Supporters of the International Hempology 101 Society will gather Weds Sept 7 to celebrate 21 years of activism in Victoria, B.C. with an annual march from city hall to the provincial legislature. With so many things to celebrate, this festive event features costumed cannabis mascots and a large cloud of smoke on the front steps […]
Veblen-Inspired Reflections on the Recent Federal Anti-Drug Campaign If you’re not already acquainted, allow me to introduce you to Thorstein Veblen, an early 20th century economist who provided a biting analysis of upper middle class and wealthy citizens in modern nations. He called them the leisure class. They’re also the governing class. In Veblen’s view, […]
WHO? Ian Jessop, and Corrie Yelland. Ian Jessop has been a radio journalist and political communications specialist since the early 1970s. A graduate of the Columbia School of Broadcasting, he was legislative reporter at CKNW in Vancouver in the 1980s; press secretary for Premier Van Der Zalm; and director of communications for the BC Liberal […]
