Love Wins
I can only imagine how frustrated some backwards Americans are these days. And that thought makes me grin with glee. …
Politics
Insight From a Wise Friend
My brilliant and accomplished PhD friend Shannon Sampert, who escaped the confines of a radio newsroom long ago and is now the first woman to hold the position of Perspectives and Politics Editor at the Winnipeg Free Press, continues to delight me with her depth and insight. …
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What Ignorance Makes Us Miss
Recently, I had the privilege of being hired to present some media relations practices and techniques to an important advocacy group for native bands in our region. And I came away with almost as much information as I gave. …
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Super Steamed
This steams me like Marilyn Monroe’s butt over a sewer grate.  And although it happened one week ago, my outrage has only grown. …
“My ISIS Boyfriend”
If you are as fascinated about the workings of ISIS as I am, I have some recommended reading for you. …
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Sex, Ed
I grew up in a time before AIDS. The big threats about premarital sex were pregnancy and gaining a reputation as a slut. Having sex with someone couldn’t kill you, just your reputation. …
Disappointment All Around
The Bishop of the Catholic diocese of London is “profoundly disappointed” in the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn a ban on doctor assisted death in cases of terminal illness. I am profoundly disappointed in anyone who’s profoundly disappointed in this decision. …
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Piggish Parkers
There will always be people who behave badly but I wonder if some have changed their ways because of social media? …
Nothing Is Really Safe
When some movie and TV stars pleaded with people to not look at photos hacked from their personal email I thought, you doth protest too much. What are you, a famous person, doing uploading naked pictures to the cloud? The cloud is for storing and for sharing. The cloud is not safe. It’s as thin as a cloud. …
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Rolling Stone’s Mea Culpa
A story in the most recent issue of Rolling Stone (Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl is on the cover) painted a horrible picture of rape culture at the University of Virginia, and other US colleges and universities. …
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Brittany Maynard is my Heroine
She didn’t sell a single record, appear in a movie or TV reality show, or post selfies to Twitter. But Brittany Maynard is a superstar in my view. The 29-year-old with terminal brain cancer ended her own suffering on the weekend by taking a lethal dose of drugs. Day by day, she could feel herself slipping away and losing the basic ability to think and she refused to let the process drag out for up to six excruciating months. …
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Terror in the Capital
Brandt’s Randt airs on Wednesdays at 6:50 am on The Big Show. There was no way I could have known about the events in Ottawa to follow yesterday. …
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