This week’s column: little shovels, big graves
Back when he was Liberal leader, I worked for Jean Chrétien. I was his Special Assistant. I wrote speeches for him, helped out on Question Period, approved his correspondence, stuff…
Warren
My Prime Minister says the right things
Right here. Wonderful to see him getting a lot tougher on the biggest armed threat we all face. Some of the (many things) I’ve written on the semantics previously, here. Very,…
From just behind home plate at Fenway
We brought my idiot brother to the Red Sox game at Fenway too, because they don't let him out very often. pic.twitter.com/JLJVdBas5x — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 29, 2016
What we did on our Summer vacation
@lisakinsella canvassing in Dover for @HillaryClinton and @Maggie_Hassan! #uspolitics pic.twitter.com/AIDKNqatJu — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 27, 2016
Tweet of the year
EXPOSURE:Indian Gr + Dundas St-Naked man in backyard-Soaping himself up-Washing off with hose-Now he's taken tomatoes#1515077^dh — Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) August 27, 2016
Mark Critch is an asshole
Seriously, he is. Here’s what he put up on Twitter. So, in his defence, Critch allegedly does comedy. I haven’t ever watched his show or whatever, but I would imagine…
So long, Stephen
Here’s what I wrote when he started packing up his Hill office. Good luck!
It is a sin to despise anyone
I didn’t say that. God did, in Proverbs 14:21. Hillary Clinton’s meticulous, pedantic speech about the sin of Donald Trump’s racism yesterday – about which many of you sent me…
Snippet from next week’s expense-account-free column
Gratis. No one will listen, however. No one ever listens to me. ** Back when he was Liberal leader, I worked for Jean Chrétien. I was his Special Assistant. I wrote…
New York Times: you complete me
When I worked for Jean Chretien in Ottawa, my favourite thing – aside from sitting at The Bosses’ knee, and listening to his war stories, of course – was hanging…
Two years and a day ago
And what a day it was.
We get letters: stinky spin
I love this one.
This week’s column: my new partisan affiliation
BOSTON – I am a Democrat. Philosophically, ideologically, emotionally: the political party I belong to, in my head and my heart, is the Democratic Party of the United States. And…
This campaign is a Daisy campaign
More proof below. Not bad.
Tom Wolfe, RIP
The manager of Calgary’s first punk band, the Social Blemishes, has died suddenly. What a shock. Hadn’t seen him in years, but what great times we had, back then. Deepest…
Dear Hipsters
Dear musicians: I've worked in politics & music: don't give politicians all-access passes. They try & make the show all about them. Yours, W — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 21,…
The Trump Vote: the view from down here, the implications up there
On our journey Stateside, we did Trump sightings. Whenever we’d see a Trump bumper sticker, or billboard, or T-shirt, we’d point it out to each other. “There’s another one,” we’d…