Author: Warren

Here. UPDATED: BCL weighs in – pick the right gal, as he says, and you can win.  And there’s only one gal who (i) knows how to win outside GTA, (ii) has never lost an election, and (iii) has decades of experience in beating both Cons and Dippers.  That’s Pupatello.

You’re holding it in your hands right now: one of the reasons for Newtown. All of us have been reading incessant theories about the myriad reasons why a nobody murdered 20 children in Newtown, Conn., last Friday morning. Americans are gun crazy, and they let crazy people access guns. Insufficient

A few weeks ago, I opined – and I’m a former speechwriter to no less than Jean Chretien, remember – that political speeches don’t matter anymore. I was wrong about that.  And the speech below is why.  It is Obama’s greatest oratory ever; it is his Gettysburg Address.  I confess

…that’s what I’ve been saying to folks across Canada since the release of Fight The Right, a few weeks ago.  It’s the incontrovertible reality: conservatives winning majorities in a country where the majority are progressive.  They do that because the progressive vote is split. Harper’s vote is slipping and shrinking,

This makes sense to me. My book Kicking Ass was released on 9/11. It didn’t do very well. People wanted to escape from reality. I suspect the same thing’s happening again. Some will want to immerse themselves in the tragedy: as many, or more, will want to escape.

With the world ending in a week or so, it’s time to take stock of things. Because it is, in fact, ending. Ask my son. He’s in the middle of exams, and he has no doubts whatsoever about the imminent Apocalypse. “Dad, there’s no point in me writing any exams.

Don’t try and post here. I won’t approve your comments. I’m sick of you. I detest you. I don’t want to hear from you. No sane person wants to hear from you. You’re a variant on al-Qaeda, and you’re too deranged to realize it. Go to Hell, where the likes

This is gun is legal.  (Anyone wanting to object to gun safety in comments – don’t bother. No one wants to hear from you.)

…because that, in and of itself, is quite interesting. They issued the limp attack piece below – helpfully edited by Your Humble Narrator – within minutes of Sandra making her Economic Club speech earlier today. They haven’t done that with any other Ontario Liberal leadership candidate. Not one of them.

Just got back from her speech to a packed house at the Economic Club of Canada.  It was really, really good.  Tory friends came up to me and said they now plan to vote for her, no less. You can read it here.  And you should.

I am told by Team Propellerhead that wk.com has passed the six million visitor mark! Thank you all!  I hope it gives John Daly et al. a coronary! That’s me. I have the same square jaw, too.

A virus has somehow infected my Hotmail account. Apologies for the inconvenience to all I’ve infected!

He was a huge deal to me in my early teens (I was a weird kid, what can I say).  Even started a fanzine whose name was inspired by him. Very sad to hear of his passing.  Such a genius of an artist. Here’s Dick Cavett (with George Harrison!) introducing

…right here, for your reading pleasure. There’s another one in the works, I think. details soon.

I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence. “In 2012, more than 300 residents lined up in the City Hall rotunda for between one and four hours to shake hands with Ford and the councillors who stood beside him. Most of the attendees were staunch supporters, but he bantered cheerfully and posed for

To wit: The indie acts [Clifton’s] assembled for this ambitious fundraiser aren’t — with the exception of S— From Hell, which features Canadian punk pioneer Warren Kinsella — strictly punk, but they all share the do-your-own-thing spirit that defined The Clash. “The best punks will always be teenagers,” notes the

Here. I note, without comment, that Bob Nixon endorsed Gerard Kennedy last time. Not this time, seems.

Paikin – the younger one, who I like – has offered up a very thoughtful and very timely piece on the widening chasm within the Canadian Jewish community.  It is a must-read. And not merely because it aligns with what I’ve said myself many times in the past.  Paikin’s column

The inclusion of Rush was big news on this side of the border, as it should be.  But for me, recognition of PE is bigger news.  They weren’t just an amazing rock and roll band, I told a doubting Son One this morning – they were an amazing punk band.