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Opinion General
JONESIE: Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas just can’t help himself
"I can’t think of a politician more in need of a scandal, something to remind people he exists.
The same, old, typical hypocrisy won’t cut it."
iN DISCUSSION: ‘It can happen to anyone’
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes.
THOMPSON: Don’t speak ill of the dead; speak the truth
"Don’t misinterpret my words…no one should be targeted with violence because of what they say in a democracy. That’s not how democracies work. That’s how authoritarian dictatorships work."
THOMPSON: Disney will make ‘your dreams come true’ for a hefty price
"Disney is a corporate force like no other today."
iN DISCUSSION: How we like them apples
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you’ll find reader…
THOMPSON: What we can learn about America from Cracker Barrel’s woke logo failure
"Almost everything in American culture is divided along political lines…urban bad, rural good…immigrants bad, real Americans good."
iN DISCUSSION: When the law can’t keep up with technology
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes.
THOMPSON: The problem with ‘influencers’
"It is fodder for this column…a critical, less-than-complementary opinion about how too many people follow too few people…to help them decide what’s worthy or not."
THOMPSON: Even Elvis was a fan of the ‘King of Cool’ Dean Martin
"Who would have guessed in the late 1950s that the coolest guy in America for the next quarter-century would be a fella named Dino Paul Crocetti from Steubenville, Ohio?"
iN DISCUSSION: Medical system is ‘broken’
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you’ll find reader…
iN DISCUSSION: ‘Incompetent bureaucracy at work’
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you’ll find reader…
THOMPSON: How lawyer Cameron Stracher did the wrong thing, then the right thing
"This is a story about two lawyers. They are the same man. He did the wrong thing, and the right thing. His name is Cameron Stracher."
iN DISCUSSION: ‘Enough’ of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson
Here you’ll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or…
JONESIE: When ‘journalists’ help themselves, they don’t help anyone
I'm probably wrong about Kelowna Now... "Their approach seems to work well enough for The Rebel."
THOMPSON: Good cooks have cast iron pans, and use them
"There’s nothing wrong with, say, having a ceramic non-stick pan…but cast iron is simply more versatile…and can be just as non-stick when handled properly."