Rick Anderson, retail god

From one of Canada’s leading (sic) lights on the right comes this anti-government gem: “If the Liberals were running Canadian Tire, you’d face waiting lists for oil changes and muffler replacement. Forget about getting anyone on the phone, or...

A lovely parting gift

Outgoing IWA president Dave Haggard may be gone — to a new life as a former-New-Democrat-turned-defeated-Liberal-candidate — but he’s not forgotten.That’s because he very kindly left his members a present: a mediated settlement in...

Focus on Focus on the Family

You may have noticed a series of really, really big newspaper ads lately from the really, really right-wing lobby group Focus on the Family. They’re opposing same-sex marriage. But they aren’t dumb about it. This ad smacks of a lot of careful focus...

Blatant self-promotion

You never know when somebody on the other side of the spectrum (waaaaaay on the other side) might take notice. (Scroll down to “Canada Votes, Day 3”.)Sure, I disagree with him on the issues. But jimminy, the guy’s written for a U.S. president. So...

A toolkit for media skeptics

If you’re the kind of person who’d like to maintain a healthy skepticism about the news media without crossing the border into they’re-taking-their-orders- directly-from-a-cabal- of-alien-overlords territory, good news.The New York Times has come out...
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