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I'm a Vancouver writer and film-maker.
I have written extensively on political issues, mostly involving American foreign and domestic policy, and also issues in common with Canada such as the ongoing Omar Khadr case. My favorite outlets are OpEd News and ICH, but I have written for other online and print publications over the years, and am proud to have been published alongside such names as Gore Vidal, Ralp Nader, the late Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Noam Chomsky, Presidents Carter, Clinton and Castro, Joe Bageant, and many others. I hope I have been able to contribute a little to the intelligent discourse found here and rare sites elsewhere.
In addition, I have written, produced, and directed humorous short films, and recently produced a filmed stand-up comedy competition at Vancouver's lovely Center for Performing Arts. A documentary will ensue.
For over twenty years I assisted my wife Brenda Carr in the running of 'The Studio' a safe-haven Art Program for Vancouver Street youth. The program provided various art media, but more importantly a safe and non-judgemental temporary refuge from the streets. We provided rudimentary food, clothing, small loans (or gifts), assistance with housing or job searches, addiction counseling, and basically whatever it took. And yes, we gave out our home phone number for use in emergencies only. The courtesy was never abused.
Of the thousands of youth who went through the one-person program (one a heroin addict at age twelve) the vast majority emerged from family and personal difficulties relatively unscathed and 'normal', some to have families of their own. We did lose some to suicide, substance abuse, accident, illness, and one to Robert Pickton, the notorious pig-farmer/serial killer. They are all remembered fondly.
I am currently working with a number of extremely talented actors. I am writing, producing, and directing a sketch comedy pilot for television, and hope to receive funding for our first full season.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 3:15:49 PM
Article : "George W. Bush: Dupe or Deceiver?"
Dupe & Deceiver
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 3:02:36 PM
Article : "Obama Watch: Day 17 - The Missing Mojo"
Going, Going, Gone
Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 2:07:25 PM
Article : "W.'s Double Whammy: Book Blitz Ambushes GOP Revival & Democr"
Another One!
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 2:40:50 PM
Article : "This is the End of the Republican Party"
Two Goners
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 3:43:29 PM
Article : "Remember, Remember"
Bad Start
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 4:01:52 PM
Article : "Simple Issue: About President Obama's Leadership"
Fool Me once...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 10:40:40 AM
Article : "America Has Spoken And It Said: "Hell No We Can't!!!""
A Proud History
Friday, October 15, 2010 at 5:12:24 PM
Article : "No Drama Obama just caused a Dramatic Shift in Control of bo"
Say It Ain't So
Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 6:01:50 PM
Article : "Don't Act, Don't Lead: Obama Stiffs Gays in the Military Yet"
Unbelievable!
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 4:01:31 PM
Article : "U.S. Threat to Nuke Iran Termed "Criminal" by Legal Scholar"
Deja Vu All Over Again
Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3:39:22 PM
Article : "Could George Bush beat Obama?"
Believee It Or Not!
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 2:58:55 PM
Article : "A Long History of America's Dark Side"
American Violence
Monday, October 4, 2010 at 2:25:03 PM
Article : "Lawless Nation - the Executive Branch"
Torture Prez
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:57:03 PM
Article : "Guatemalan Research Horrors and US Hypocrisy: CIA Unethical "
No Surprise
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:46:53 PM
Article : "Fox News and the Dumbing Down of America"
Fine Article
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:34:46 PM
Article : "Fox News and the Dumbing Down of America"
You Are Right Too
Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 3:08:59 PM
Article : "Punitive Justice Distilled: the Stanford Prison Experiment"
Bagram
Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 2:46:59 PM
Article : "Bucking Up For Barry"
Great Article by DMG, as Usual!!
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 3:21:56 PM
Article : "Fox News and the Dumbing Down of America"
It's Not Just Fox
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 3:02:37 PM
Article : "What are the Chances for a Peace Agreement Between The Pales"
Peace
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 3:39:58 PM
Article : "Obama Scapegoats His Own Voters"
What A Mess!
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 3:44:13 PM
Article : "How Did Our Criminal Law System Become So Broken?"
And Another Thing...
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 3:06:22 PM
Article : "America's Decoupling from Reality"
Good, Bad & Ugly
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:40:56 PM
Article : "OpEdNews member update: building community, better bios and "
Vive La Change...
Monday, September 13, 2010 at 2:46:38 PM
Article : "The Clueless and the Shoeless"
Sick & Tired
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 2:51:33 PM
Article : "President Obama's emergency speech to the American people"
And One More Thing...
Friday, September 10, 2010 at 3:36:56 PM
Article : "Collapsing America"
Fine Article!
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 3:23:41 PM
Article : ""News Bias" and The Media Battle Over the Meaning of 9/11"
Ground Cheney
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2:43:51 PM
Article : "Michelle Antoinette Obama / Let Them Eat Cake"
Another Small Correction
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2:26:19 PM
Article : "The Difference Between Opposing Mosques and Burning Korans"
Unburn, Baby...
Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 2:51:29 PM
Article : "Mad Men: The Psychopaths of Power Play the Insanity Card"
Disgrace
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 3:18:28 PM
Article : "Reflections on Jack Kennedy"
Fine Article
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 6:24:17 PM
Article : "Keeping Them Clueless: Dumbing Down Religion Has It's Conseq"
Martin Luther Said...
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 5:44:10 PM
Diary : "New Policy on Pseudonyms on OpEdNews.com"
Pseudo
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 4:15:34 PM
Article : "The Bull"
Fine Article
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 3:59:56 PM
Article : "The Lessor People"
An Aside
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 3:24:26 PM
Article : "Will Ohio Execute An Innocent Man?"
Pro Life?
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 3:05:09 PM
Article : "Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally: "He's Alive!""
He's Beeeeeck!!!!
Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 6:56:29 PM
Article : "Mother Teresa: Giving Charity an Uncharitable Name"
Mothersucker
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 3:46:31 PM
Article : "The Tiger Woods of Nations"
Bleak House
Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 2:39:34 PM
Article : "Exodus: Is the Christian church losing critical mass?"
What Nietzsche Said
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 3:17:54 PM
Article : "Are We Crazy?"
Are We Crazy?
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 2:07:27 PM
Article : "Time Magazine's concern for Afghan women"
See No Evil
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 2:05:34 PM
Article : "Unjustified, Indefensible, Wrong"
Nixon Thugs
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 2:43:38 PM
Article : "Triangulation or Strangulation? Does Obama + Clintonistas = "
A Crime is Still a Crime Even if W Does It...
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 3:01:04 PM
Article : "Obama's New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War"
Big, Big Lies
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 1:42:09 PM
Article : "Cowardice, American-Style"
The King of Torture
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 2:38:17 PM
Article : "G20: More Than a Billion Spent on Security So Leaders Could "
Cretins
Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 3:45:15 PM
Article : "The Kennedy Effect"
Coup
Monday, May 24, 2010 at 3:09:04 PM
Article : "Pope Condemns Gay Marriage But Covers Up Pedophilia"
For Christ's Sake!
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3:50:50 PM
Article : "Does Obama Know the War He's In?"
Murderous Nation
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 2:59:55 PM
Article : "What is Wrong with the Catholic Church?"
Fine Article
Monday, April 5, 2010 at 3:15:55 PM
Article : "Is Vatican Guilty in Child-Sex Scandal?"
Benny the Rat
Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 2:49:50 PM
Article : "The Silence of the Liberal Lambs: Outrage at Outliers, Hosan"
Wow!
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2:44:29 PM
Article : "Dog Food for the Oldsters and Trillions to the Banksters"
Land of the Dweebs
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 3:20:06 PM
Article : "What Torture Is and Why It's Illegal and Not "Poor Judgment""
Eyes Wide Shut
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:44:38 PM
Article : "Satan Occupies the Vatican!"
Nuts!
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:40:56 PM
Article : "Siegelman Shines Spotlight on Obama's Folly"
See No Evil
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:54:51 PM
Article : "Brutalizing Palestinian Children"
Not Human
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 5:28:27 PM
Article : "The Saddest Story"
Kennedy and 9/11
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 5:27:56 PM
Article : "The Saddest Story"
Kennedy and 9/11
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 4:06:27 PM
Article : "Bob Barr booed at CPAC for saying 'waterboarding is torture'"
Torturous Logic
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 3:59:24 PM
Article : "Into a Thousand Pieces"
Great Article!
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 3:58:42 PM
Article : "Into a Thousand Pieces"
Great Article!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 2:31:56 PM
Article : "Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Ot"
Torture
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 3:05:12 PM
Article : "Does Dick Cheney Want to be Prosecuted?"
Death by Torture
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 2:54:14 PM
Quicklink : "'Christian' Manifesto Comparing Liberals to Nazis Gathers Si"
Benny the Rat
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:26:31 PM
Article : "Warren Commission Started the Wall of Denial over Government"
Warren & 9/11
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:04:48 PM
Article : "Rahm Emanuel: We're Not Re-Litigating the Past"
See No Evil
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:03:56 PM
Article : "Rahm Emanuel: We're Not Re-Litigating the Past"
See No Evil
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 4:49:11 PM
Article : "The New Man in the White House"
Saying and Doing
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:49:33 PM
Article : "Sarah 'palm-reader' Palin is a danger to our national securi"
It is to Weep
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:27:39 PM
Article : "Sarah Says It's "Absurd Not to Consider" A Palin Presidency"
Laugh, Laugh, I Thought I'd Cry...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:04:25 PM
Article : "It Is Now Official: The U.S. Is A Police State"
Fin du Civilization
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:03:17 PM
Article : "It Is Now Official: The U.S. Is A Police State"
Fin du Civilization
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 5:54:51 PM
Article : "How Deep do You Have to Dig a Hole Before You Can't Get out?"
Bay of Pigs
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 3:14:00 PM
Article : "How Deep do You Have to Dig a Hole Before You Can't Get out?"
America Never Learns...
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 2:45:49 PM
Article : "Bush, Cheney and the Great Escape"
Looking Ahead?
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:46:23 PM
Article : "Obama; A Heck of a Nice Guy...but"
Killer Nice Guy
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 3:38:55 PM
Article : "The Silence and the Shield: Depraved Indifference to the Atr"
See No Evil
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 4:48:14 PM
Article : "Vancouver: Liquid City"
The Greatest Homeless on Earth
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 2:59:55 PM
Article : "Financial Terrorism"
Thermite on Wall St.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 3:47:38 PM
Article : "Stenography 101: How the press let Palin and Cheney rig the "
WTF?
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 3:47:23 PM
Article : "Does Lockerbie Parallel 9/11?"
Lockerbie & 9/11
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 4:00:21 PM
Article : "The Coming Fury of an Angry America"
The Coming Violence
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 4:07:18 PM
Article : "Religion and the Asskiss Factor"
Hey God- Kiss This, Dude!
Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 3:51:17 PM
Article : "Are US Forces Executing Kids in Afghanistan? Americans Don't"
The Right War
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:01:47 PM
Article : "Americans Are Hell-Bent on Tyranny"
Give Me Liberty, or Give Me...Fries
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:04:37 PM
Article : "Palin the Pundit"
Pallin' with Palin
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 3:20:24 PM
Article : "Open your Heart to the System that is War"
Pardon Me?
Friday, November 27, 2009 at 2:05:35 PM
Article : "No JFK Moment for Obama on Afghanistan"
Ho Chi Karzai
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 2:31:07 PM
Article : "A Trial That Will Convict Us All"
What a Genius!
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:13:09 PM
Article : "Towards Resolving Thanksgiving Contradictions"
Some Moslems...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:00:57 PM
Article : "Criminal Injustice"
Fair Trial?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2:09:26 PM
Article : "There are far more powerful women in our lives instead of Sa"
Sarahesque
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:07:27 PM
Article : "Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children"
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but Bullshit...
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11:33:38 AM
Article : "Obama's Short And Unremarkable Presidency"
A Tale Told
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:34:32 PM
Article : "The Combat Experience: The Child and the Video Tape and the "
War is Swell
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11:15:42 AM
Article : "Rendition Prosecuted Abroad While U.S. Courts Do Nothing"
Evil Empire
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 11:41:31 AM
Article : "Prisoners of War: The Homeless in Seattle, and Savanna, and "
Just Say No
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