UncategorizedIndustry expert to Maclean’s: Please hurry back to blandnessOne of Canada’s leading magazine-industry consultants is sorely vexed with our Andrew Coyne, and indeed with Maclean’s in...
OttawaOntario assumptions, Alberta PMWhenever I write a long piece about politics, I’m always left with stuff I couldn’t fit in. Not just the odd quote, but whole...
Uncategorized"The lunatic suicide of the press"Pulitzer-winning classical music critic Justin Davidson on how newsroom managers are responding to declining audiences by...
OttawaGiornolism 101From the print edition, my 2700-word attempt to explain the turmoil at the PMO this summer: Twice before, Stephen Harper...
UncategorizedKDKevin Dean plays anachronistically modern jazz on a 1930 Conn cornet, talks about horns, and makes me miss Montreal, where he...
UncategorizedTurns out Ottawa isn’t the only capital......that gets into a tizzy at the prospect of an American presidential candidate visiting .
UncategorizedOur bashful colossusWorld leadership rests with Canada, thanks to our talented but oddly neglected prime minister. So says the Daily Telegraph .
UncategorizedDept. of insane media-manager memosFrom the "director of innovation" at Tribune Co., which is innovating away about 150 newsroom jobs at the LA Times : Well, just go...
UncategorizedWeekly newsmagazine in freefallAnd once again, it’s not us . Mind you, if the guy’s main article of indictment is that there’s a Joel Stein column, one shudders...
UncategorizedClinton won!Bill Clinton, that is : "He seems to believe that his shifts and twists and clever panders — as opposed to bold, principled...