“He was an impressive man,” says Newman, as he waits to go on to a Sun News talk show. “But he was the wrong man.”
The wrong man. That, in sum, is the verdict you are left with when you read — as I did, quickly — Newman’s impressive new book, When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada. Ignatieff was brilliant, erudite, accomplished and decent.
And, mostly, the wrong man.
A very delayed but nevertheless fervent AMEN to your column in mid-October asking “What would Jesus do?” re the Occupy Movement.
The Sunday morning prior to the column appearing, as a retired Pastor, I was sitting in Church at a worship service and thinking, “This is not CHURCH, we are just playing CHURCH. That is where the CHURCH is”.
Thank you for your columns, providing a dose of reality in the midst of often very (undeclared) biases represented as thoughtful comments.
Albert Bailey
Social Blemish Records’ latest mop-topped punk-pop sensation, SFH, is issuing its WDYHM soon! Here’s a snapshot of Social Blemish’s first-ever release, now worth a small fortune in certain countries in Europe. The Hot Nasties ‘I Am A Confused Teenager’ here, and (bonus!) early mix of SFH tune ‘The Truth’ here. Spin away!
We ask that you stop picking on Tim. We do not want to lose him!
Sincerely,
Ontario Liberals
In the link, Jordan fights back, passionately, and attracts an interesting commenter.
My view is Soviet, frankly: samo kritika is never a bad thing. It leads to better self-awareness and, hopefully, remedial action. And redemption.
I have many views on this subject, but I’ll keep them to myself, for now.
What do you think? A good idea?
