In Sunday’s Sun: of nice guys and politics
That old political saw – you know, nice guys finish last – isn’t always true. (Sometimes they finish second.) But this much is always, always true: In politics, if you’re…
Warren
Just picked this up at an antique shop Stateside
Cool, eh? My king. .
Great yarn about Olivia
Here. .
R. v. Judge-made law
Wow. The Supremes just handed Stephen Harper a winning theme for his base. Get ready to hear a lot about “judge-made law” and “unelected judges” in the coming months. And…
Sarah Thomson starts her campaign by breaking the law
Check this out. The John Tory stalking horse has been soliciting donations for her “campaign” before she was even a candidate. As I write this, she’s arriving at City Hall…
Good luck in getting Keystone approved now
…you bunch of idiots. .
Rogers tells its employees to attend tonight’s John Tory rally
Nice little scoop, by Global’s Jackson Proskow, here. Suggests Tory’s rally tonight isn’t very authentic, doesn’t it? .
John Tory campaign: AWOL
Oh, but I’m sure the rally will go great. Don’t worry, fellas. .
Star: Tory “less than inspiring, insipid, puzzling, strange, flat-footed.”
And that’s the NICE stuff said about Tory. Ouch. .
In Tuesday’s Sun: why everyone should vote for Joe Cressy
Conventional wisdom says the New Democrats are going to lose plenty of seats to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in the 2015 general election. Conventional wisdom also says the NDP are going…
In Sunday’s Sun: the pendulum swings back
Are progressives on the march? Some days, it sure looks that way. From the European Union to the Americas, progressives – Liberals, Democrats, New Democrats, Liberal Democrats – increasingly seem…
Rare shot of Olivia at her campaign launch
See, Rob? He wasn’t an “SOB” with us. .
Byline: the lib-left takeover – and Chow answers six nasty questions!
I told Lilley I thought I sucked, but I’ll leave the reviews to you guys and the historians. And, yes, I asked Olivia Chow six of the nastiest, meanest, rottenest…
Olivia’s takeover is now complete
We’ve even got the Sun! Okay, not really. But it’s fun – particularly on a day when I have taken over Lilley’s Byline.
Funny Brett Lamb cartoon
I’ve never been charged criminally with making death threats, or found guilty of serial ethical lapses, but I thought this cartoon by my long-time web friend Brett Lamb was funny.…
You never know who’ll meet at campaign launch: Liberals for Olivia!
(Well, except for Joe and Tom, that is.) But here’s the Grit gang that was lurking in the back with me at Olivia’s packed launch thing. And that’s Tom Simpson…
John Tory and Karen Stintz: the birthers of Toronto municipal politics
Like their muse Donald Trump, John Tory and Karen Stintz have taken to regurgitating lies that are as old, and as credible, as the Protocols of the Learned Elders of…