I Wish it Was a Return to the 1960s and Not the 1990s
Robert Benzie had a piece in the Toronto Star this weekend: Return to the 1960s, in which he asks "One Party?"It is well researched and well written, comparing today to…
Neoconservatism
Jim Flaherty and the Tea Party Abandon the Arts
It was once suggested to Winston Churchill that he cut funding to the arts to pay for Britain's war, to which he responded "Then what would we be fighting for?"A…
Jack layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking "Speech" Lessons
Matt Latimer, a former George Bush speechwriter, wrote a book on his experiences at the White House. Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.In it he speaks of how excited…
Why Are we Allowing the Media to Write the Narrative?
I've found myself getting upset the past few days reading columns about the Harper majority.There is an overwhelming attempt to rewrite Stephen Harper's political story.Angelo Persichilli tells us that yes…
As a Political Analyst Angelo Persichilli Makes a Great Shoe Salesman
Angelo Persichilli finally came out of the closet a few months ago and admitted that he was indeed a Conservative. Phew!And I thought he was a liberal.Persichilli certainly isn't the…
Conservative Laurie Hawn Thrilled With Unemployment as it Might Make Recruitment Easier
Wikileaks has revealed that Conservative Laurie Hawn was tickled pink over Canada's rise in unemployment, seeing it as an opportunity to recruit more soldiers.Maybe instead of EI, we should just…
Built to crash: the coming economic tsunami
`Would you rather have a perfectly efficient system that, if hit by a pebble, would shatter? Or, would you rather have an adaptable system that may not give you the…
Calgary School, Chicago School and the Committee on Social Thought
Canada's neoconservative movement has been slow to reach awareness in Canada, though throughout the 1990's, neoconservatism was a term used by many journalists and political pundits, to separate the conservatism…
Gunsmoke
The passing of James Arness (aka Sheriff Matt Dillon) the other day reminded me of this excerpt from the Adam Curtis documentary “The Power of Nightmares” dealing with the curious…