Letters

Can't we believe anything we see any more? When you watch a public service announcement from the provincial government featuring comments from regular people in the street, the assumption is that they're really regular people in the street.

It's early days, but Stephen Harper could be blowing the election. He's making himself look like someone who shouldn't be trusted to govern. Harper's harping on the threat of an evil NDP-Bloc-Liberal coalition offers the best example of the problem.

Being ready for a disaster starts with you. That's one of the lessons from the horrific events in Japan. Community preparedness is vital and can save thousands of lives.

Three Mile Island. Chornobyl. Now this. Within hours of the first reports of trouble at Japan's nuclear plants, calls for abolition could be heard around the world.

Has anyone noticed how the politicians in B.C. have virtually abandoned government? There are 85 MLAs and most are now immersed in politics, as opposed to government. Not just politics, but internal party politics, which are the most absorbing kind.

Fifty years ago this week, on Jan. 17, 1961, Americans gathered around their TV sets to watch President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech from the White House.

High-level sources in the Times Colonist advertising department have leaked to me the first draft of a career opportunity ad that will be appearing soon: We're a mid-sized enterprise based in western Canada with a nine-year record of success that is

I have heard the most vile, malicious nonsense you could imagine about almost every one of the last eight premiers. Some people spread stories innocently, with wide-eyed naiveté. A few tell lies deliberately.

Bye, Mr. Premier. Wish I could think of something nice to say, you having been the premier for nine long years now. But I can't. Social conditions have worsened significantly under your leadership.

I know a lot of people who have visited Victoria and are fascinated by the idea of moving here.