Opinion

"A HeroRAT is a special breed, they can develop skills and talents that range from detecting land mines in war-torn nations to diagnosing tuberculosis in humans."

"Keeping up with world and local events these days is like a cat chasing a laser pointer."

"It seems justice is something for the masses, for ordinary citizens, but not for the rich, white and powerful."

"I haven't used one yet, mostly because I haven't desired a visit to the Emergency Room."

"Hey, folks it doesn’t matter that you go to church on Sunday…or do some nice things for those who look and act like you…if you sit idly by…with your ears and eyes tuned to Right Wing propaganda networks and watch as democracy in America fails."

"I don't know how to explain how desperate some Mounties in Vernon must be to speak with reporters at all, let alone tell Ben Bulmer about serious trouble at their detachment."

"The Trump Administration’s insatiable appetite for cruelty — and its focus on retribution rather than governing — will drive Americans to demand change." 

There was a time I could make a case for social media as a public good, back when it actually connected old friends, grandparents with grandchildren or people with similar hobbies or ideas to explore.

"Cultural and political shifts account for much of the change including a president, his political party and supporters who have tried to re-define truth and facts."

"Anderson was back in the news this week, trying desperately to keep lit the torch he chose to bear."

"The folks who support Trump fear truth, that’s why they avoid anything resembling fact."

Hard times are coming, it's time to prepare.

"Research says fewer than 10 percent of those making New Year’s resolutions keep them. I have no research to back my claim that at least half of those folks are lying their asses off."

"There have always been homeless people with mental illness or drug addiction or both but now I expect to see some sort of confrontation whenever I am out in public."

"Every day the Trump administration foists lies on the American public…shameful distortions to confuse and cause chaos. By design, they try to overwhelm those who question their actions with lie upon lie…insisting all are true. Lying…then doubling, then tripling down."

Another day, another snuff video from American civil society.

"What, you ask, makes those of us who hated the idea of a Trump presidency any different than his supporters? Aren't we just as guilty of falling in love with our own views. Yes, we are. The difference, of course, is between facts and, well, alternative facts."

When you've seen people in a hospital at their last, at their worst, you can't help but wonder if there's a better way.

...especially when their only responses to truths are sarcastic retorts, wiseass remarks and yet more lies.

Follow me for a moment as we consider the latest wisdom from Kamloops city council.

Trump and his team offer more problems than solutions, more despair than hope.

This is where cold hard facts give way to the hottest of takes, mostly mine…