Hole in one
Whopping donations prove Calgary likes to share wealth
Calgarian Max Reboh is a fascinating fellow by any measure, as he tells how he can trace...
Witch hunt sinful
Political tormentors of bishop should face serious wrath
It’s tough when asked to name the individual in Calgary one most admires—there are so many...
Words worth mulling over
Life is much too short for pettiness
A decade or so ago I used to drive my ailing and aging friend Morty Milner to schul...
Smokescreen
Sanctimonious busybodies impose own agenda on city
“Totalitarian thoughts have taken roots in the minds of pseudo-intellectuals everywhere”—George Orwell, author of 1984
Well, I would not...
Push back
No time to waver in new kind of war
A day or so before the terrorist bombings in London, former top U.S. intelligence official Herb...
Truth about mad fiend
Trying to buy off tyrants like Ahmadinejad merely increases their contempt
Jewish friends—and I have a large number of them—wonder when I intend to...
Silent treatment
PM ignores devastating poll results supporting western separation
Well, shiver me timbers, but ‘Pirate of the Caribbean’ Paul Martin appears to have been struck...
Nuke fallout
Snubbing nuclear energy not Progressive of our Tories
Fifteen years ago several of the movers and shakers at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. unfolded a...
Clown princes
Liberals who would be king are in for long wait
The federal Liberals and their beleaguered party, which has had two less than sterling leaders...
Prescription for reform
Doctor Oberg knows his stuff when it comes to health care
Progressive Conservative leadership challenger Lyle Oberg dedicated 14 years of his life as a...
Job well done
Employment rate soars in U.S. as a result of Bush tax cuts
DALLAS—One positive thing I’ll say about the old roue and likable rogue, Bill...
Set to collapse
Low birth rates threatening our civilization as we know it
DALLAS, Tex.—Political acquaintances ask whether I’ve exchanged my Conservative guru of some four decades,...
Taft’s burden
Liberal baggage makes revival plan a lost cause
Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft has the light blue eyes of a perennial dreamer.
I’ve met Kevin’s...
Out of touch
Tories would get the boot in any other province
The provincial Progressive Conservative leadership race is starting to tear the party apart.
Various candidates now...
Seeing red over Che togs
Cult ‘hero’ cold-blooded executioner
I walk into a store on Stephen Avenue Mall and start browsing through the various knickknacks on display.
Then I stalked—not...