Opinion

No buts (or butts) about it: Arizona's governor is going after smokers and the overweight. Jan Brewer wants to charge $50 a year to recipients of Medicaid - the state's health-care plan for the poor - who don't follow a weight-loss plan.

A couple of years ago I was on one of my editorial green rants - probably in support of Gordon Campbell's carbon tax - when one of the newsroom wags sent me an e-mail asking if I was being held captive in David Suzuki's basement.

P.G. teacher-librarians, with support from P.G. Public Library and retired teachers, are holding the 13th Annual Battle of the Books on Friday, April 15 at Ecole Lac de Bois.

Did anyone find the BC Assessment figures for 2010 to be way out to lunch? I did. In the Pinewood Neighborhood, all properties went up by about 20 per cent from 2009.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls This is a memoir detailing the author's childhood, growing up in extreme poverty and neglect with her eccentric parents and three siblings.

There are two main types of clam chowder.

Almost all graduates of post-secondary institutions remain enthusiastic supporters of their alma mater, long after graduation.

This week's recipe by Chef Tony Rechsteiner, Instructor of Culinary Arts at the College of New Caledonia, is New England Clam Chowder. I have to say that this is one of my favourite soups/comfort foods.

Already the young shoots of the early flowering fall planted bulbs are shooting out of the soil and in some cases through the snow.

My yard today was only half-covered in snow, so it looks like things are bearing up quickly. No signs of flowers yet, or summer birds, but I'm sure I heard a robin yesterday.