A couple of quick points about the upcoming federal election and associated issues: 1. In today’s Globe and Mail, John Ibbitson has a very sensible column in which he calls yesterday’s mini-budget “phony” and “fictitious,” and recommends that we ignore it. So why then does his newspaper devote the entire front page to the update, […] More »
I just got a call from Ekos, the polling people, who were doing a random survey commissioned by the Government of Canada. Normally I am against polls because they often pose misleading questions to respondents, and during elections (or anytime these days) they encourage “horse race” political coverage in the media. But this morning, when […] More »
Recently, the National Post has been runing a series on so-called “Beatiful Minds,” the public intellectuals most worthy of attention and admiration, according to Post contributors. The series wrapped up today with a tongue-firmly-in-cheek nomination of Naomi Klein, penned by cartoonist Gary Clement (it was titled “How No Logo changed my life” and included such […] More »
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The little carpet-cleaner-that-could (save me from the dreary housework, that is) now cures cancer. Independent women on your gift list this season will love the latest precious version of the adorable Roomba. No word as far as I can tell from Maureen Dowd. More »
In a news story culled from, it seems, the cutting room floor of Nip/Tuck (best show on regular cable, word) the Edmonton Sun announced on its front page today that serial rapist/very bad man/prison inmate Shane Hilton will get a new face, courtesy of Alberta’s finest plastic surgeons. Seems Hilton was badly disfigured by a […] More »
“Harper awaits ’clearer direction’ from NDP” No other way to define it—abject cowardice. And so, once again, Canadians are forced to question the leadership of Canada’s traditional second party at a time when that party should be doing their best ever sell job on the issue of… leadership. More »
Jack Layton may very well have dimmed his own spotlight. I’m sure there will be plenty of analysis blaming Layton for whatever happens in the coming election (if indeed there is one). If the very latest trend is true, and if Canadian voting tendencies continue as they have the last decade or so, a slim […] More »
Uh oh, I can feel myself slipping ever so inextricably into very hot water. My imaginary New York Times op-ed columnist girlfriend, Maureen Dowd has a book coming out, called Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, and her employer has graciously allowed her to preview it a bit in the weekend magazine. Check out Dowd’s […] More »
Thank god the CBC is back—how else would I get my morning head shake? Hauled myself out of bed at 6:30 this morning and turned on the radio. Standing at my window, watching the sun rise over Lake Ontario into a stunningly clear sky, I heard local morning host Andy Barrie say this: “We’re live […] More »