Who needs a BC arts council when we have the Liberals?
By Frank Moher Jane Danzo, in her letter of resignation as Chair of the BC Arts Council and in various exit interviews that followed, has confirmed what most of us already suspected: that the Liberal government now sees itself as arbiter of all things cultural in the province. At last, we can begin to see [...]
Israel for dummies
By Alison@Creekside Jason Kenney explains the difference between anti-Semitism and legitimate criticism of Israel at Monday’s session of The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism: Irwin Cotler: “How does one distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and crossing the line?” Jason Kenney: “Criticism of Israel predicated on a view of Israel as a criminal enterprise, [...]
The Alaskan Fox Goes Rogue
By Rachel Krueger I love me some bias and hyperbole, which is why I’m such a fan of Fox News. JUST jokes! I like my nonsensical news sources to be a little more upfront about their nonsensicalness (all of whom are, I’m sure, rubbing their hands in unfettered glee at this newsy tidbit). But I [...]
Mallick vs. Palin. Or is that Feylin?
By Frank Moher It’s hard not to sympathize with the Yanks who are upset with Heather Mallick. The former Globe and Mailer, now writing for cbc.ca, is so resolutely humourless, even when she’s trying to be funny, and so intransigently snooty (she wears white pearls in her website photo, for cripe’s sake), that I too [...]
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