Last week when I did my piece on the doper candidate for the Liberals in the Okanagan, I received a note from a fairly prominent Liberal organizer from Ontario about two days later. Here’s an excerpt: “Alex, if you think that your tirade against Ross Rebagliati is going anywhere, you are mistaken. All you’ve proved [...]

Have been busy working/researching a major piece on the (not so) Victorian Liberals.  I’ll be back Thursday, possibly tomorrow. Insite, the Libs, etc must wait til then. Apologies, but unlike City Caucus Tower, I have no staff here. Will be back with you shortly. Thank you so very much for your loyalty, patience, and kind [...]

When I was just about out of elementary school, my (maternal) grandfather (who was one tough customer) took me by the hand to the bus, where we proceeded across town (I believe three transfers back then) to the Agrodome, on a very rainy Saturday afternoon, to watch Gene Kiniski and ‘Bulldog’ Brown have a go [...]

Ross Rebagliati is an idiot. There, I’ve said in five words what the vast majority of the sane world thinks. Who said I’m not economical with my words? Racin’ Ross, as you are aware, is the federal Liberal candidate in the Okanagan and his remarkable penchant for being a complete ass, is serving the Liberals [...]

Back in the not-so-heady days of the Bush Administrations ‘War on Terror’, out from the wellhead of the skeptical false gods, sprang a fellow named Scott Ritter. Mr. Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector, retired Marine and counter-intelligence officer, was one of the greatest critics of the former President, often going so over-the-top in his [...]

Oops, he did it again.  I know, that’s a rather weak opening, but really now, we’re not going to be talking about strength as a theme here either. I’m not sure at which point this Prime Minister will understand the unending folly of thumbing people in the eye, but I suppose it may come to [...]

This is in honour of all of you who will be responsible for paying for the 2010 Games. In particular, those of you who are elderly or poor or school children or drug-addicted or mentally-challenged or adult autistics or ambulance paramedics or generally either in need, underprivileged or manipulated by the Government of the Province [...]

There are some extremely clever lines written by Charles Dickens. Many of them, I have often enjoyed, from the great classic, Oliver Twist.  And each of those lines, were delivered, as narrative, about ‘The Artful Dodger’–one of the most celebrated pick-pockets in all of literary history. The Dodger spent much time plying his craft for [...]

I have long-advocated for news bosses across the country to fire, on the spot, any producer or editor who simply runs down the list of available bloviating professors and chooses one for their “experience” and “knowledge”. Experience?  From where, pray tell?  It’s a long way back up the stairs to the top of those ‘Ivory [...]

As a sign that the apocalypse may not be far off, Gov. Palin is quoted in a new political book called “Game Change” to have said that John McCain’s choice of her as running-mate was…please make sure you’re seated… “God’s will” I know, I know, I do this to myself.  I shouldn’t read these things, [...]