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The epithets flying around U.S. politics these days are startlingly injurious. “War-monger.” “Repugnant.” “Legal and political nightmare.” “Pathetic.” And that’s got nothing to do with Donald Trump. These are the comments directed towards Hillary Clinton by feminists with a so-called “class analysis.” Donald Trump has made his supporters a bunch of foul-mouthed thugs who don’t […]
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau made the mistake of telling Quebec newspaper, Le Soleil, last week that she felt overwhelmed by the requests being made of her as the prime minister’s wife and thought she needed help to meet the demands. Every woman in Canada can take a lesson from the reaction provoked by her confession. Best […]
The timing is helpful to the analogy. Yesterday in a Toronto courtroom, Jian Ghomeshi, as part of a brokered deal which according to the judge the complainant had a lot of input into, signed a peace bond and apologized to Kathryn Borel for sexually harassing her at work eight years ago. After the settlement, Borel […]
When Newt Gingrich joined the 2012 Republican presidential primary, some pundits declared that, for him, it was more like extended book tour than a serious bid to be president. That’s because in the summer of 2011, the prolific writer and veteran conservative politician had published a book called A Nation Like No Other: Why American […]
Yesterday at the BRIT awards in London, after a lovely obituary by Annie Lennox and Gary Oldman, who accepted the rare BRIT Icon Award on Bowie’s family’s behalf, 19-year old singer, Lorde—a young woman David Bowie called the “tomorrow” of music—walked out to centre stage and, backed up by Bowie’s long time touring band, sang Life […]
I don’t want to write this blog. I telling you I don’t. I’ve got a so-called life and stuff to do. And, honestly, I don’t have any particular axe to grind. But with the Goodwill debacle I posted about on Sunday still on my mind, ACCOUNTABILITY on my top-ten word list this week, and the […]
Retail is tough. The margins are narrow. Sales dip in January. Rents in Toronto are high. Donations are not what they used to be. Goodwill faced these problems and more. They tried to make it work, but couldn’t. It’s hard. That could have been the tsk-tsk sad story we’ve been following this week. But it’s […]
December 3, 2015 We’re all Cleveland “Indians” now. In an announcement that surprised no one, Mark Shapiro (sha-PIE-row), Blue Jays president and former longtime employee of the Cleveland Indians, hired his former number two guy, also a longtime Cleveland employee, Ross Atkins, as the Blue Jays new General Manager, bumping longtime Jays employee, Tony LaCava, […]
November 19, 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador Loses its Troubadour Ron Hynes, Newfoundland’s “man of a thousand songs” passed away today at the Health Sciences Complex in St. John’s, the result of having had cancer. Moments after his death was announced, the power went out in downtown St. John’s, the result of a hydro pole catching […]
November 13, 2015 Syrian War Stakes Out a New “Theatre” At least 128 people died and many more were critically injured tonight, as IS (Islamic State) claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks in Paris. The events have resulted in Facebook becoming the largest funeral parlour in the world where well-worn expressions of grief rub shoulders with personal […]
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