Editorial Changes

Business, Entertainment, Of Interest, People
It appears that the editorial page of The Province is no longer sporting the cartoons of either Bob Krieger or Dan Murphy. I won't miss Krieger's lame attempts at humour but most of Murphy's cartoons and writings made me laugh out loud. It's unfortunate that The Province Editors have decided that both must go but I suppose it's a sign of the times as newspapers continue to position themselves with the online news world. Most of Kreiger's simplistic cartoons were biased and pathetic attempts at social and political satire which, in my opinion, rarely worked. I did, however look forward to and read Dan Murphy's cartoons and outrageous musings with plenty of guffaws and head nodding. His material was usually spot-on and lambasted politicians, do-gooders and local celebrity wannabe's without…
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The Black Three Dollar Bill

Entertainment, Of Interest, People
Kitty Kelley, colonoscopist to the stars, has released 'Oprah', her latest unauthorized celebrity biography about the leader of daytime talk shows, Oprah Winfrey. And boy, has this woman dug up the dirt on this overrated and omnipotent media queen. Read on. You may detect that I'm not a fan of Oprah or her zombie-like, middle-class female followers and Ms. Kelley's book supports some of my theories. My favourite (and the one I mention to my wife on a weekly basis) is that Oprah Winfrey is gay, her 'friend' Gayle King being significantly more than a 'friend' and her live-in partner/hanger-on/douche Stedman Graham being nothing more than a well paid beard. Shocking! So what does Ms. Kelley's book, for which she culled close to 3,000 transcripts of Winfrey's past interviews and…
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