This story, of the long-term gang raping of over a thousand girls in the English city Rotherham, is one of the saddest and most enraging things I’ve ever read. [Read more…]
From the archives (almost): Queen or Monkey Ruler?
The Queen
VS.
A monkey
Back in October of 2002 I wrote one of my first op-eds for the Toronto Star after a typically embarrassing royal visit by Her Highness. To set the stage: John Manley, then one of Chretien’s star ministers, mused about dumping the monarchy, and poor John was piled on fast for the crime of speaking common sense honestly, and I believe did some back-pedalling. I picked up his baton, picking on the defense-of-monarchy from the Monarchist League of Canada’s website. The League soon took down those arguments.
Now, the version the Toronto Star ran with was not my preferred version. It was the no-monkey argument. So, instead of the published article, I will print here, for the first time ever, my preferred version. The Monkey Argument: [Read more…]
Reaction following the Senate scandal article
After the op-ed on the Senate scandal came out, I went down to a friend’s hunt camp in NY state.
There, I was instrumental in taking down a ukulele with a 12 gauge. Ukulele season is quite short, so I’m happy I could get down for it.
Latest Article: Canadian senate scandal
Will the last honest man turn out the lights?
My first article after a few years break was a political comment in the Ottawa Citizen on the (temporarily latest) Senate scandal.
They took out my favourite line, which had to do with ducks, but otherwise I’m happy with it.
The argument was pretty straightforward, but had really not been voiced.
The conservative mindset understands that power tends to corrupt. How far will we let it corrupt us? I have been involved in party work for more than a decade and I call on other party members to demand answers, or resignation from our leader.
The Ottawa Citizen article is here.