The Wall of Rants

August 6  • 

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…

Now it can be told. After 15 months of glorious: a) semi-retirement b) recovery from politics c) shameless goofing off d) all of the above I am...

April 9  • 

KICK ‘EM WHILE THEY’RE DOWN

Hey, sorry it’s been so long since I ranted in this space. I’ve been working on a big project – still am – that’s consuming a lot of time and...


March 8  • 

BROWNSEY’S FOURTH RULE…

“Brownsey” would be my friend Keith Brownsey, a professor of policy studies at Mount Royal University and the best damned classroom instructor...

March 7  • 

WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE BUDGET

(UPDATE) I told you Calgary wouldn’t get what it needs and deserves in this budget. Funding for the Alberta Creative Hub? – can’t find it. If...


March 1  • 

ON THE PERILS OF BELIEVING IN YOUR OWN INVINCIBILITY

I was back in my old stomping grounds – on talk radio – for most of last month. And now I’m done again for a while. Probably a good...

January 25  • 

TO MY FRIENDS (AND FOES) IN THE COCKTAIL PARTY

Ahoy, all you moderate, progressive, moderately-progressive, progressively-moderate, collaboratively-and-cooperatively-inclined,...


January 24  • 

PREMIERING TONIGHT ON CTV: THE REDFORD FILES

Actor James Garner is still alive. And I suspect his long-running TV detective show, “The Rockford Files”, lives on in reruns somewhere. Looking...

January 22  • 

CORPORATE WELFARE BUMS

If David Lewis were alive today, he’d have a name for Quebecor and The Sun News Network: Corporate Welfare Bums. As leader of the NDP in the 1972...


January 8  • 

WILL RESISTANCE ULTIMATELY BE FUTILE?

Again – for the second time in less than 15 months – I am gobsmacked. I love that word, “gobsmacked”. It’s vaguely amusing, for starters, as are so...

December 31  • 

IF THERE IS A HEAVEN FOR CATS, I HOPE IT IS SUNNY, WARM, AND FILLED WITH MICE, FRESH SALMON, AND THE SPIRITS OF CAT-LOVING PEOPLE

We are soon going to have to say goodbye to our cat, Max. Max, who goes by many nicknames – Maxwell, Catticus Maximus, the Maximum Cat Allowed by...