Opinion

The politically correct are relentless goblins, demanding rules of taste and semantics even amid death and riots in the race-torn U.S. In their latest crusade, the PCs are deeply offended by use of the word “thug” during the Baltimore riots. "These are not thugs, these are upset and frustrated children," said Rev. Jamal Bryant. "'Thugs'...

“Pigs fly!” “Hell has frozen.” “I step off a plane after 3.5 hours and we've got an F'in NDP government and the Flames tying goal is called off!! The world has gone to hell!!!” A sampling of the commentary on my Facebook wall last night as the Alberta provincial election results rolled in and media...

“I’ll message you when I’m out front so you can let me in,” was the last message I received from a girlfriend before the battery of my phone died. I knew it was dying before I had even left home, but I so strongly believed that 26 per cent would get me from A to...

Anti-democratic, authoritarian and autocratic. Back-stabbing, brow-beating and bullying. Churlish, corrupt and cryptic. Devious, dictatorial and divisive. Egregious and erroneous. Fear-mongering, flawed and fraudulent. Grandiose, grudge-bearing and guileful. Haughty, hectoring and hypocritical. Ill-advised, imperious and invasive. Janus-faced and kleptocratic. Labour-bashing, labyrinthine and lachrymose. Mendacious, militaristic and misguided. Nasty, nefarious, and negligent. Obfuscatory, obscurantist and opaque. Paranoid,...

It’s tough to defend guys like Allan Schoenborn or Vince Li because of the horrible things they did, so perhaps I shouldn't even try.

If there’s one place in Vancouver that good girls go to die it’s the Roxy Cabaret on Granville Street. Situated between a greasy late-night poutine stop and an 18+ arcade, the Roxy is a staple of the Granville strip — close enough to the centre of the city to be considered a hot spot, but...