Launching Into a Hurricane
Blackberry Books opened on Vancouver’s Granville Island in 1979 and seemed to be flourishing until February 5, 2014, when its owner...
Bob-bob-bobbing along
I didn’t get a chance to write about Robert Fulford the first time he faked his retirement so I’m doing it now. His first retirement was...
Why Bobby Kennedy worshipped Herbert Hoover
Months before he was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, was asked by David...
Hoover as portrayed in Vanity Fair & New Yorker
The New Yorker published a positive and thorough review of Hoover today with an illustration by the wonderful Bendik Kaltenborn. It's a...
Here's the Best Argument Against High CEO Pay
I've been reading John Kenneth Galbraith lately, the late great and now terribly unfashionable Canadian-American economist. No one seems...
Nothing like the smell of fresh books
The most enjoyable part of any publishing project whether in newspapers, magazines or books is the arrival of the finished product. My...
Chicago gets excited about Herbert Hoover
I've long had a thing for Chicago, started when my father worked for International Harvester and went there for his most important...
Get ready to hear a lot about Trump and Herbert Hoover
David Shribman, the Pulitzer-winning editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote this terrific piece on the struggles of Trump, the...
How much time does Postmedia have left?
It's been just over two years since Postmedia, Canada's largest newspaper company, paid $316 million for 175 newspapers and websites...
There's No Life Like It: Definitive Biography of Herbert Hoover To Be Published By Knopf, Octobe
I often get asked why I thought it was worth spending seven years on a biography of a failed president. Here's part of the answer. For...
