"Decisions in leadership," Sunday, 16 June, 2002
"We shan't forget," Thursday, 13 June, 2002
"Psychically speaking," Monday, 10 June 2002
"The rise of a third party in Quebec," Friday, June 07, 2002
"Damned if they do, damned if they don't," Thursday, 06 June, 2002
"Chrétien in crisis," Monday, 03 June, 2002
"'Springtime for Hitler'," Friday, 31 May, 2002
"The state of the province's politics," Tuesday, 28 May, 2002
"A cabinet too comfortable," Monday, 27 May, 2002
"The Osbournes," Friday, 24 May, 2002
"Forever Liberal," Monday, 20 May, 2002
"What the networks couldn't touch," Friday, 17 May, 2002
"The political landscape hardly moved," Thursday, 16 May, 2002
"Thoroughly traditional Tony," Monday, 13 May, 2002
"Left, right or indifferent," Friday, 10 May, 2002
"Sentimental ratings seekers," Thursday, 09 May, 2002
"The right, hard right and everyone else," Monday, 06 May, 2002
"Farewell to a 'Boy Disc Jockey'," Friday, 03 May, 2002
"Good night, Jack," Tuesday, 30 April, 2002
"Notes on the Native Referendum," Monday, 29 April, 2002
"How the other half lives," Sunday, 28 April, 2002
"The House is not a home," Thursday, 25 April, 2002
"Some obvious namedropping," Monday, 22 April, 2002
"God bless 'em bloody Royle's," Thursday, 11 April, 2002
"All in a month's work," Monday, 08 April, 2002
"Oscar predictions 2002," Wednesday, 20 March, 2002
"Holding their feet to the fire," Friday, 08 March, 2002
"Reshuffling late night and Nightline," Monday, 04 March, 2002
"Showbiz leftovers," Sunday, 03 March, 2002
"Doubly deserving," Wednesday, 06 February, 2002
"Oscar's cream of the crop," Sunday, 27 January, 2002
"Talk's talking no more," Friday, 25 January, 2002
"Nothing lasts forever, except books," Saturday, 19 January, 2002
"Our coasting Chrétien," Wednesday, 16 January, 2002
"More than just another radio station," Monday, 14 January, 2002
"Guilty pleasures and afflictions of the heart," Saturday, 12 January, 2002
"'It's all politics'," Wednesday, 09 January, 2002
"Where did they go right?," Friday, 04 January, 2002
"In a nutshell, 2002," Thursday, 03 January, 2002
2001
"2001, the year as it was," Monday, 31 January, 2001
"The Death List, 2001," Sunday, 30 December, 2001
"Not a 'Merry Christmas' amongst the lot," Friday, 28 December, 2001
"Happy Christmas, everyone!" Monday, 24 December, 2001
"Tugging at Caesar's toga," Friday, 21 December, 2001
"The facetious Foth," Thursday, 20 December, 2001
"The absurdity of democracy," Monday, 17 December, 2001
"'As if I never said goodbye'," Monday, 03 December, 2001
"On Mike Harris," Thursday, October 18, 2001
"Further to New York," Monday, October 08, 2001
"Getting on with the show," Sunday, October 7, 2001
"'No more'," Thursday, 13 September 2001
"Buyer beware," Monday, 10 September 2001
"September's movies previewed," Thursday, 06 September 2001
"The Media Questionnaire," Tuesday, 04 September 2001
"Changing channels," Friday, 31 August 2001
"Fade to Black," Tuesday, 28 August 2001
"What's left?," Monday, 20 August 2001
"Forays in fiction," Friday, 17 August 2001
"Are you game?," Monday, 13 August 2001
"State of the corporation," Monday, 06 August 2001
"The struck strike," Saturday, 04 August 2001
"All about Emmy," Friday, 03 August 2001
"Red, bloody patronage," Monday, 30 July 2001
"The Mighty Mordecai and Silly Stock," Monday, 09 July 2001
"Farewell, the beloved Frick," Tuesday, 03 July 2001
"Intelligent and well done, a review of A.I ," Friday, 29 June 2001
"Two years later . . .," Thursday, 28 June 2001
"Last call for Arch," Monday, 25 June 2001
"'Back-of-napkin' kind of thought," Monday, 18 June 2001
"Insulting courage, the Anders/Mandela affair," Monday, 11 June 2001
"This is as good as it'll get," Friday, 08 June 2001
"Getting their money's worth," Monday, 04 June 2001
"Seductively inventive, a review of Moulin Rouge," Friday, 01 June 2001
"Here's Dave," Monday, 21 May 2001
"Playoff hockey and Day’s days of Alliance acrimony," Friday, 18 May 2001
"The dawning of the age of Campbell," Thursday, 17 May 2001
"Pre-election notes," Monday, 14 May 2001
"A detriment to democracy," Friday, 11 May 2001
"Six days to go," Thursday, 10 May 2001
"Jokes, blokes and gallery guests," Monday, 07 May 2001
"The heartbreaking authenticity of death (revised)," Friday, 04 May 2001
"'What if they held a war and no one showed up'," Thursday, 03 May 2001
"Oh, just bugger off already!," Monday, 30 April 2001
"Fighting the inevitable," Friday, April 27, 2001
"Stock's stock has fallen," Thursday, April 26, 2001
"My favourite songs," Monday, 23 April 2001
"Confronting Tom Green," Friday, 20 April 2001
"British Columbia, the book," Thursday, 19 April 2001
"A Gentile, part Jewish," Monday, 16 April 2001
"Art made easy," Saturday, 14 April 2001
"The paradox facing the BC Liberals," Thursday, 12 April 2001
"Jan Wong with Lunch," Tuesday, 10 April 2001
"Opinions, we all have them," Friday, 06 April 2001
"A century of songs," Thursday, 05 April 2001
"He was Western Canada," Monday, 02 April 2001
"Till next year, Oscar," Friday, 30 March 2001
"What a week that was," Thursday, 29 March 2001
"The toast of Oscar," Friday, 23 March 2001
"My favourite Oscar moments," Thursday, 22 March 2001
"Oscar’s memorable moments," Monday, 19 March 2001
"We could've done something big," Friday, 16 March 2001
"Campbell's referenda proposal," Thursday, 15 March 2001
"Induction into the Establishment," Monday, 12 March 2001
"Some forgettable and forgotten films," Friday, 09 March 2001
"Will Chandler and Monica marry?," Thursday, 08 March 2001
"Looking like an unmade bed," Thursday, 01 March 2001
"The items column," Monday, 26 February 2001
"Remarks on democracy and Parliamentary reform," Friday, February 23, 2001
"To be bitch slapped," Thursday, February 22, 2001
"Why the NDP must be considered," Monday, 19 February 2001
"30 men, 1 woman," Friday, 16 February 2001
"How now, Joe Clark?," Thursday, 15 February 2001
"The honour of being nominated," Wednesday, 14 February 2001
"The case for the Electoral College," Monday, 12 February 2001
"Hypocrisy, pure and simple," Thursday, 08 February 2001
"Sweeping through sweeps," Monday, 05 February 2001
"A neo-conservative kick in the ass," Friday, 02 February 2001
"'I got it bad and that ain't good,'" Thursday, 01 February 2001
"Luncacy in Lotusland," Friday, 26 January 2001
"The wonderful world of e-mail," Friday, 26 January 2001
"Writing, good, bad, or indifferent," Thursday, 25 January 2001
"The end of an era, the birth of a legend," Monday, 22 January 2001
"Unhonoured excellence," Friday, 19 January 2001
"A walk through life," Thursday, 18 January 2001
"The secrets of one tough lady," Monday, 15 January 2001
"Raw, rough and remarkable," Thursday, 11 January 2001
"Lessons in literature and life (a review of Finding Forrester)," Monday, 08 January 2001
"After all, it is Hollywood," Friday, 05 January 2001
"Alliance acrimony," Thursday, 04 January 2001
"Here we go again," Monday, 01 January 2001
2000
"That was the year that was," Friday, 29 December 2000
"The search for Steve," Thursday, 28 December 2000
"Me and my religion," Monday, 25 December 2000
"VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!," 27 November 2000
"The election thus far," 23 November 2000
"Growing up and feeling older," 16 November 2000
"Christian shit and driving drunk," 13 November 2000
"A mixed bag: American and Canadian democracy," 10 November 2000
"Ranting and raving of Rafe," 09 November 2000
"America, land of the boring and free," 06 November 2000
"The Winter 2000 Movie Preview: November," 03 November 2000
"A brilliant guy," 02 November 2000
"A questioned answered," 30 October 2000
"Mr. Joseph Planta, media consultant," 26 October 2000
"Elevated egos and an election," 23 October 2000
"The notwithstanding clause," 19 October 2000
"Warren and me," 16 October 2000
"The fall movie preview: October," 13 October 2000
"Thinking with the wrong head," 12 October 2000
"My favourite movies, volume 3," 06 October 2000
"Dear Joe," 02 October 2000
"Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1919-2000," 29 September 2000
"To the ballot box born," 28 September 2000
"Kwan versus Sparrow," 25 September 2000
"On the subject of Brian Mulroney," 21 September 2000
"Angels of freedom and hell," 18 September 2000
"He haunts us still," 15 September 2000
"Emmy 2000: Parting Shots," 14 September 2000
"The road to Parliament Hill," 11 September 2000
"Emmy 2000: Pre-show predictions," 08 September 2000
"Flipping through the magazines," 07 September 2000
"Last night when we were young," 04 September 2000
"The Fall 2000 Movie Preview: September," 01 September 2000
"Senator Hillary," 31 August 2000
"Poor ol' Joe," 28 August 2000
"The heartbreaking authenticity of death," 25 August 2000
"The pie that hit us all," 24 August 2000
"Surviving Survivor," 21 August 2000
"Of hope and optimitism," 18 August 2000
"The Tories after Joe," 17 August 2000
"Mr. President," 16 August 2000
"Very little women," 15 August 2000
"Almost sheer silence," 12 August 2000
"Further to the monarchy's role," 11 August 2000
"Mixed Media," 10 August 2000
"The transvestite and her brothel," 09 August 2000
"Who wants to be a Canadian millionaire?," 08 August 2000
"Planta's Republican Convention Notebook," 07 August 2000
"10 questions," 25 July 2000
"Emmy 2000: A look at the nominees," 24 July 2000
"Our National Crisis: Live theatre," 21 July 2000
"Emmy 2000," 20 July 2000
"The abortion question," 19 July 2000
"The next Prime Minister from BC," 18 July 2000
"Lunch with Haji," 18 July 2000
"Prognosticating a fall election," 14 July 2000
"The fool named Joe," 13 July 2000
"The absurdity of life," 12 July 2000
"What do I have to do to get some attention around here?," 11 July 2000
"Thanks for everything, Preston," 10 July 2000
"Our National Crisis," 07 July 2000
"BC politics, at the end of the session," 06 July 2000
"Day versus Manning," 04 July 2000
"No more, the beloved Frick," 03 July 2000
"One hundred and thirty-three years later...," 30 June 2000
"One year later...," 29 June 2000
"The enemy within," 28 June 2000
"Hey there, babydoll," 27 June 2000
"Stock’s ahead, but for how long?," 26 June 2000
"What to expect on the first ballot," 23 June 2000
"Controlling our guns," 22 June 2000
"A death and a new Senator," 21 June 2000
"Looking ahead with one eye looking back," 20 June 2000
"Too much Tom Long," 19 June 2000
"Being right-wing and figuring out," 15 June 2000
"That was the year that was," 14 June 2000
"The new National," 13 June 2000
"Just another Friday," 12 June 2000
"Groundrules," 07 June 2000
"Namedropping," 06 June 2000
"American politics, the Canadian way," 05 June 2000
"A night on the town," 02 June 2000
"Knowing the Rafe one," 01 June 2000
"On sinners and saturation," 31 May 2000
"The race to lead the Canadian Alliance," 30 May 2000
"The CBC and the future of local news," 24 May 2000
"Looking back at the Daytime Emmy's," 23 May 2000
"The role of the monarchy," 22 May 2000
"The daytime Emmy's," 19 May 2000
"My teeth deserve better," 18 May 2000
"Trouble in Torydom," 17 May 2000
"Pierre Trudeau: The Planta speech," 16 May 2000
"Planta resigns from the NDP," 15 May 2000
"A Look at... Tom Green," 12 May 2000
"A Look at... Time and Chance," 11 May 2000
"Upholding the law," 10 May 2000
"A Debate... On the legalisation of marijuana," 09 May 2000
"What now, Joe Clark?," 08 May 2000
"Shuffling the deck on both fronts," 28 April 2000
"A dog's breakfast," 27 April 2000
"Brian's back!," 25 April 2000
"Christy, Gordon and a broom," 24 April 2000
"On the subject of cynacism," 21 April 2000
"The battle lines are drawn," 20 April 2000
"A couple of minutes with Hugh Pickett," 19 April 2000
"How Long will the Canadian Alliance go?," 18 April 2000
"Roasting the Rafe one," 17 April 2000
"A gaffing Jean Chrétien," 14 April 2000
"Newspaper bitchings," 13 April 2000
"A Look at... Front Page Challenge," 12 April 2000
"A Look at... Tuesdays with Morrie," 11 April 2000
"End of the Day?," 10 April 2000
"Without a safety net," 07 April 2000
"Being Jean Chrétien," 06 April 2000
"A Look at... Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," 05 April 2000
"The future of medicare," 04 April 2000
"Come and knock on our door: A Look at... Three’s Company," 03 April 2000
"What to do when there’s nothing to write about?," 31 March 2000
"False hope," 30 March 2000
"A Debate... On the CUPE strike," 29 March 2000
"Notes on the Oscars and other stuff," 28 March 2000
"Reviewing Oscar 2000," 27 March 2000
"Oscar's blunders," 26 March 2000
"Previewing Oscar 2000," 24 March 2000
"TV trends and the sound of Julie," 23 March 2000
"On pimps and whores," 22 March 2000
"Please! No more!," 20 March 2000
"Who’s afraid of the big 1-8?," 16 March 2000
"Humanity's extinction," 15 March 2000
"A coupla thoughts on politics," 14 March 2000
"Stockwell Day," 13 March 2000
"A lot of Hope over the years," 10 March 2000
"Liberals, Why?," 09 March 2000
"Canada and what it means to be Canadian," 08 March 2000
"Sports, entertainment and sports entertainment," 07 March 2000
"George Dubya," 06 March 2000
"A merger here, and a another merger there," 03 March 2000
"Meeting Fotheringham," 02 March 2000
"The keyhole peeper opens up," 01 March 2000
"In Conversation with... Gordon Hogg," 29 February 2000
"Walking with a loose cannon," 28 February 2000
"I was wrong," 25 February 2000
"Motivation and the media," 24 February 2000
"All that jazz and Santana," 23 February 2000
"Len who?," 22 February 2000
"Pre-thoughts to a leadership convention," 21 February 2000
"Throw a bed pan and get attention," 17 February 2000
"Amongst the Valley lifestyle," 16 February 2000
"Oscar morning," 15 February 2000
"You’re a good man, Charles Schultz," 14 February 2000
"Delegates, Dosanjh and other decisions," 12 February 2000
"What I won’t be talking about today," 10 February 2000
"My week at The Georgia Straight," 09 February 2000
"A little bit of history repeating," 08 February 2000
"Can she still turn the world on with her smile?," 07 February 2000
"Why Dosanjh won't win," 04 February 2000
"Charlize and Joseph, Our struggle to have a baby," 03 February 2000
"The Liberals and other bastards," 02 February 2000
"Charlize and Joseph, Our epic meeting," 01 February 2000
"The build-up to Oscar," 26 January 2000
"To subsidise or not to subsidise," 25 January 2000
"That's the way it is," 24 January 2000
"As if she never said goodbye," 21 January 2000
"Democracy and a six-year old kid," 20 January 2000
"The globes that are golden," 19 January 2000
"We could all win a million bucks!," 18 January 2000
"The would-be Senator meets Dave," 17 January 2000
"Mr. Planta, Dr. Foth is away until Feburary," 14 January 2000
"Why the hell do you do this?!?," 13 January 2000
"Predicting for a new year, and the one’s that’ll follow," 12 January 2000
"A Look at... Man on the Moon," 11 January 2000
"Another year, and some tiresome fanfare," 10 January 2000
"Finding the perfect book," 07 January 2000
"What the NDP should focus on," 06 January 2000
"A Look at... Little Voice," 05 January 2000
"A Look at... One True Thing," 04 January 2000
"Let’s ban felt markers!," 03 January 2000
1999
"Goodbye ninety-nine," 31 December 1999
"Everything you wanted to know about Joseph, but we're afraid to ask," 30 December 1999
"The Mother Of All Experiments," 29 December 1999
"A Look at... Mickey Blue Eyes," 28 December 1999
"Being nosy," 27 December 1999
"A Look at... Anna and the King," 17 December 1999
"Another essay," 16 December 1999
"Depression," 15 December 1999
"The Future of BC Politics," 14 December 1999
"BC politics: the laughing stock of the country?," 13 December 1999
"My night in BC politics," 09 December 1999
"Round one," 07 December 1999
"Broadway Babies," 06 December 1999
"Seattle’s Own APEC," 02 December 1999
"Foth's Page First," 01 December 1999
"Ask Me," 30 November 1999
"Pay Up," 29 November 1999
"The can of worms that is Quebec," 26 November 1999
"A Day of Infamy?," 24 November 1999
"In Conversation with... Ujjal Dosanjh," 23 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: Epilogue," 22 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: Decision Day," 19 November 1999
"Bond, James Bond," 18 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: The apathetic masses," 17 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: The NPA," 16 November 1999
"The CBC and the Arts," 15 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: The Ad’s," 12 November 1999
"The CBC and its place in Canada," 11 November 1999
"Remembrance," 10 November 1999
"Strictly Canadian Content," 09 November 1999
"The Onex finale," 08 November 1999
"Abortion," 04 November 1999
"Ferry Fiasco," 03 November 1999
"My Week in the Real World," 01 November 1999
"Vancouver Votes: Prologue," 27 October 1999
"A view from Tupper," 25 October 1999
"The hospital dramas," 21 October 1999
"The Insider," 20 October 1999
"A Look at... There’s Something About Mary," 19 October 1999
"Trudeau of Our Times," 18 October 1999
"Masturbation, Municipal Style," 15 October 1999
"UA is D.O.A.," 14 October 1999
"A Look at... Da Vinci’s Inquest," 13 October 1999
"A Look at... The West Wing," 12 October 1999
"Back on the Prowl," 11 October 1999
"Who I Am," 07 October 1999
"The Tuesday Night Duo," 05 October 1999
"A little Joy," 04 October 1999
"Wilson, Premier?," 01 October 1999
"My Favourite Movies II," 30 September 1999
"Round-Up," 29 September 1999
"Rideau Hall’s Newest Resident," 21 September 1999
"Re-examining the system," 20 September 1999
"All About Seinfeld," 17 September 1999
"Scum of the earth?," 16 September 1999
"My Favorite Movies, Vol. 1," 15 September 1999
"Emmy’s 51st - The Show and The Winners," 13 September 1999
"The Emmy Preview," 10 September 1999
"The Fall TV Preview II," 09 September 1999
"The Fall TV Preview I," 08 September 1999
"People," 07 September 1999
"The Price of Public Life," 06 September 1999
"The Fall Movie Preview, no. 2," 03 September 1999
"The Steve Francis Affair," 02 September 1999
"Patronage vs. Peerage," 31 August 1999
"Eaton's, the swan song," 30 August 1999
"In Coversation with... Bill Good," 27 August 1999
"The Fall Movie Preview, no. 1," 24 August 1999
"What's hip?," 23 August 1999
"A weekend in BC politics," 22 August 1999
"The Neighborhood’s Only Human Left," 20 August 1999
"To Pray or not to Pray," 20 August 1999
"Screams or sex?," 18 August 1999
"Everybody’s Talking About Talk," 17 August 1999
"Thoughts for a Monday," 16 August 1999
"Laurier Day?," 07 August 1999
"A Look at... Waking Ned Devine," 06 August 1999
"A Look at... Saving Private Ryan," 05 August 1999
"Screen Legends," 04 August 1999
"A Look at... The Thin Red Line," 04 August 1999
"A Look at... The Apostle," 03 August 1999
"A Slice of Pie, A Look at... American Pie," 02 August 1999
"Rafe Mair," 31 July 1999
"The Expropriation of Nanoose Bay," 30 July 1999
"A civic decision," 29 July 1999
"Smuggled into Canada," 27 July 1999
"Child on Board," 26 July 1999
"Shuffling Clark's grip on power," 23 July 1999
"Emmy’s 51st - The Nominations," 22 July 1999
"Emmy’s 51st - The Performers," 21 July 1999
"Emmy’s 51st - The Programs," 21 July 1999
"The very public life and death of John F. Kennedy Jr.," 20 July 1999
"That radio thing," 19 July 1999
"Thoughts for a weekend," 18 July 1999
"Delta South and The Zalm," 16 July 1999
"The one about Friends and the critic," 15 July 1999
"A Look at... What's going on in the world of entertainment," 14 July 1999
"Up in smoke," 14 July 1999
"Sorkin night," 13 July 1999
"Election 2000," 12 July 1999
"A Look at . . . My Best Friend's Wedding," 09 July, 1999
"Our Heroes," 09 July, 1999
"Protecting society," 07 July, 1999
"The world of another soap," 06 July, 1999
"The reality of professional wrestling," 05 July, 1999
"Primary Colors," 02 July, 1999
"Celebrating our nationhood," 01 July, 1999
"Subsidizing the NHL," 30 June, 1999
"BC politics, at the end of June 1999," 29 June, 1999
"All in the Family," 29 June, 1999
Questions and comments may be sent to: editor@thecommentary.ca
©1999-2006. The Commentary, Joseph Planta
