Opinion

Did you know there's a thread tying your pants to an old Italian theatre tradition, a thread your pants share with the Barber of Seville, Marriage of Figaro, slapstick comedy, Punch and Judy, and Shakespeare? This thread begins in Italy in the 1500s

The Editor, It seems the Richmond Oval has some money to spend with a colourful advertisement which came out this past week - one was included with the News in Wednesday's delivery.

Arrested Development is back on the air. Or, not the airwaves, really. The cult sitcom that ran for three seasons and was then cancelled (some nonsense about not enough people watching) came back to life this weekend via Netflix.

It wasn't a national story when Toronto's controversial mayor, Rob Ford, was accused of inappropriate touching on March 7 by Sarah Thomson, a former mayoralty rival.

The Editor, Another expertly fudged report, this is council's best yet. But, of course, it should be, council has been fudging them for 10 years now.

The Editor, The idea that the City of Richmond might spend more than $5 million on an Olympic Sport Museum is startling and troubling. For a moment, I thought the idea was a joke.

The Editor, I have been a commuter using my bicycle in Richmond for many years. It is great that the City of Richmond has many bicycle lanes, which helps keep cyclists safe from traffic.

As Premier Christy Clark prepares her B.C. Liberal government for its fourth term in power, she may be thinking she'll be facing a political opposition that is spent, demoralized and likely about to be consumed by internal strife.

The Editor, Are you like me counting down the days till June? The kids get out of school, sun-kissed evenings, vacations begin and the world just seems right. The start of summer, where you never have enough time to do all the nothing you want. And .

Given the number of real injustices and outrages in the world, it's probably wrong of me to flip out about grammar and word usage. Especially since I am far from perfect myself, in both speech and writing.