• Articles by: Bruce Rozenhart

Ransford’s in the Top 20!

Written by Bruce Rozenhart on June 3, 2011

Ransford’s always in our Top 20 at COUNTERPOINT – even in our Top 5!  And it’s nice to know that he’s one of BC Homes Magazine’s “20 Most Influential People in Residential Construction”.  He’s been the urban planning columnist for the Vancouver Sun for about 10 years, and speaks widely on urban planning, new urbanism, and residential development.  We’re happy to see him recognized and thank BC Homes magazine for the honor.  See attached story.

Top 20 Housing Influencers

 

The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell (How to win grassroots campaigns, pass ballot box laws and get the change we voted for)

Written by Bruce Rozenhart on May 2, 2011

By Jamie Court

Rating: ★★★★★

Wow.  Good thing the title is not longer — it could have been chapter 1.

After witnessing the massive change in the Canadian election this week, this book may be old news, but there are other elections coming.  And this book is a good primer for those who want to develop personal political campaigns.

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Liespotting (Proven Techniques to Detect Deception)

Written by Bruce Rozenhart on April 4, 2011

LiespottingBy Pamela Meyer

Rating: ★★★★½

I have a few old political friends that would laugh at this book.  They’ve got these BS meters that would put all the techniques in this book to shame.

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Expectations of President Obama’s SOTU Address

Written by Bruce Rozenhart on January 24, 2011

You can always count on a wide spectrum of advice to the President when he’s about to give a State of the Union Address.  Keep in mind that President Obama is coming out of a spanking delivered to the Dems by the electorate last November.  And he just gave a phenomenal, personal, non-political speech that restated pure American values in Tuscon last week about the tragedy there (http://tinyurl.com/4edwvek) — which has bumped up his popularity.

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Where Are You in the “U-Bend of Life”?

Written by Bruce Rozenhart on January 6, 2011

Traditionally, economists have used money as a measure of well-being, but others are measuring happiness.  Is money happiness?  Not so much.

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