C Poulsen
POULSEN: Post US election, and the sky hasn’t fallen yet
OPINION A few tardy thoughts on the election, befitting someone who has turned 70 this…
POULSEN: A few kind words about Mexico
OPINION I'm in Lake Chapala, Mexico, and thinking of a few kind words about Mexicans.…
POULSEN: One apology was good enough, Justin
A woman in the supermarket, hurried and harried, bumped into me with her shopping cart.…
POULSEN: Kicking fire victims when they’re down
Tragedy often brings out the real character of people, those with good hearts and those,…
POULSEN: The Okanagan: Rules, rules and more rules
Two dog bylaw officers were at my door Monday. I was in trouble. Presumably so…
POULSEN: Fighting ISIS with a grammar lesson
Prime Minister Sunny Ways and Foreign Affairs Minister, Squeaky-The- Pencil-Neck, started what some might call…
POULSEN: The politics — and science — of the penis
The Republican presidential campaign finally started addressing an issue of substance. Marco Rubio said Donald…
POULSEN: Microsoft and Netflix as enemies of the people
In Godfather III, when Al Pacino was trying to go legit, he said: "Just when…
POULSEN: Donald and Bernie: Two wild and crazy guys
Have you ever thought the explanations for the Ballistic Missile Donald and the soaring 74-year-old…
POULSEN: Designer underwear for the girly-man
My Christmas stocking contained a pair of SAXX underwear. The price was also printed in…
POULSEN: A pile of doggy-do from Brad Pattison?
Last weekend the "renowned" and "best selling" author Brad Pattison provided two articles on these…
POULSEN: Pseudo wisdom attacks social media
"We teach people how to treat us." - famous psychologist, Dr. Phil. "Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit into the big jigsaw puzzle."- famous philosopher, Deepak Chopra. "Where friends become neighbours." - famous beermaker, Budweiser. "We generate the results in life we believe we...
POULSEN: Trump and Trudeau have something big in common
Last month, two Canadian national news outlets came up with entirely different headlines about the same Angus Reid poll: "Trump brand is mud in Canada," said one. "Significant number of Canadians agree with Donald Trump for a border ban on Muslims," said the other. How's that for clarity? The practitioners of the dark art of...
POULSEN: Cashless shoppers a challenge for Salvation Army campaign
I haven't carried cash for almost a year and it didn't poppy up as a problem until just last month when there was no script nor coin in my wallet for the Remembrance Day donation box. The march toward a cashless society is humbugging on-the-spot charitable causes to the point that some Salvation Army kettle...
POULSEN: Public art: the good, the bad and the money
There are two pictures of artwork on this page. One is a sculpture donated by the Westbank First Nation to Big White last week. It was done by native artist Smoker Marchand and depicts a grizzly bear, coyote and Ogopogo. The other is a sketch of what was to eventually come from Penticton artist Johann...