Musings
Thrill on da Hill
Wow! Where’s the Sergeant at Arms when you need him? WATCH – PM Trudeau & #NDPs Mulcair in heated exchange on HoC floor. Whoa. #cdnpoli #realchange pic.twitter.com/EQ0PcI1yy7 — Richard Madan…
Putting the “progressive” back in PC?
Interesting. That, clearly, is what newly-minted Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Patrick Brown wants to do: make the “progressive” part of their name a reality again. It’s fair to ask…
In this week’s Hill Times: beware sweet-talking writers bearing gifts, Trudeau folks
Meet Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications to the President of the United States of America. Or, as he was recently described in a headline in Foreign…
Michael Chong
I’ve met this guy, talked to him, listened to him. He’s the only Conservative Party leadership candidate who could hurt Justin Trudeau, full stop. There may be candidates-to-be who could…
Madness
This is insane. When something this horrible happens, we need to stop, and carefully assess whether we – and our elected leaders, and the police, and everyone else who is…
How do you war room Donald Trump?
I’ve seen some of you say it can’t be done. He can’t be shamed – there’s nothing that will diminish the enthusiasm of his supporters. Here’s this morning’s New York…
And Conservatives wonders why they lost the election
Wonder no more, etc.
Proud punk Dad at Anti-Flag
So. Text Daughter this morn about Anti-Flag tonight. She texts back, says she was out to 5:30. At the hospital. Wait. What? She and Hannah, she said. A girl…
You don’t call, you don’t write, you don’t notice
Earlier today, www.warrenkinsella.com underwent a big change – and none of you noticed! Look up – look way, way up, as someone used to say. After fifteen years, the name…
I’m super old
I’m a loser, too. The guy beside me goes on to be mayor of Toronto. Me? Nobody-ville. Sigh.
Fight the Right and more!
This came out four years ago. Today, I am in meetings about two new books – one done, one not. A bestseller that enables me to retire remains elusive.
Highly-Scientific Poll™: should Prime Ministerial spouses have staff?
This has been a raging controversy, apparently, bigger even than Fort Mac and ISIS. I know this because it was the subject-matter of two radio shows I did yesterday –…
Profiling: from next week’s Hill Times
A snippet from my column about the Ben Rhodes controversy, and the lessons that some might be able to draw from up here in the Great White North: But the…
Can you order someone to submit to sexual assault?
Kathryn Borel says someone did just that to her. Borel, as you probably know, was the complainant in the second Jian Ghomeshi trial, the one that had been slated to…
We grow old, we grow old
I have a son who was born 18 years ago today – his arrival prompted by a bank robbery, a garage sale, and a crazy ride in 1974 Volkswagen Beetle.…
Alternatives to Ghomeshi
Sounds like an indie band, eh? But, after this morning, I suspect many will be wondering if there was a better option in the R. v. Ghomeshi cases. The first…
All lined up, battery brides
For reasons I do not fully ken, these two Eighties gems popped into my head this morning. I am a sucker for a weirdo bass line. Useless facts: one guy…