黑马磁力

A look back at the great influenza epidemic of 1918

Pedestrians be damned at a rural intersection despite new cross walk signals.

Billionaires with no experience in health? Why does that sound like a recipe for disaster.

Silent Spring-inspired prejudice against 鈥榮ynthetic chemicals鈥� still rules

Only in America do the wheels fall off if you fail to hold a vote.

黑马磁力 columnist Bob Groeneveld recalls the days when school children practiced nuclear war drills.

If the Internet had existed in the 1930s, when people flicked on their tablets and smart phones they鈥檇 no doubt have been inundated with posts of teenagers taking the 鈥淕oldfish Challenge.鈥�

Green leader Andrew Weaver鈥檚 Donald Trump-like Twitter tirade is just for show

Metro Vancouver mayors have set great stock in mobility pricing 鈥� some sort of system to charge drivers for using the road, bridge and tunnel system 鈥� as another way to finance transit expansion. It is also being sold as a way to ease congestion.

This column marks the start of the 12th year I have been supplying words to fill this space on the editorial page of the Times. I continue to write for two reasons, I enjoy it and no one has asked me to stop.