Recent NWCitizen Articles

Whatcom County Candidate’s Night Kicks Off in Point Roberts - Live !
By John Lesow · Mon Oct 8, 2018
The Point Roberts Registered Voter’s Association hosts Whatcom County’s first Formal Candidates Forum of the 2018 Election Season. 10 Candidates attend.
6 min read · 3 comments
Ali Velshi and the Weaponization of Culture
By John Lesow · Mon Jun 11, 2018
Veteran Television Journalist Ali Velshi talks about Culture, Identity Politics and his role in “Spotlighting the Political Circus in the United States”.
6 min read · 14 comments
Gas in Vancouver is now over $6 a gallon—and why you should care
By John Lesow · Sat Apr 7, 2018
Gas hit $1.55 a litre in Vancouver this week. The safe prediction is that pump prices will never go down.
6 min read · 11 comments
Justin Trudeau’s “Bengal Bungle”
By John Lesow · Sun Mar 4, 2018
Perception Clashes with Reality on the Prime Minister’s Latest Gambol to India
5 min read · 6 comments
Justin Trudeau’s Slippery Slide
By John Lesow · Sat Feb 3, 2018
The road gets rocky for the selfie-obsessed prime minister
5 min read · 10 comments
Managing High Risk Sexual Offenders—A Canadian Approach
By John Lesow · Fri Nov 17, 2017
Social Justice Warriors South of the Border Could Learn from Vancouver’s Experience with Reintegrating Sexual Offenders into the Community
6 min read · 4 comments
Court: No Radio Towers in Point Roberts
By John Lesow · Thu Oct 8, 2015
A Canadian radio station is trying to install huge radio towers in Point Roberts for a Canadian audience. Citizen movement has fought them.
3 min read
Electromagnetic Radiation: Who’s Looking Out for You?
By John Lesow · Tue Jul 14, 2015
The fight to keep Point Roberts from becoming a Radio Tower Farm is not over.
3 min read · 3 comments
Point Roberts vs. the FCC:  Modern David and Goliath
By John Lesow · Wed Oct 22, 2014
Update Oct 22: John Lesow has posted a comment with considerable more information on this issue.
5 min read · 1 comment
We Need a Goods and Services Tax - Like Canada
By John Lesow · Fri Dec 28, 2012
A comparison of U.S. and Canadian attitudes and policies for taxes and fiscal integrity. By a Canadian citizen.
4 min read · 7 comments
The Political Downzone of Responsible Land Use Planning
By John Lesow · Mon Aug 16, 2010
John Lesow rebuts Jack Petree’s Herald oped article that strongly criticized county planning.
4 min read · 30 comments
Happy Birthday, Frank Sinatra
By John Lesow · Sun Dec 13, 2009
On this day in 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was a difficult home birth for Sinatra’s mother, Dolly. The 13 pound Sinatra arrived stillborn. The chil
4 min read · 2 comments
Reunions, Reprobates and Sarah Palin
By John Lesow · Mon Jul 6, 2009
Note:
This article was originally posted on September 7, 2008, shortly after John McCain announced he had chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. The negative responses emanating
4 min read · 4 comments

John Lesow

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