Earlier this week, Robert Matas of the Globe and Mail, did an exceptional piece on Premier Christy Clark’s demands for fresh cut flowers and Chardonnay while away in India. Oh, excuse me, this was a staff request that she knew nothing about. A likely story, but I feel Matas, who is usually an exceptionally good journalist, [...]

I believe I might owe blogger John Twigg, journalist Bob Mackin and MLA John vanDongen apologies. Each of them tried to convince me that the massive bozo eruptions by BC Liberal MLAs Harry Bloy, Rich Coleman, Kevin Krueger, Kevin Falcon (and Rich Coleman again!) were not incidental. I dismissed their suggestions to me, albeit in [...]

It’s funny, isn’t it? The Premier is busy in Japan today shamefully lying to investors, telling them that she and her government will get out of the way of investment. Really? She hasn’t been able to spur investment by our own, she’s going to get out of the way for foreign parties? The woman is [...]

Over the weekend, while I was grieving for the loss of our friend Tom Galimberti, I found it ironic that the usual target of Tom’s private scorn, Vaughn Palmer, was saved by the death of a man who loathed his work. I spent countless hours defending Vaughn to Tom. And Tom spent countless hours beating [...]

“Alex, stop…stop what you’re doing. Tom is dead.” There was this unearthly aching in her sobbing. I was stunned into silence. This is how I began my weekend. Not being able to breathe. At first I thought she had misspoken–as if anyone could mistake life for death. Perhaps I heard something different than what she [...]

It is remarkable in breadth and depth, just how much the BC Liberals are prepared to stoop in attacking their political enemies. First, repulsive Rich Coleman attacks John vanDongen for leaving a corrupt government. Then, hapless Harry Bloy erupts in the house while smearing Adrian Dix. And now, crotchety Kevin Krueger adds to the bonfire [...]

I’ve been suffering from a tension headache for about four days. I’m furiously trying to get some personal matters settled, the new website finalized, the new venture launched and still have time to play Dad, etc., so I apologize for the intermittent posts this week. Neverthless….let’s play catch up and give you some news. The [...]

Some stories write themselves. Now, perhaps, we know why Rich Coleman is so testy lately: If the BC NDP becomes government, they might unearth some of his “best” moves. In obtaining an internal memo, Business In Vancouver columnist Bob Mackin has peeled back the curtain on the machinations by one particular bidder–a bidder represented by [...]

War historians, as only they can, have ventured a rather fulsome, if not hubristic license–over centuries, on Napoleon’s retreat during the Russian Campaign of 1812. Imagine the audacity–and an audacious move it is, to question one of history’s (mostly self-proclaimed) “great” leaders. Or was he? The finest Frenchman in saddle and stirrups, took the same [...]

There are moments in the lives of public figures that define them. You become the moment. It can be quite ethereal. President Kennedy asking what you might do for America. Prime Minister Trudeau declaring the Pequistes “double blackmailers.” Brian Mulroney extolling the great virtues of a free Nelson Mandela. Sir Winston Churchill fighting “on the [...]