Amazing auto options of the past

"What were they thinking?" asks David Menzies in his column in the Times Colonist.  He takes a look at some of the unbelievable auto options offered by manufacturers in the past, options that often reflected what was going on in North American culture.  There were,...

Sideshow of life and death

"ANYONE who arrived from Mars and was astonished at the fuss over Anna Nicole Smith would do well to watch just one clip: her appearance at the 2004 American Music Awards. Prancing on stage in a tight-fitting black gown that showcased her cleavage - which was, as all else...

Gambian President Announces Cure for Aids

"A claim by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh that he can cure Aids in three days has been lambasted by a leading South African HIV/Aids specialist. "I'm astonished. The danger of a president standing up [to say this] is shocking," Jerry Coovadia told the BBC."According to this...

Martin Luther King - 1929-1968

"Making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday recognized the importance of his life and writings in an appropriate manner. One is sometimes astonished to remember, thinking back on his relatively brief public life, from Montgomery in 1955 until his death in...