by Rob Cottingham | Jul 14, 2004 | Everything Else
Promoting social democracy in Alberta is one of those jobs that would reduce most people to sobbing frustration. Hercules would probably have rather gone back to the Aegean stables after a dysentery outbreak than take on the leadership of the Alberta NDP.Yet Raj Pannu... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2004 | Everything Else
Now that Alberta has paid off its debt, I can reveal Ralph Klein’s surprisingly simple strategy — one that every province can and should emulate:1. Bury dinosaurs.2. Wait. by Rob Cottingham | Jul 8, 2004 | Everything Else
For sheer nastiness, few candidates in the last federal election could top Vancouver East Liberal Shirley Chan.Chan blamed her defeat on anti-Liberal sentiment “stirred up by provincial governments in B.C. and Ontario.” And it’s doubtful that Gordon... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 6, 2004 | Everything Else
With the news that John Kerry has chosen John Edwards as his running mate, there’s one inevitable question on everyone’s lips.And the answer: of course I’m disappointed.Kerry had the opportunity to make history by nominating someone who is not only... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 2, 2004 | Everything Else
While Parliament, the Supreme Court of Canada and the overgrown reptilian hindbrains of certain politicians struggle to grasp the changing definition of marriage, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary has updated its listing without batting a lexicographical eyelid.The new...
