Well, Another Post About The Lost One
I thought I was finished writing about Wayne Gretzky, but this past week on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch lit into him. Enjoy (or not).Recommend this Post
Wayne Gretzky
A Roundup Of Canadians’ Views On The Lost One
For my final post (at least for the time being) on The Lost One, I thought it would be interesting to cull some letters-to-the-editor from various newspapers. Given that Gretzky…
Still Dead To Me – Part 2
Following up on my previous post about the erstwhile 'Great' One, Number 99 himself, it is clear that the odium he sparked by his appearance in Boston as the ceremonial…
Still Dead To Me
Almost three years ago, I wrote the following about The 'Great' One.:Gretzky has been dead to me since his shameful, full-throated endorsement of Stephen Harper in 2015, despite the fact…
Postmedia pours it to bring home the bacon for Calgary’s hockey billionaires
You’ve got to know that when the likes of Licia Corbella, Danielle Smith, Chris Nelson, Rick Bell, and sundry other right-wing Postmedia bloviators all want you to think that now…
Canadians Are Turning Into A Bunch of Racist Assholes.
This post by Bert Bulmer appeared on Facebook. He absolutely nails it. Bert Bulmer So a number of you have asked that I momentarily come out of my self-imposed FaceBook…
Burning question
Even leaving aside the past politicians who we’d expect to be mentioned in an election, the Cons’ ultra-long, ultra-nasty campaign has managed to drag three of the top ten Greatest…
My Letter to the Harper Supporter Wayne Gretzky
Dear Wayne I have to admit I that you were never my hockey hero, because I've always been a huge Habs fan. You know, the loser team with the glorious…
…on the Entrepreneurial State
With the next Canadian federal election less than a year away – and undesirables like Wayne Gretzky soon to be purged from the voter lists – I’ve been getting a…
Gretzky wrong to call Harper “one of the greatest prime ministers ever”
Wayne Gretzky, “The Great One,” endorsed Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s leadership, called him “one of the greatest prime ministers ever.” The post Gretzky wrong to call Harper “one of the…
Twenty years since Alberta’s epic 1993 election.
TweetToday marks the 20th anniversary of Alberta’s 1993 election, known in Tory political circles as “the miracle on the Prairies” and to others as the election that interrupted the 1993…
Bad planning: Edmonton Arena funding and Calgary urban sprawl.
TweetWhile too much media attention was focused this week on the fate of a statue of a hockey player who left Edmonton twenty-five years ago for sunny southern California (and…