By David F. Rooney John Devitt, author of The Current’s Higher Ground column, is moving on. After regaling our readers with his witty and perceptive take on local affairs, John is moving to Penticton this weekend where he’ll become the new executive director of that city’s Chamber of Commerce. John began writing for The Current [...]

By John Devitt The seasons are changing as we all know and many of us become afflicted with what is known as ‘spring fever’.  Although spring fever often displays through symptoms including weariness, irritability, dizziness and headaches, we have commonly associated spring fever with general goofiness.  Look no further than our various levels of government [...]

By John Devitt Years from now when our descendants look back on 21st century society, they will see that we suffered from many problems.  Famine, war, unemployment, unfair medical treatment, civil rights abuses, pollution, homelessness, religious strife, economic inequality and collapse, human slavery, animal abuse and species extinction, rapid climate change, corporate control of government, [...]

Everyone loves the summer time.  If this wasn’t true, instead of clustering in locations with clearly defined seasons, we would all live in Antarctica to maintain predictable weather regularity.  Summer brings patios, barbecues, gardens, fresh fruit, flip flops, bonfires, music festival and so many more great things.  Long ago I announced within my network of [...]

Late in 2011 an old friend of mine and I got into a debate about Star Wars.  More specifically, that great engine of Imperial tyranny and destruction, the Death Star.  Over pints of Guinness and in typical nerd fashion, we argued about the construction logistics and practical costs of a building project of that magnitude.  [...]

When jetting away for some sun and fun in Mexico or Cuba is not an option, the best thing to do to cure the mid-winter, February blues is to throw a winter festival.  There are thousands of odd festivals and strange holidays around the world during February, but like many of our celebrations, they generally [...]

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, British Columbians will go to the polls and determine the next provincial government.  It may seem a long way off still, but if you have been reading the news at all in the past eight months, you will notice the campaign machine has already begun marching.  And, as revealed recently, [...]

Oh magical Stoke List! Never failing to make us dizzy from eye rolling at idiots all the time.  As much as the new Revy Book classified site has made it categorically easier to find items, nothing can replace the Stoke List for the sheer ridiculousness and magnitude of ranting entertainment.  In some ways it is [...]

  For 118 days we witnessed an epic will-they-or-won’t-they soap opera of news coverage not seen since the days when we wondered if Ross and Rachel would hook up, get married, or… Look, who really cares?  We all knew that the NHL would eventually sort out their marriage problems.  There was never really the possibility [...]

For some, a New Year signals an ending to what has come before, while for others it means the start of a new beginning.  This dichotomous view runs parallel to the traditional ‘glass half full/half’ empty judgment of pessimism versus optimism.  A lesser-known third option is that the glass is always full; it is half [...]

In the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday, my friends and I have frequently debated the concept of the Christmas tree.  It seems to be another habit-forming behaviour, more politely regarded as a ‘tradition’ that no one seems comprehend the motive behind.  Whether a live tree or an artificial tree, there is balanced concern [...]

Doomsday.  Ragnarok.  Judgment Day.  The Day of Reckoning.  Heat Death.  Armageddon.  Cataclysm.  Apocalypse.  End Times.  The Rapture.  All of these terms and many more have been used in historical, mythological and biblical texts throughout history.  Who knew that all of these would converge on this unassuming Friday before Christmas?  Or not. December 21, 2012.  Welcome [...]