I Owe Jack Layton $20,000
I've been a bit swamped with work in recent days and in my own world, so I was shocked to hear about the passing of Jack Layton. I must admit…
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Putting the Blatchfords of the world in the proper context
Activist Communique: An open letter to Christie Blatchford by Alice Moran | rabble.caNOW Magazine // Daily // News // A vainglorious, partisan spectacleSad part is, Blatchford and her enablers probably…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Lee Berthiaume and David McGrane both discuss the team and the strategy that helped the NDP to build to its current level of…
Jack
Jack Layton will lie in state for public visitations in the foyer of the House of Commons from 12:30 to 8 pm today and 9 am to 1:30 pm tomorrow.…
Layton’s Legacy
Much will be written in the days to come about Jack Layton's legacy. Lawrence Martin writes that Jack Layton was "the left's great hope. The great hope is gone and…
Blatchford’s Column
The Naylor tweet, incidentally, is degrees worse that Blatchford's now infamous column, which in comparison seems merely stupid and insensitive. Her argument, as I read it, is that Mr. Layton's…
Jack Layton and the Power of Myth
(Click pic to enlarge)On my way home this evening, I stopped by City Hall to check out this improvised and rapidly growing memorial to Jack Layton.Where people were dropping by…
Dave Naylor Forgiven
Mr. Naylor, whose tweet re Jack Layton's death probably marks the lowest point of the last 24 hours, will not be losing his job. From Bourque (who I assume has…
A Response to Ms Christie Blatchford
A Response to Ms. Christie Blatchford « Joshua Hind: No Humble OpinionsJoshua responds to Christie's attack on Jack Layton on the day of his death with a version of Marc…
Pond scum
Meet your equals. Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
On the Irresistible Urge to Look Under Rocks
Human nature can be pretty perverse, and one of the more twisted aspects of it is that we can’t resist turning over the occasional rock, hoping to be stunned and…
Remembering Jack Layton
CBC's 22 Minutes fondly remembers the late NDP leader: (via RedTory)- Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net TORONTO EMPLOYMENT LAW • TORONTO CIVIL LITIGATION & ESTATE…
Blatchford accomplishes the impossible
She's found a way to make @SueAnnLevy look classy.(Honorable mention to David Naylor. Well done, all.)
Christie – blah blah blah – Blatchford
I read Chrisie Blatchford's reprehensible column yesterday on Jack Layton, and since the comment boards are ablaze with outrage over her remarks, allow me to briefly add my own thoughts…
They Didn’t Call Him the Happy Warrior for Nothing…
He was the greatest leader I have ever known. His words will inspire us forever, and lead us to victory one day. And of course now he's a legend.But one…
22 Minutes Remembers Jack Layton
A look back at some of Jack’s appearances on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Watching that prompted me to go digging through the RMR archives…
Jonathan Kay defends Christie Blatchford’s indefensible column on Jack Layton
Yesterday, 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…
Make Jack Layton’s legacy mean something
Jack Layton, federal NDP leader from 2003 until his passing yesterday, has rebuilt the party. Its a contender again just as it was under Ed Broadbent. Probably more of a…
There is a time and there is a place…
… for cynicism and criticism. There is a time and a place to back off and show some respect. You’d think that less than 24 hours after the death of…
Goodbye, Jack
The world is poorer for your passing.Canada has lost someone who contributed greatly to the fostering of our democracy, someone who showed that a capitalist society should also be compatible…