In the waning days of the provincial election, Tyee contributor Crawford Kilian parses an unpopular issue: post-secondary education. Kilian addresses a stack of issues which prove how complex post-secondary education is… student quotas, fees, commercial deals, capital investment, government funding and even a credential “arms race.” The story should be required reading for B.C. denizens. [...]

Sorry about the posts, folks. Between summer classes, apartment renovations and computer fixes, it’s been a little crazy lately. Regular posting resumes shortly.

Maybe I’m getting old. According to an AP report, video game maker Electronic Arts is in a bit of a slump (it’s important because the company has thousands of employees in Burnaby and downtown). Fair enough. Reasons for the slump? …analysts say the public is uninterested in spending money on games designed for outdated equipment. [...]

Two University of British Columbia professors have come up with a way to make money (or lose it) by betting off of the provincial election. It’s called the UBC Election Stock Market (reported here by the Tyee’s David Secko). Basically, people — anyone with a credit card or a chequebook — can wheel and deal [...]