And he’s pretty sure he saw Clifford the Big Red Dog humping Elmo.
Focus on the Family is starting to look less like an intolerant right-wing pressure group, and more like a sad, vaguely embarrassing, intolerant right-wing cry for attention. FoF founder Dr. James C. Dobson achieved the nearly-impossible this week: he upstaged his pal...Indecency? WTF?
In the great saga of the culture wars, an oddity has emerged: a story about a broadcast that didn’t inspire viewer complaints. CBC’s web site carries a story about NBC’s New Year’s Eve edition of Leno, in which one M??tley Cr?ºe member says to...Ho-ho-ho-had it with Christmas yet?
If you’re nauseated at the thought of two more friggin’ days of treacly goodness and light before we get to the real holiday — Boxing Day, and its attendant retail orgy — then here’s a quick dose of desperately needed sourness: the...CanWest Global: prostrate before the gods of taste
“Attention, valued viewers: “The next thirty seconds were going to be devoted to a public service ad raising awareness of prostate cancer and potentially saving thousands of men’s lives. The ad comes from the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General...Pierre Berton
It’s fitting that Pierre Berton would leave us the day after a celebration of great Canadians. Nobody mined our country’s history as assiduously as he did, finding nuggets of national glory and, sometimes, shame. Much of what I know about story, and...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
