What do George Clinton, Henry Wilson and James Sherman have in common? Right. All three were a heartbeat away from the U.S. presidency but the wrong heart stopped ... and now they're trivia questions. Click here to read the rest.
If you want proof that politicians don’t get it, look no further than the dreary Biden-Ryan vice-presidential debate Wednesday. I think Biden did slightly better, passionate and eloquent as well as rude and theatrical. But while neither man melted down, both missed the key point that politics is basically unpleasant. Click here to read the rest.
If I call Peter Sellers a comic genius you may well say “I know that. You don’t have to tell me that.” But as with so much in this world, his work tends to fade with time. And not just major things like Inspector Clouseau. Indeed, my goal right now is simply to revive his miniature classic Party Political Broadcast. Click here to read the rest.
Wherever the hidden imam may be hiding, it doesn’t seem to be the pages of Canadian newspapers. Which won’t bother Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad much since he despises Canada. But it should concern readers. Click here to read the rest.