The "black letter" of the law changes all the time. Biological and geophysical realities change, but not in ways that we can control -- unless we are influencing them. Climate change is us, and the protesters against Kinder Morgan are acting on that premise.

The December 11, 2017 approval of construction of the Site C Dam by BC Premier John Horgan has set off a wave of intense protest that is growing in depth and breadth.

These days, we as a society are talking and writing a lot about deaths related to addiction, and the drugs that fuel them. But we've been glacially slow to deal with this human tragedy because of deep-seated, long-standing and widespread prejudice against addicts.

Trump is a flawed president, but has been helping decent people clarify what they believe in.