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Well, at least it wasn't a ring of power, or fishbones, goblins' teeth, or wet shells:A Latin American journalist at a briefing on the president's trip to the region this week told Bush he wanted to ask the "unofficial" question...
Not to diverge into politics — okay, a little — but there is a nice Cass Sunstein piece in today’s NY Times about people’s misperception of the likelihood of 5–4 Supreme Court vote splits. Sure, the current appointment is important,...
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if many venture capitalists suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Ontario, Canada’s largest and most populous province, has announced it will axe venture capital tax credits, a...
Pardon me for a little politics today, but an excerpt from a recent Whitehouse press conference got me laughing: Q: Mr. President, could you tell us, did you see the presidential -- the President's Daily Brief from August of '01...
The Canadian auditor general's report is now out, and it is a whopper of a business scandal, albeit set in the public sector. A few quotes from A-G Sheila Fraser on the biggest faux pas detailed in the report, the...
There is a fascinating George Will column this weekend on his unhappiness with current president George Bush. Having Conservative Will speak so frankly on the issue of Republican spending shows how finely balanced Bush's position remains even in his base:...
Writing with his Bloomberg columnist hat on head, Michael Lewis has two interesting takes on the controversial book "The Price of Loyalty". Take 1: George Bush Jr., is thoroughly uncomfortable with not running conversations. He is "a man terrified of...
According to the current Advertising Age, things were busy, if nervous, at this week's National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE -- pronounced to (sort of) rhyme with "nasty") conference in Las Vegas. TV execs can't figure out where the...
According to the current Advertising Age, things were busy, if nervous, at this week's National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE -- pronounced to (sort of) rhyme with "nasty") conference in Las Vegas. TV execs can't figure out where the...
My National Post column today was on bumpf and posturing at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.Update: Ah, if only I had seen this story before I had written the above column. Apparently the WEF anticipated my criticisms...
My National Post column today was on bumpf and posturing at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.Update: Ah, if only I had seen this story before I had written the above column. Apparently the WEF anticipated my criticisms...
Microsoft's quarterly financial results tonight seemingly have many investors in a tizzy. It has nothing to do with the higher-than-expected equity compensation costs, however. Those are shuffling of costs from one period to another, and it isn't all that important...
Microsoft's quarterly financial results tonight seemingly have many investors in a tizzy. It has nothing to do with the higher-than-expected equity compensation costs, however. Those are shuffling of costs from one period to another, and it isn't all that important...
Quirky piece in the Independent about Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's recent marriage to romance novelist Melanie Craft. It is requisitely snide in that U.K. way, so you get bon mots like the following: "At 34, Ms Craft is 25 years...
Quirky piece in the Independent about Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's recent marriage to romance novelist Melanie Craft. It is requisitely snide in that U.K. way, so you get bon mots like the following: "At 34, Ms Craft is 25 years...
For today's discussion of technology & rhetoric, the following chained proposition: "Telecommunications is essential to ... democracy. It is essential, in fact, to keeping an informed populace." And therefore, "If somebody doesn't regulate this, it's buyer beware." Source: Loretta Lynch,...
There is an interesting and mischievous OpEd in today's Wall Street Journal about trade relations with Cuba. The piece argues that while trade can be a democratizing force, that still has not been the case in Cuba. Economic liberalization reached...
Years ago the New Republic ran a contest to find a more boring headline than "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative", a clunker from the NY Times. While it's not quite as bad, Canada’s Journey to an Information Society is darn close. Nevertheless,...
The CRTC just said "No" to expanding the list of satellite channels offered in Canada. Proposed stations would have included Showtime, HBO, and ESPN, among others. Sayeth the CRTC, the Canadian Cable Television Association didn't make its case strongly enough....
Two delightfully mischievous columns in the WSJ today. First, former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney implicitly rebukes current Canadian prime minister (sort of) Chretien. Mulroney chides countries that don't support current U.S. pre-emptive policies i.e., Canada. Second bit of mischief-making...
Second-from-bottom item in this Lloyd Grove WashPost piece is a touching anecdote about former president Ronald Reagan and Alzheimer's. Apparently the first time his son, Ron Jr., beat Ron Sr., swimming in the home pool was when the former was...
