by Rob Cottingham | Oct 13, 2004 | Everything Else
Sick to death of reporters whose idea of deep, thoughtful coverage is yet another piece regurgitating the last round of polling? Then you’re ready for Wimblehack, the “tournament to determine America’s – er, the world’s – worst... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 10, 2004 | Everything Else
The presidential debate on Friday night was the best I’ve seen in ages. John Kerry shed his wooden, patrician shell; for those 90 minutes, he was in a league with Bill Clinton.Both candidates engaged each other; there was the kind of dramatic verbal parrying... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 10, 2004 | Everything Else
So you’re trying to get the word out about the dangers posed by the NRA, the Pentagon, the nuclear power industry and basically the whole American right-wing power structure. Who do you call?How about Avenging Angels? With a client list that ranges from the... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 7, 2004 | Media Mix
Here’s a nice (and rare) victory for folks who make their living stringing words together.The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of freelancer Heather Robertson, whose Globe and Mail pieces wound up in the paper’s online database.The case echoes a... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 3, 2004 | Everything Else
Here’s the sort of thing I’d just love to hear a politician say sometime. (Preferably just before retirement, where they’d be safe from the backlash.) From a Toronto Star article on the Bush/Kerry debate:”Did any voters change sides?Probably...