The illusionist deflects your attention: Look at the pretty flame, the famous athletes, powerful citizens and posh people. And, feel the ghostly spirits of games past. What an occasion! Greece was the birthplace […]
While you are distracted
Rod Mickleburgh says
Why is the government spending half a million untendered dollars to entertain select guests at the posh, private Terminal City Club during the 2010 Games? Um … “If you look at the […]
Apologies come after the Games
Lately, I’ve been thinking of Network, a great Sidney Lumet movie written by Paddy Chayevsky. It makes we wonder. Is it, finally, time to be angry? Will even that question result in […]
Papering the house
Opening and closing pageants, figure skating finals and the hockey medal round; those are easy sells. Hockey tickets for Germany vs Belarus or for sports such as skeleton, curling, biathlon, synchronized snow […]
Volunteers don’t come cheap, updated
Olympic volunteers (have I offended a trademark?) apparently don’t come cheap. One estimate puts the new bill to provincial taxpayers at $28 million. Consider that when the hospital postpones your father’s heart […]
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