Harper’s next target: the CBC.

Let’s see now, what’s next on the Conservative agenda? Shut down the wheat board, despite the protests of farmers? Check. Enact a tough-on-crime agenda that throws more and more people in jail, despite the fact that every expert in the world tells you what you’re doing is wrong? Check. Tack the word ‘royal’ to as […]

TV’s best ‘new’ show is 11 years old. And British.

Today, a digression from my regular political rants. Today, not a word about Alison Redford being only a SO-SO (Same Old, Same Old) premier so far, or how Daryl Katz has bamboozled the City of Chumpions. Nope. Today, a recommendation. I believe I have discovered the best new TV show of the 2011-12 TV season. […]

Casino Jack and Karen Carpenter, together for the first time.

Today, a couple of recommendations on very different topics — political corruption and Karen Carpenter. First, if you’re into politics you absolutely must watch Casino Jack and the United States of Money, an eye-popping wallow in the gutter of American politics. The documentary, directed and written with feature film flair by Alex Gibney, follows the […]