Opinion

The column Right of Centre by Nathan Giede is usually offensive but never worse than on Dec. 9, when he advocated for a wild-west style Canadian society where many carry guns so as to protect us all from crime.

I'm a senior citizen and I'm angry. Once again my health premiums have gone up.

I have been asked again for book recommendations, with the additional request being I point out some of my favorite fiction as well. Here then are some of favorite works from my reading over last year.

In the spirit of Nathan Giede's column elsewhere on this page, here are my favourite reads of 2015, for what they're worth: - What If? Serious Scientific Answers To Stupid Hypothetical Questions: Funny and strangely insightful.

When kids plays a kids game, for nothing but the love of the sport, most watchers (except for those few crazy sideline-screaming, glass-pounding parents) get behind the kids.

The great 19th century writer Ralph Waldo Emerson tells us, "Not until we are pricked and stung and sorely shot at, awakens the indignation which arms itself with secret forces.

Part 2 of a three-part series Due to length constraints I had to change my year in review from a two-part series into a three-part series with Part 1 last week being a memoriam of those I wrote about in the past and a short recap of some that are now

Each November, members of the legislature issue reports of their doings. And each time, we are reminded that there is nothing more sordid in politics than a closeup of the way our politicians conduct their internal affairs.

If you are a follower of the Hell Yeah Prince George Facebook page, you will see many lovely posts from people who live in and love our fine city.

As my fellow columnist Les Leyne noted last week, the future is unpredictable. Over the years of writing these columns, I have tried to use the first one of the new year to make predictions about the year to come.