And the Torontoist is on to him, in a blistering (but belated) editorial: Let us now turn to John Tory, whose campaign has been a massive disappointment. John Tory’s candidacy was meant to be premised on the idea that he was a man of substance—and, more importantly, of principle. After
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Warren Kinsella: Forties
Great writing, here, and some actual wisdom delivered in staccato bursts, too. Lala and all you in your forties, read.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Shift, Chris Turner, SFH, all in one place at one time
If you are sensible, you could be there, too. Meet Evan Solomon. Meet Andy Heintzman. Meet Clive Thompson. Most importantly, meet Davey Snot and Royal Niblet.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Globe columnist on Magnotta’s victim
Reading some of the horrible accounts of the evidence yesterday, this was brought to mind. She (and others) have never apologized for it.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This Ebola thing is going to end badly
The evidence, as they say, is compelling.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ferris Bueller lives
Here’s the proof. A kid named Jeremy Fry at a Celtics game. Boston. Sent the song back up the charts. It ain’t new, apparently, but this is just so awesome.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Friday’s Sun: disasters are in the eye of the beholder
Rudy Giuliani’s second term was not going well. It was a disaster, in fact. He’d been diagnosed with cancer. His signature tough-on-crime policy was rounding up more hot dog vendors than bad guys. He was confrontational and combative. He informed his wife he was dumping her at a press conference.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: SFH! Chris Turner! Shift Magazine!
Exclamation marks!
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: How not to manage a public health crisis
This was slipped under peoples’ doors in the middle of the night. Seriously. The coordination of the medical/governmental/public response to this thing has been a five-alarm shit show. Not going to end well, methinks.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Average writing about averages
Paul Adams tweeted this – Story? Column? Op-ed? What is it? – earlier this morning. My friend Darrell Bricker was appalled by the fact that the national broadcaster would be reduced to running stuff that could have been generated by any “grad student with a calculator.” Me, I was appalled
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: sorry, big media, but you don’t own every word that is uttered
The media are upset. This isn’t a unique thing. It happens a lot. But what makes the latest controversy noteworthy is the subject-matter: an obscure change to Canadian copyright law, buried in a Conservative government omnibus bill. The proposed change would permit political parties to use material published and broadcast
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Forgive me for feeling somewhat vindicated
…two months after the fact. Better late than never, I suppose. I never called him a racist, you know. I simply asked if his policies treated different people differently. If they distinguished between people based on race. I await his apology to me, because I sure as shit withdraw mine
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Why Malala won: she is one of the few actual Christ-like people alive
At around the four minute mark. “I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, ‘If he comes, what would you do Malala?’ then I would reply to myself, ‘Malala, just take a
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Bye-bye Globe and Mail
When I was going to Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, my Dad subscribed to the Globe and Mail. We got the Herald, too, but both of us thought the Globe was a better-written paper, albeit pretty Toronto-centric. I loved reading Jay Scott’s stuff – that was a writer. I
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Friday’s Sun: certainty is the first casualty of war – not Justin Trudeau
It was “Justin Trudeau’s lousy week,” declared the Globe and Mail editorial headline. “Justin Trudeau is war’s first casualty,” wrote Chantal Hebert in the liberal (and Liberal) Toronto Star. “Liberal strategy on Iraq suffers from incoherence,” wrote Postmedia’s Michael den Tandt. And so on, and so on. Those were the headlines
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: She concludes at the end, there, by reminding me she’s “only asked for money twice”
Welcome to my life.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: New media not so new to the newly-maturing: newspaper
Ladurantaye will be tickled. Or, not.
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