Opinion

In his 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, George Orwell argued that “political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible.

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How do you train for a marathon if you can't run? Funny that you should ask. Welcome to my roller coaster of optimism and anguish.

A few months ago, Zara handed me an old children’s storybook, of which only the covers remained. “Read me a story, Daddy,” she said. “What story, sweetie?” “The one in my imagination.” Which is not the only five-syllable word in her vocabulary.

Last Sunday was International Topless Day, the day when all other worthy causes fall by the wayside and everything’s all about boobs.

There are many reasons why we must move forward with the wastewater project for the core area, not only to meet the federal regulations and provincial requirements.

The Capital Regional District's new sewage treatment boss hasn't even started his job yet, but his lucrative contract has attracted controversy.

It beats me why so many American conservatives have smartened up about when it makes sense to send people to jail when Canadian conservatives — at least the ones who count — clearly haven’t. It wasn’t always this way.

My colleague Michael Den Tandt recently wrote: “There is no left or right or even a middle, per se, any longer” in federal politics. Conservatives champion gay rights and New Democrats are vaguely pro-trade.

Here’s a question that our provincial government ought to be able to answer but can’t: How much water is the world’s biggest bottled water seller withdrawing from wells in British Columbia? The province doesn’t know because it isn’t asking.