Tag: Musings

As all of the OLP delegate-selection stuff begins today, I figured I would be uncharitably nice. Just this once. The Eric Hoskins folks have run a creative, fun campaign, with “dark horse” and whatnot. They have made him a bigger name than he was going into this. In a campaign

The usual, in other words.

Um, I don’t think so. I hope Messrs. Crone et al. do not mind me reprinting a pared-down part of the Star’s excellent regular subsciption-based publication. Bolding added for your elucidation.  Link to the interview, here. ** “[Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Kathleen] Wynne says Sam Hammond, the head of the

More support moves to Pupatello campaign For Immediate Release TORONTO, January 11, 2013 – Sandra Pupatello’s campaign for leadership of the Ontario Liberal party picked up two new, key, endorsements today. Hon. Belinda Stronach, former federal Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and former MP for Newmarket-Aurora, threw her

McGuinty was right. The renegade unions were wrong. Their “protest” was and is illegal. There’s a lesson, here, for a couple Ontario Liberal leadership candidates, I’d say. UPDATE: Comment from a teacher: “AT WORK AND LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT! Sam Hammond is a disgrace and this ruling should be

McGuinty was right. The renegade unions were wrong. Their “protest” was and is illegal. There’s a lesson, here, for a couple Ontario Liberal leadership candidates, I’d say. /a>

Are you like me, and are you now completely and totally fed up when writers write “here’s the thing” in their prose? What does it mean, really? “Pay attention to what comes next”? “This next part is what I think is important”? “I’m clearing my throat, in writing”? “Yes, I’m

TORONTO – Ontario Liberal legend Elinor Caplan has declared her support for leadership contender Sandra Pupatello. Caplan, who had previously been associated with Glen Murray, today said she has today enthusiastically joined Team Pupatello. “She is the best candidate in the race,” said Caplan, a former senior Ontario cabinet minister.

Whatever does it mean? Stay tuned!

Musically, this song is amazing.  Video arresting, too.  Put it on Facebook a few days ago.  Now doing likewise here.

His move effectively disenfranchises the hundreds of good Liberals who stood up to support him.  Those people have been left in the lurch, and will now likely be forced to become “independents” – meaning they will have precious little chance of being elected anywhere this weekend. I urge all of

It’s breaking the law. It’s not a “democratic protest.” That’s bullshit. Let there be no mistake: they are breaking the law. Ontario Liberal leadership candidates who equivocate on this should know they are hereafter being defined by that. You can’t have it both ways: you can’t aspire to be the

About a decade ago, I was asked by Izzy Asper to write a column for the Ottawa Citizen.  ”You’re a Liberal,” he said over the phone from his beloved Winnipeg.  ”They’re too conservative.  I want you to write for them.” Okay, I said. After a few months, Citizen editor Scott

TORONTO – Students looking to spend thousands on post-secondary degrees can now obtain a Richard Ivey School education – where they’ll get to learn principles of Social Credit economics from geniuses like Mike Moffat. “Just print more money,” says Moffat, who alleges that he is a professor. “It didn’t work

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How the left fights the right The Washington Times (Washington, DC) Mon Jan 7 2013 Page: B4 Section: COMMENTARY; BOOK REVIEW Byline: Michael Taube When it comes to modern politics, the left and right know less about each other now than ever before. That’s a huge tactical error. As Sun Tzu

…I am still trying to find out why. This is the first time this happened in the time I’ve been writing for the Sun.

The column below doesn’t appear to be in the Sun online. Anyone see it? I can’t.

You might call it the Hamlet Principle. You know, from William Shakespeare’s play of that name.  Act 3, scene 2, wherein Hamlet’s mother famously observes that another character “doth protest too much, methinks.” Not “protest” in the modern context, although that sort of protest is relevant here, too.  No, in

The solution.