Orwellian
Rejection of George Orwell’s Animal Farm by Knopf. For those of us who slave away behind a keyboard, worth clipping and saving.
Warren
Facebook isn’t growing, the others are
Somewhere, Steve Ladurantaye is doing fist pumps.
Is just something in my eye, is all
That’s all. (Made me miss you, BK. Time goes fast.)
Trudeau and ISIS: the perils of local media
The federal Liberal caucus is in London, this week, planning for the coming Parliamentary session – but also to wave the Grit flag, a bit, and try and recapture the…
Now Magazine: still full of shit
Here we go again: the free speechies at Now Magazine are making legal threats about the way in which I exercise my free speech. In particular, the self-styled progressives at…
51 days to break his first major promise
That has to be some kind of a record. Sworn in start of December, whiplash-inducing flip flop a few weeks later. Then: “I would freeze fares for at least the…
In Tuesday’s Sun: terror isn’t on the ballot, but it may as well be
In Summer of 1986, around the time I was reporting on the activities of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations for the Calgary Herald, an editor approached me in the newsroom. “How…
Now-now, Now
The self-professed progressive free speechies at Now are threatening to sue me again. Yawn. Sure can dish it out, etc. etc.
Dear good people of Sudbury
You’re in the meddle of a by-election and whatnot, but this shouldn’t take long. Stay with me. The notion that Kathleen Wynne – one of the most honest politicians you…
In Friday’s Sun: it’s (still) the economy, stupid
It’s the economy, stupid. That’s what Bill Clinton’s top strategist, James Carville, famously wrote on a piece of paper, a generation ago. He then put it up on the wall…
No reasonable offer refused!
It is an election year and, accordingly, folks are already asking me about banner advertising on this here web site. Last time, the Libs got to it first. This time,…
The Pope agrees with me, naturally
Free speech, but not without limits. But the best part? The notion of priestly fisticuffs. Classic. By way of example, referred to Alberto Gasparri, who organizes papal trips and was…
Frank Schiller
Impressive guy. Smart. Worked with him many years ago. Would make a fine MP.
The best-laid plans of men, mice and Conservatives
…often go awry. So sayeth Robbie Burns (not The Bard, as I mistakenly said on Twitter, and my genial colleague Chris Blizzard promptly set me straight). Man oh man, this…
Tomlinson on Lang: “The problem was the perceived conflict of interest…It raised questions about Amanda Lang’s involvement in the story”
The good news, I suppose, is that CBC has learned a few lessons from their handling of the Ghomeshi mess. Now, at least, they’re letting the main actors in this…
In Tuesday’s Sun: the real haters
God gave us the powers of judgment. In Her infinite wisdom, She gave us the ability to look, and listen, and consider. She bestowed upon us the ability to recognize…
They don’t call the Internet “a vanity press for the deranged” for nothing
Like, wow. #ISIS hacks #Pentagon Internet accounts. Well, that isn't something you read every day, is it? — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 12, 2015