the biggest disappointment on Vancouver city council since her election in November 2008 is Andrea Reimer. Bright and articulate, seemingly, she has been nothing but a sour, churlish, vicious partisan–something she railed against while campaigning. I gave her a huge endorsement because of what she promised. I spent several hours interviewing her and [...]

Much has been made about a column written by The Vancouver Sun’s Miro Cernetig on the weekend. Therein, Miro, whom I know personally, attempted to detail Mayor Gregor Robertson’s ‘success story’. The column mostly hinged on a poll done by a local firm that allegedly shows Gregor Robertson with “78% approval ratings” and has been [...]

Quite apart from a most insincere performance with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge last week, disgraced former Tory Cabinet Minister Helena Guergis, should just quit while she’s behind…well behind. But let me give you a glimpse of how the elitist, left-leaning media in this country have tried to seize on this opportunity. In the middle of [...]

In the ‘Classifieds’ today, among the various dogs and cats in the ‘Lost and Found’ …a chicken. Yes, a black chicken of all things. When council was contacted for comment, here’s what they had to say… George Chow: “He was probably from the DTES…poor guy, if he was found breaking into a car, I’m sure [...]

Okay, dozens of you tell me that you prefer this new system of giving a heads-up on upcoming features etc. So here is your line-up of stories, in no particular order through the weekend and into next week–and I, of course, reserve the right to add to them 1) Andrea Remier in the clouds…way, way [...]

I could not, of course, resist the parallel, with Pierre Trudeau’s long walk in the snow… After all, surely Gordon Campbell must be as hated now, in this province, as Mr. Trudeau was when he (thankfully) departed from the top job in Ottawa. But rather than continue to tease you with the larger Campbell piece [...]

What a disgrace the union movement in this province can be when left unchecked. Shameless drivers with Coast Mountain apparently wouldn’t collect the girls from LFA and in one case they were told to get off the bus. What infuriating horses’ asses! This, of course, is a clear protest over how LFA (mis)handled the maternity [...]

When I told you earlier in the year, after her dreadful fundraiser, that Suzanne Anton would NEVER make a good Mayoral candidate, it took some of the NPA hierarchs considerable time to work their collective pea to a place where they got it. But it’s not a complicated matter. Suzanne Anton can be a good [...]

Remember when I did this story? Well, the immediate pick-up by Global TV (and then CKNW, CBC, CTV and City–in that order) caused a fire-storm of activity at the Burrard Bridge. Quite apart from the competing arguments by various city engineers (one saying there was no problem, the other telling me he wasn’t so sure) [...]