Appeared in the North Shore News – July 20, 2012 WITHOUT hard figures, I suspect my readership among sharks (the animal variety) is sharply limited. But, for any sharks poring over these words, be assured: My revulsion, earlier expressed, at the cruelty of slicing fins off sharks – to make a tasteless soup served mostly…
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Kitchen oracle speaks economic truth
Appeared in North Shore News – September 17, 2010 Let’s get serious. Our family grocery bill for August was $1,091.25. And yours? My wife was shocked when she added up the figures. We have never budgeted. I always considered budgeting beneath the dignity of West Vancouver residents. Little levity there. But I genuinely can’t figure…
You are entering a (Keystone) police state
Appeared in North Shore News – June 25, 2010 All states are police states. Canada included. Even in our vaunted democracy we live in a permanent Tow-Away Zone. Doubt it? Then answer this: Who has the guns? Who are the enforcers? Most of all, who are the certified snoops? It’s a matter of degree. As…