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Vancouver is holding a referendum today. On the ballot: whether to move to a ward system for electing local councillors.The case for supporting wards seems so utterly compelling to me that it’s unimaginable people would vote against it. But the existing system...The cure for common campaign coverage
Sick to death of reporters whose idea of deep, thoughtful coverage is yet another piece regurgitating the last round of polling? Then you’re ready for Wimblehack, the “tournament to determine America’s – er, the world’s – worst...Friday night’s debate
The presidential debate on Friday night was the best I’ve seen in ages. John Kerry shed his wooden, patrician shell; for those 90 minutes, he was in a league with Bill Clinton.Both candidates engaged each other; there was the kind of dramatic verbal parrying...Find of the week: Avenging Angels
So you’re trying to get the word out about the dangers posed by the NRA, the Pentagon, the nuclear power industry and basically the whole American right-wing power structure. Who do you call?How about Avenging Angels? With a client list that ranges from the...Joan Hoff, I salute you
Here’s the sort of thing I’d just love to hear a politician say sometime. (Preferably just before retirement, where they’d be safe from the backlash.) From a Toronto Star article on the Bush/Kerry debate:”Did any voters change sides?Probably...Federal Liberal motto: “That was then. This is now.”
A nice turn of phrase today from Paul Wells: “Legalizing gay marriage is the right thing to do, as Liberals sometimes realize when their assignment is to take back a seven-point Conservative lead in mid-campaign. That job having been completed, apparently the...
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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.
