Press Poodles & Social Media
You’d think the progressive media might feel shame occasionally. Based on current trends, there seems to be no press release from one of their hobby-horse causes that the liberal media can resist....
View ArticleThe Safe Room – Hiding from ideas
If you have the misfortune to dabble in university culture these days, you will likely be familiar with the concept of the “safe place”. A safe place, in the argot of enlightened education, is a room...
View ArticleBad journalism by Rolling Stone affects credibility of all
In my muckraking days at CBC TV, we investigated lawyer Alan Eagleson, who wore more hats than Derby Day at Ascot. As we learned, the noted player agent, union head of the NHL Players Association and...
View ArticleNegotiations 101 for NHL TV Deal
My father, ever the small business man, was fond of saying that the best deal was one that left something for the next guy. In other words, it wasn’t necessary to grab the last dime in a deal for it to...
View ArticleObama as Bob Roberts
Back in the term of Bush the Elder, actor Tim Robbins conceived a dark political satire called Bob Roberts. Based on a sketch he’d done on Saturday Night Live, the film featured Robbins as Bob Roberts,...
View ArticlePremier Rachel Notley’s minimum-wage voodoo
New Alberta premier Rachel Notley is being widely celebrated for her determination to raise the minimum wage in the province to $15 an hour. This impulse of delight—arbitrarily assigning the values to...
View ArticleJon Stewart’s plea and the Confederate flag
In the wake of the brutal Charleston, S.C., church massacre, Jon Stewart delivered a plea about the issues exposed by the rampage of a racially motivated gunman. The lame duck host of The Daily Show...
View ArticleLess talk, more action
When I was in my last year of high school — and needed good marks to get into the school of my choice — my father asked me to take algebra. As I was your liberal-arts type, this was asking the...
View ArticleCanadians shouldn’t be too judgy about The Donald
From Rush Limbaugh on the right to Chris Matthews on the left, media pundits are suggesting the bumptious brawler Donald Trump needs to get on with the issues or get out of the way. His few platforms...
View ArticleHarper Derangement Syndrome hits the USA
At long last there is good news for the many victims of HDS (Harper Derangement Syndrome). The New York Times has noticed. HDS is the compelling urge to compare the current Canadian prime minister to...
View ArticleCanada Election 2015 – Usual Suspects
The federal election is heading into its final days with the three major parties involved in a game of Twister, contorting themselves in an effort to gain a minority. Majorities are the talk of...
View ArticleWhat to expect from a Trudeau government?
The people have spoken. You can agree or disagree with the decision to hand power to Justin Trudeau, but for the foreseeable future (2019), he’s your man. There are reasons aplenty for the Liberals...
View ArticleThe Climate brigade
You’d think they’d suffered enough in Paris in the past two weeks. But there could be a few more cases of post-traumatic stress in the City of Lights when the virtuous people of climate descend on the...
View ArticleMass shootings and the Cuckoo’s Nest
For many Boomers, Jack Nicholson’s performance as Randall McMurphy in the movie One Flew Over The Cukoo’s Nest was a seminal film moment of the 1970s. In the Milos Forman opus, Nicholson plays a free...
View ArticleThe old saw of population control
Climate science has emerged at a unique moment in history. Moral vanity has embraced the possibilities of social media. So far it is love at first sight. To understand the full agenda of Organized...
View ArticleLeo DiCaprio and the Usual Suspects
Didya’ like Leo Di Caprio’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes last weekend? You know, the 2:30 ode to his virtuous self? Like the good culture warrior he is now, Leo had to let the world knew that...
View ArticleHotel Canada, Sunny Ways, and the Usual Suspects
It may have escaped your attention during the 2015 federal election — what with all the Hitler/Harper noise — but Justin Trudeau was elected as prime minister. (Okay, Vogue noticed.) Many Canadians...
View ArticleChallenging the establishment, and the Usual Suspects
With the first votes of the marathon 2016 U.S. presidential election now being cast, the assembled pundits of Big Media are overflowing with predictions. If there’s one single thing we can say with...
View ArticleJian Ghomeshi and the Usual Suspects
Whatever he’s doing now, Tom Wolfe should drop it and skedaddle to Toronto. His next novel is already being written in the provincial court room where defrocked CBC icon Jian Ghomeshi awaits the...
View ArticleComparing politics to sports & the Usual Suspects
In this season of elections — the Canadian federal just past and the U.S. presidential upcoming — it is deemed fashionable to compare politics and sports. Usually the TV political hacks employing the...
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