The Ottawa Citizen: with a whimper, not a bang
The Ottawa Citizen died yesterday. Oh, sure, there are still some good people there to put it out, for however long. But make no mistake: the marquee newspaper in our…
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My bandmates are all jerks
What should I give up for Lent? — Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) February 9, 2016
In his week’s Hill Times: son, not the father
Growing up in Calgary, as I did, there were certain things you just didn’t do. If you didn’t you were just asking for trouble. You didn’t, for instance, ever offer…
Daughters, and St. Joan
Funny story: this morning I woke up, and Joan of Arc was gone. You’ve got to understand: I have worn a (blessed) Joan of Arc medal around my neck every…
ISIS, Trudeau and democracy
You may not like it, but – if you’re a democrat – you have to accept it. That’s how it works. Lots of us opposed withdrawing from the #ISIS bombing…
I love the smell of political revisionism in the morning
Winning campaign managers – John Rae, Don Guy, et al. – make the Sphinx look like a chatterbox. They don’t give interviews before, during or after campaigns. They don’t talk…
Sometimes debates still matter
This is one such time. The emasculation of a puffed-up little prat, from an unlikely source.
This disappearing newspaper stuff
It’s affecting me more than I thought it would. I predicted it, I wrote about it, I analyzed it. But it has hit me – that his big, bad thing…
This is where I was a week ago today
It is older than Stonehenge. Any guesses what it is?
My take after week one of R. v. Ghomeshi, or any trial like this one
Only a boxer can agree to be hit. #Ghomeshi — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 5, 2016
ISIS: the right decision, finally
Quote, from the (simply amazing) Bob Fife: “Sources say Canadian Special Forces are expected to continue training Kurdish militia, and the number of trainers will more than double to about…
The 2016 Oscars come to Parliament Hill
As diverse as the country they serve. Um. https://t.co/wJqZlo43VA — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 5, 2016
The media are not the enemy
…but they’re not your friend, either, alleged Jian Ghomeshi victims. Occasionally giving in to chase producers is no sin. But when a criminal probe is underway, or about to be?…
Alan Cross makes ‘Donald Trump Is An Asshole’ a hit!
Alan Cross, in case you didn’t know, is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 30-plus years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the…
Judge, jury and Twitter
Dear Everyone Following #Ghomeshi #Bosma on Twitter: you won’t get a sense of the evidence unless you are there every day, for all of it. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February…
Messrs. Honderich and Crawley, a worried nation turns its eyes to you
Read this. Read David Olive’s brutal indictment of Paul Godfrey and the guild of vampires who have destroyed Canadian print journalism. No other democratic nation would have permitted what Godfrey…
The courage of Michelle Rempel
Full disclosure, as they say: this former (Conservative) cabinet minister is my (Liberal) wife’s best friend. They became friends some years ago, drawn together – with other women, from other…