Fotheringham’s World and Political Satire Review
A column blends partisan election speculation with a Maclean’s profile of Stephane Dion’s wife and a reflective tribute to Art Buchwald. It critiques undecided voters’ gendered perceptions, recalls Buchwald’s career, and closes with a self-referential note on diaristic ambitions.
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Maclean’s Magazine
Stephane Dion
Ottawa
Benoit Aubin
Quebec
Dion
Janine Krieber
Peru
Otawa
Stephen Harper
Herald-Tribune of Paris
Art Buchwald
The
Herald-Trib
Washington
U.S
Austria
Bring Back Gruntle Campaign for Word Delight
A playful essay muses on reviving gruntle and other archaic terms with a three word slogan BRING BACK GRUNTLE Sure gruntle. It riffs on language history from the Middle Ages to modern glossaries, citing Webster Twain Sartre and notable figures while joking about linguistic quirks and social trivia.
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Gruntle
Leafs
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