by Rob Cottingham | Mar 25, 2008 | Media Mix, Politics, Speechwriting
Back in the 1993 federal election, then-Prime Minister Kim Campbell was quoted as saying that elections are no time to discuss serious issues. (If memory serves, her comment was actually much more nuanced, but was dumbed down to that pithy, sensational and damaging... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 30, 2008 | Politics
Edwards Drops Out of Race for President – New York Times I’m sorry to see him go. Among the heavyweight contenders for the Democratic nomination, he was the one who truly tackled the huge and growing class divide in America, and all of its implications. I... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 13, 2007 | Media Mix, Politics
Think you wasted all that time on indefinite pronoun references in high school English class? Here’s how The Guardian (usually no slouch in the putting together of the words) reported on the recent Danish election: Rasmussen was opposed by a four-party... by Rob Cottingham | Aug 27, 2007 | Politics
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Resigns – The New York Times: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, announced his resignation in Washington today, declaring that he had... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 26, 2007 | Environment, Vancouver
Here’s a fun idea from Vancity: We are looking for participants to give bikes to. We are asking people to write 100 words or less on ChangeEverything.ca on why they’d want a bike. Then we will be setting the first flight of bikes free at the BEST pancake... by Rob Cottingham | May 24, 2007 | Politics, Vancouver
This just came in across the transom, and I wanted to shoot it out to y’all as soon as possible. See, here’s the thing: no NDP office is a sprawling empire of employees. They’re lean operations, especially in the communications shops. So if...