Tag Archives: Liberal
Goin’ out in style!
If the boss is forcing you out, then you might as well go out in a blaze of glory! Here is Bill Bennett’s quite remarkable exit interview after being removed from the cabinet of the BC Liberal government: Bill Bennett faces the media (mp3) Posted by Colin Welch at 8:35 PM Edited […]
More on the neo-liberal agenda
One of the truisms of neo-classical economics is that tax cuts for those already wealthy and powerful will “trickle down” to the middle and lower class. In other words, making rich people richer will eventually make everyone richer. One of the most popular versions of this theory is the corporate income tax cut, which supposedly […]
The BC Liberals Get Even
Sometimes it’s difficult to avoid cynicism about the bloodsport known as politics: http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/09/10/AxeFallsOnOfficer/ Posted by Colin Welch at 10:45 AM Edited on: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:48 AM
Leaving out certain details
The trouble with truth and journalism is not that the media regularly publishes falsities. It’s that it usually omits important information or emphasizes certain facts over others. Here’s an example: On August 17, 2009, the Vancouver Sun publishes an article with the headline, “Liberals funded by business, NDP by unions“. On the face of it, […]