It would appear the answer is “yes”, as this person is clearly impaired in his ability to tell a “leader” from a “loser”.
Case in point: his piece in yesterday’s National Post stating, “New global report shows Canada among leading nations in Internet,…
Continue readingEvery day has a story. But not every day has a story that changes so much in your life. For ten years I haven’t told my story because it’s not special or unique compared to anyone else’s, especially on that day. But I now realize that it’s an important story
Continue readingTasha Keirridin is a frightened woman. She is terrified of everyday life. She wants a man around to protect her from the inconveniences of life, the petty criminals and especially the big bad Muslim men with big black beards (emphasis mine).
Personally, I’d like to see some more law and order in this . . . → Read More: Tasha Keirridin embraces the Daddy State
Continue readingTasha Keirridin is a frightened woman. She is terrified of everyday life. She wants a man around to protect her from the inconveniences of life, the petty criminals and especially the big bad Muslim men with big black beards.What Tasha needs is a pipe-…
Continue readingIn an almost heroic effort, Selley waxes almost poetical in his description of Jack Layton’s funeral and the role of the press in the days preceding it.I’m not above rolling my eyes at excessive displays of grief, or of anything else. Since Monday mo…
Continue readingAnother National Post column. Another cry for help. Poor Christie. The big, bad public didn’t like her innocent little Jack Layton column and she’s sad. For herself. You see, we’re all wrong and she’s right. Far right.H/T: @PopeShakey
Continue readingRemember a time when the right loved democracy. It was their calling card, at least on paper. That is until the Middle East – the Muslim Middle East – came calling. Now it’s a dirty word.All hail tyrants and despots! Down with the people! They’re no di…
Continue readingGiven the recent spate of classless comments about Jack Layton by people like Christie Blatchford, Jonathan Kay and Barbara Kay, I have come to the conclusion that there is something deeply threatening to the far right in the life and death of Jack Lay…
Continue readingIn a wonderfully-written, humorous piece, Now Toronto eviscerates hate merchant Christie Blatchford. Nice someone in the ranks of Canadian journalism is taking a stand for her opportunism over Layton’s demise, even as Blatchford’s compatriots at the Na…
Continue readingYesterday, Christie Blatchford wrote a column for the National Post full of back handed compliments to Jack Layton on the day his death. Between the lines, however, lay a great streak of right-winged opportunism, attacking the man and his party for their beliefs and actions. Using terms like ‘vainglorious’ and ‘sophistry’, Blatchford used . . . → Read More: Jonathan Kay defends Christie Blatchford’s indefensible column on Jack Layton
Continue readingJust noting the occasion. While some of this is begrudging and framed a little backhandedly, it is relevant to remember that our economic situation today that is standing us in better stead than a lot of nations does indeed trace back to a Liberal gove…
Continue readingAssorted content for your weekend reading.- L. Aaron Wright nicely contrasts the fabricated hysteria over Nycole Turmel against the choices of the Libs and Cons:Where was the outrage when Stephen Harper tried to recruit Mario Dumont of the ADQ in Quebe…
Continue readingConfined as I have been to the house today and tonight thanks to the heat and humidity, I thought I would make a brief posting. I’ve been writing recently about the importance of critical thinking skills. Following is a link to a National Post piece …
Continue readingNow, I’m a student of history by trade. This has always been my bread and butter – Canadian history especially. In a third year history class at the University of Toronto, Prof. Adam Chapnick (who is now the Deputy Director of Education at the Canadian Forces College in Kingston) once told me that a paper … Continue reading »
In 1949, French-Canadian asbestos miners sought better working conditions from its English-Canadian and American companies. The miners had some basic demands: that the hourly wage be increased to one dollar, union security, a pension plan and measures …
Continue readingNormally, I’m all for Junk Science critiques. I even do them myself from time to time — when the Government of Canada sees fit to promote homeopathy, for instance. But the National Post‘s Junk Science week, sadly, is precisely the opposite. What they’re doing is promoting Junk Science this week, not criticizing it. Sadly, I […]
Continue readingSince his conviction for fraud and obstruction of justice, Conrad Black has portrayed himself the victim of liberal, over-zealous courts. He is really innocent and a good guy all around, according to his pals in the media. The truth about the man, however, is less than flattering and closer to reality. Here’s the . . . → Read More: Conrad Black is such a good guy: lazy, demeaning, treating fellow inmates ‘like servants’
Continue readingShe’s a left the Grope & Fail and sayin’ hello to the Pestmedia! CEO Paul Godfrey is just so wild about havin’ her!
“We are thrilled to welcome Christie to Postmedia,” said Paul Godfrey President and CEO. “Christie Blatchford is a game changer in the world of journalism and we’re overjoyed to have . . . → Read More: What Have You Done, Clucking Christie Bitchford?
Continue readingIf anyone deserves to be ridiculed and lampooned, it’s Conrad Black. Consequently, I present to you my humble critique of his asinine and idiotic column.A World of Financial RuinThe present U.S. administration, building, certainly on unpromising leavin…
Continue readingIn this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about how reports of the internet fueled death of newspapers and magazines are greatly exaggerated. I talk about Avenue Magazine and their editorial panel, the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal’s use of online chats, journalists joining Twitter to create one on one […]
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