Opinion

If you think you can find any significant political support in your effort to stop a subway being built along the Broadway Corridor, you had better think again.

In John Carpenters 1988 film They Live, a drifter in Los Angeles finds a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see a world that is subliminally programmed and electronically manipulated.

To the editor: Re: "E-Comm at fault for VPD's failure to respond to break-ins," March 8. I am surprised that your paper is so concerned over the VPD's failure to respond to break-ins to 20 vehicles in a West End building.

To the editor: Re: "Nightclubbing we're nightclubbing," Feb. 27. It's great for someone to finally write an article about Vancouver night life back when Vancouver actually had a social scene.

British Columbia Conservatives have been gamely pressing ahead with an election strategy. They named a number of new candidates recently and released a fiscal outline of their campaign at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, no less.

To the editor: Re: "Vancouver cohousing complex draws concern," Feb. 26. I read with great interest and sadness the above article. First we should clarify the location of the project. It is not on West 33rd Avenue, but on East 33rd Avenue.

To the editor: Re: "Poodle on a pole perplexes Main Street resident," Jan. 8. Poodles on a pole are joined by Noodles on a Knoll. It's time to fire the city's artistic advisers and put their Doodles on the Dole. Avi Dolgin, Vancouver

Today's kids have no shortage of material for distraction or instruction. For boomers and Gen-Xers who grew up in a five-channel universe, the infotainment options were few.

To the editor: Re: "Pope cartoon offensive," Letters, Feb.22. When I saw the Pope cartoon I smiled. I agree with it 100 per cent. Did you know [the word] catholic means universal, for use for all, all-embracing and broad-minded.