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Larry Zolf - Politics Veteran journalist and Canadian political expert Larry Zolf is a regular contributor to CBC News Online. Larry has been a critic, reporter, producer and consultant for CBC news and current affairs since he joined the CBC in 1962. Born and raised in North End Winnipeg, the hotbed of general strikes and socialism, Larry has covered stories such as integration in Mississippi and the October Crisis in Quebec. He was one of the hosts of the CBC's flagship current affairs television show "This Hour Has 7 Days." He is now retired. FEATURE COLUMN: November 29, 2005 Election Day 1 "The Tories are in disastrous shape in Ontario and B.C., the two main battlegrounds of the campaign." COLUMNS BY LARRY ZOLF: November 25, 2005 Brian Mulroney November 21, 2005 I'm behind Conrad Black November 18, 2005 Jack Layton and me November 14, 2005 The odd couple November 8, 2005 Maher Arar vindicated November 1, 2005 The Governor General on tour October 24, 2005 Jack Layton’s threats October 17, 2005 A phone call to the president October 14, 2005 Sorbara October 11, 2005 The Liberals get dinged again August 9, 2005 Huey Segal and the Senate July 12, 2005 Kilgour of Darfur June 14, 2005 L'affaire O'Brien June 7, 2005 Martin and Harper on sufferance May 30, 2005 L'affaire Grewal May 20, 2005 The politics of rage May 16, 2005 Election fever May 9, 2005 Liberal revival May 2, 2005 Martin's plea bargaining April 25, 2005 Business as usual April 18, 2005 Checking the Liberal entrails April 11, 2005 Spring election April 4, 2005 Paul Martin's Senate appointments March 29, 2005 Harper veers to the middle March 21, 2005 Harper as Martin's ally March 14, 2005 Missile defence fallout March 7, 2005 Missile defence targets Martin February 28, 2005 The new ambassador and the U.S. missile shield February 21, 2005 On guard for thee February 15, 2005 Saving the Liberal brand February 7, 2005 The case for Chrétien January 31, 2005 The Harper brand January 24, 2005 Martin's furies January 19, 2005 The musings of Justice John January 11, 2005 Oh Danny boy January 5, 2005 Ill winds December 27, 2004 Same-sex marriage December 20, 2004 Paul Martin's first year as PM December 13, 2004 Ballistic missile fallout December 6, 2004 Sgrowing pains November 30, 2004 The odd couple November 22, 2004 Separatist stirringst November 15, 2004 Parrish the thought November 8, 2004 A Glass ceiling November 1, 2004 Martin: truth or consequences October 28, 2004 Harper's Belgian waffle October 25, 2004 Separatist revival October 21, 2004 Layton's a major player in minority government October 18, 2004 Martin as scold October 14, 2004 Lurching toward Israel October 12, 2004 Chicken politics October 7, 2004 Martin as Artful Dodger October 4, 2004 Inquiring into scandal September 29, 2004 Paul Martin: A report card September 27, 2004 Tory, Tory, Tory September 21, 2004 'Thugs' in high places September 16, 2004 Minority government lessons September 13, 2004 It's before the courts September 9, 2004 Layton, Lewis and the Libs September 7, 2004 Summer doldrums August 27, 2004 Canadian Star Wars August 24, 2004 The Parizeau factor August 12, 2004 Quebec lieutenants August 9, 2004 The Arar affair August 5, 2004 Sanctuary politics August 3, 2004 The Kazemi affair July 30, 2004 Minority lesson July 26, 2004 Martin and ethnic groups July 22, 2004 Role model minority July 19, 2004 Mending fences July 15, 2004 Western alienation July 13, 2004 Governing from the right July 7, 2004 Martin's minority July 5, 2004 NDP and minority government June 29, 2004 A guide to minority government June 22, 2004 Party agendas June 16, 2004 Nothing sticks to Stephen June 14, 2004 Historic parallels June 10, 2004 Some thoughts on Stephen Harper, PM June 7, 2004 Layton's clear blooper June 4, 2004 The anti-American card May 31, 2004 Harper's French fact May 28, 2004 On the waterfront May 25, 2004 Election 2004: A report card May 21, 2004 Down political memory lane May 17, 2004 Gays and western alienation May 14, 2004 The war of quotes May 11, 2004 Attack ads May 7, 2004 The incomparable Martin May 5, 2004 Presidential politics May 3, 2004 Anger on the hill April 30, 2004 Clark and Harper April 26, 2004 Political table talk April 23, 2004 Harper and Diefenbaker April 20, 2004 Chasing Liberals April 16, 2004 The Alcock fiasco April 13, 2004 The Chuck Guité Factor April 9, 2004 Citizen Cane April 7, 2004 NDP election fever April 5, 2004 Is Paul Martin history? April 2, 2004 Quagmire politics March 29, 2004 Good news, bad news March 26, 2004 Squeaky clean politics March 24, 2004 Thinking the unthinkable March 19, 2004 Battle fatigue March 15, 2004 Nobody's crybaby March 11, 2004 Martin or chaos March 9, 2004 Layton's Oscar March 4, 2004 Liberal Civil War March 1, 2004 Drawing blood February 26, 2004 The gospel according to Paul February 20, 2004 Scapegoating Quebec February 18, 2004 Quebec lieutenants February 16, 2004 Blood cries for Paul Martin February 12, 2004 Advertising and politics February 11, 2004 Putting democracy on hold February 5, 2004 Swinging left February 3, 2004 Damage control January 30, 2004 Raising expectations January 27, 2004 Wealth and politics January 26, 2004 What's happened to left-wing Liberalism? January 21, 2004 Stronach makes it a race January 16, 2004 From Bomarcs to ballistics January 14, 2004 Website wars: Layton vs. Martin January 7, 2004 Gender guerrilla January 5, 2003 Guilt by association December 23, 2003 Blitzkrieg politics December 18, 2003 Martin and multicult December 17, 2003 A great Nova Scotian December 16, 2003 Cabinet making December 12, 2003 Running into Paul December 9, 2003 Martin 'thugs' December 4, 2003 Paul Martin's freebies December 3, 2003 Maritime alienation November 26, 2003 The CSL Albatross November 26, 2003 Jack Layton and Toronto politics November 20, 2003 Lord and Lady Black November 14, 2003 The fates and Paul Martin November 11, 2003 A personal Chrétien memoir November 4, 2003 A school for scandal October 28, 2003 Right-wing messiahs October 24, 2003 Hero worship October 20, 2003 Mulroney the godfather October 18, 2003 A Camp follower October 16, 2003 Unite the Right politics October 10, 2003 Paul Martin and linkages October 7, 2003 Down memory lane with Izzy Asper October 6, 2003 Swing left politics October 2, 2003 Copps and robbers September 26, 2003 Two-headed lame duck government September 23, 2003 Adrienne Clarkson is my queen September 18, 2003 Rich prime ministers, poor prime ministers September 16, 2003 Back in America's good books September 11, 2003 Martin as Mackenzie King September 8, 2003 Conspiracy politics September 4, 2003 My Trudeau Legacy August 28, 2003 Ontario Tory troubles August 26, 2003 Making history with Jean Chrétien August 22, 2003 Alliance politics August 19, 2003 Political Paranoia August 15, 2003 Separate but equal August 11, 2003 Coronation Consequences August 6, 2003 To hell with Jean Chrétien August 1, 2003 My Nova Scotia past July 29, 2003 My life as a rock reporter July 23, 2003 The hare wins it all July 16, 2003 Media-made men July 11, 2003 The language police July 8, 2003 Paying for the party July 7, 2003 Martin's Pollster July 2, 2003 Senate Appointments June 26, 2003 The Ontario Tory Blues June 19, 2003 Same-Sex Marriages June 17, 2003 The Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner June 11, 2003 Political Acumen June 9, 2003 The Gossip Mill June 3, 2003 Canadian Nationalism May 26, 2003 Liberal unease May 22, 2003 Looking at media May 16, 2003 Deadly Politics May 9, 2003 Look homeward, Larry April 17, 2003 Sitting on the Story April 10, 2003 The Tory Redeemer April 3, 2003 Ambassadors, Elephants and Beavers April 2, 2003 All about Eves March 17, 2003 King, Queen, Joe March 7, 2003 Correcting the New York Times February 27, 2003 Labour Bosses and Labour Angels February 20, 2003 Stereotypes February 14, 2003 Of Trojan horses, musical chairs and coronations February 11, 2003 After 2004: Some random thoughts January 30, 2003 The people's minister January 23, 2003 Spoiler Politics January 20, 2003 Chrétien the chief January 17, 2003 Demon rum and Canadian politics January 13, 2003 Manleyness is in the eye of the beholder December 17, 2002 Zal Yanovsky December 9, 2002 Crossing swords with bookmakers December 4, 2002 Redeemer of the socialist faithful Nov. 25, 2002 Whatever happened to left-wing Liberalism Nov. 21, 2002 Marching as to war Nov. 15, 2002 Idle threats Nov. 12, 2002 The deadness of lame ducks Nov. 7, 2002 Curiosity and cats Nov. 1, 2002 Trouble in Liberal paradise October 29, 2002 History lessons October 23, 2002 An open letter to Paul Martin October 17, 2002 Frankness October 11, 2002 Looney Tunes time in Ottawa October 4, 2002 Mario Dumont and the rich September 20, 2002 Slowing down the road runner September 12, 2002 My September 11th loss September 10, 2002 Another look at leadership review September 3, 2002 Age and the politics of Sisyphus August 8, 2002 An alien in my home, my native land August 22, 2002 Shot straight through the heart August 21, 2002 The Great Dictator of Canadian liberalism August 19, 2002 The grand old man of the Liberal Party August 13, 2002 Tiptoeing into the political heart of darkness August 8, 2002 A life in journalism August 1, 2002 When you have a Martin for a friend July 29, 2002 Silly Season Politics July 22, 2002 Prime Minister, beware the Greeks July 15, 2002 Reds under my bed July 8, 2002 Political Parallel Parking June 28, 2002 Boxing in a Prime Minister June 21, 2002 Let's look at the optics please June 17, 2002 Spin Doctor Heal Thyself June 11, 2002 The One Party State June 6, 2002 Alexa the Great June 2, 2002 Political feuds and history lessons May 27, 2002 Handmaidens of politics May 16, 2002 No sense of the past May 7, 2002 The most boring political feud in Canadian history April 29, 2002 Feminism on the march April 23, 2002 The Last Rae of Sunshine April 15, 2002 Saints and Sinners April 12, 2002 Watching the death rattle of Canadian Socialism April 8, 2002 A British Subject April 3, 2002 Trudeau: The Movie April 2, 2002 Ezra Levant is no Oscar Levant March 28, 2002 The keys to the political kingdom March 22, 2002 Stephen Harper:Messiah or just another mess? March 14, 2002 Double Loyalty March 8, 2002 Loss of Loved Ones March 4, 2002 Hiving the Social Cons Feb 19, 2002 Living in the Past Feb 12, 2002 Ladies First Feb 7, 2002 Peacekeeping and the Canadian Identity Feb 05, 2002 My Favourite War Buddy Feb 4, 2002 Love of Country Jan 31, 2002 Road Hockey Jan 28, 2002 The Unelected Bureaucracy Jan 22, 2002 Flattering The Chief Jan 15, 2002 Five Years Down the Road Jan 14, 2002 The friends of Alfonso Gagliano Inc. Jan 7, 2002 Homeland politics Jan 2, 2002 Because the air is free Article Archive - Larry Zolf Pax Americana - Dec. 24, 2001 Politicophilia, love thy politician - Dec. 17, 2001 The Internet and the politics thereof - Dec. 5, 2001 Who speaks for the workers? - Nov. 28, 2001 Practically Out The Door - Nov. 23, 2001 A Little Known Media Story - Nov. 16, 2001 Charisma Politics Revisited - Nov. 15, 2001 Is Canada Racist? - Nov. 9, 2001 F – is for Fotheringham - Nov. 5, 2001 Old Ethnic Hatreds Never Die - Nov. 1, 2001 Law and Order Politics - Oct. 29, 2001 Mike Harris: A Love Story - Oct. 23, 2001 The Enemy Within - Oct. 15, 2001 Manly Manley - Oct. 11, 2001 A Few Last Words - Oct. 3, 2001 Jean Chrétien, the Mackenzie King clone - Oct. 2, 2001 Our Wars and Theirs - September 24, 2001 Casualties of War - September 17, 2001 A Lament for a Titan - September 05, 2001 Fighting on the Beaches - August 30, 2001 Connie, Izzy and Media Myths - August 27, 2001 The molehills of Manitoba - August 21, 2001 Four more years - August 15, 2001 If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem - August 8, 2001 The Monarchy Made Me - August 2, 2001 The Open Society and its Enemies - July 24, 2001 Day is Done - July 18, 2001 The One Party State - July 17, 2001 Dishing the Dirt - July 9, 2001 Truth to Tell - July 6, 2001 Living In Our Past Ain't Easy - July 4, 2001 Chrétien's Own Socialist Senator - June 29, 2001 The Prime Minister That Got Away - June 25, 2001 The ABM, Anybody But Martin - June 20, 2001 The Great Media Medicine Man - June 15, 2001 The Two-Headed Alliance Coin - June 11, 2001 Socialism and Labour - June 6, 2001 Gallows Humour - June 1, 2001 Clarkomania - May 30, 2001 A Letter to the Prime Minister - May 22, 2001 Backstage with Shylock - May 18, 2001 That old CBC gang of mine - & Tom Wappel - May 14, 2001 Free Speech for Press Barons - May 1, 2001 Eric the Red - April 24, 2001 The Rites of Succession - April 17, 2001 Hanging Tough - April 9, 2001 The Perspective Counsellor - April 4, 2001 The Conscience of the Nation - Mar. 29, 2001 The Canadian Scandal Balance Sheet - Mar. 26, 2001 Down memory lane with the Mannings - Mar. 22, 2001 Removing the shackles of labour - Mar. 15, 2001 The American Card - Mar. 12, 2001 No head for business - Mar. 6, 2001 True tales the media failed to tell - Feb. 22, 2001 God damn the CPR - Feb. 16, 2001 The Auberge Grand Merry-go-round - Feb. 12, 2001 The Ottawa Strangler Strikes Again - Feb. 6, 2001 The Politics of Apology - Jan. 30, 2001 Leadership Review & Liberal Renewal - Jan. 25, 2001 Revisiting Revisionism - Jan. 22, 2001 Reading the Riot Act to Rideau Hall - Jan. 19, 2001 Day and the Jackals - Jan. 17, 2001 Lucien Bouchard - Jan 11, 2001 Let sleeping capitals lie - Jan. 10, 2001 Two peas in a socialist pod - Jan. 8, 2001 Tackled and tickled by e-mail - Jan. 4, 2001 Speak White - in English or en français - Jan. 2, 2001 Understanding Media Myths - Dec. 21, 2000 On the Correct Choosing of Heirs Apparent - Dec. 18, 2000 Labour's Love Lost - Dec. 15, 2000 Uniting the Leftovers of the Right - Dec. 14, 2000 Nattering Nabobs of Negativism - Dec. 12, 2000 How I stopped being Socialist - Dec 5, 2000 Associating with Criminals - Nov. 22, 2000 Great Alexa - Nov. 17, 2000 Of Heroes & Hero Worship - Nov. 14, 2000 Fear & Arrogance on the campaign trail - Nov. 7, 2000 The politics of Tweedledum and Tweedledee - Nov. 1, 2000 Flying in Captain Canada's Face - Oct. 27, 2000 It's Social Liberalism - Stupid! - Oct. 23, 2000 Choosing the Chosen People - Oct. 13, 2000 Writing off Paul Martin - Oct. 11, 2000 The electorate always knows best - Oct. 5, 2000 Paying Last Respects - Oct. 2, 2000 Wild West time on the Rideau - Sept. 26, 2000 Folding the Liberal tent - Sept. 19, 2000 In Defence of the Underdog - Sept. 18, 2000 Parson Day's Quebec Sermon - Sept. 14, 2000 Images of Trudeau - Sept. 8, 2000 Great Emancipator of Cdn Hospitality Proletariat - Sep 6, 2000 Parson Day's Quebec Sermon - Sept. 5, 2000 My name is Yehudah Leib - Sept. 1, 2000 Forever Revised and Repentant - August 24, 2000 Sound of One of Canada's Great Voices - August 22, 2000 The politics of chaos - August 18, 2000 A heartbeat away - August 14, 2000 Summer soul food for political junkies - August 8, 2000 A Man called 'Izzy' - August 3, 2000 Birthday Blues - July 27, 2000 Winnipeg: Dodge City of Cdn political dogma - Jul 19, 2000 Summertime with Stockwell Day - July 17, 2000 Stockwell Day and the Eighth Deadly Sin - July 7, 2000 Selling Long Short - June 30, 2000 The Greatest Senate Reformer of Them All - June 26, 2000 Captain Canada and McCarthyism - June 19, 2000 The Beginning of my Modern Christian Era - June 13, 2000 Reviving Brian Muldoon - June 5, 2000 Bottom line, business-driven politics - May 25, 2000 An open letter to Ontario Premier Mike Harris - May 10, 2000 Backroom boys and girls: the myth of Narcissus - May 3, 2000 Tom Long, today's Tory long knife - April 27, 2000 At the feet of Dr. Foth - April 18, 2000 The Tar Baby of Canadian Politics - April 11, 2000 All Books are Closed - April 3, 2000 ^TOP Jobs | Contact Us | Permissions | Help | RSS Terms of Use | Privacy | Copyright | Other Policies Copyright © CBC 2005 MENU ANALYSIS & VIEWPOINT MAIN PAGE CBC CONTRIBUTORS: British View Ann MacMillan Editor's Notes Mary Sheppard Global View: Southeast Asia Patrick Brown Global View: Ghana Colleen Ross Health Maureen Taylor Letter from the Arab World Nahlah Ayed Minority Report Natasha Fatah The National Rex Murphy Notes from Abroad Don Murray On the Money Tom McFeat Postcard from America Rosa Hwang Schlesinger's View Joe Schlesinger Turtle Island Katherine Walker Washington File Neil MacDonald FREELANCE CONTRIBUTORS: Cafe Chat June Chua Disability Matters Living with a disability Expat Files Living overseas From the Right Tom Velk Global View: Afghanistan Aisha Ahmad Global View: Asia Ashifa Kassam Global View: Asia Pacific Wenran Jiang Global View: China Kirk Kenny Global View: China Trevor Metz Global View: China Sylvia Yu Global View: India Siva Swaminathan Global View: Ireland Clare Byrne Global View: Jerusalem Julia Glover Global View: Middle East Jim Reed Global View: South Korea Yoav Cerralbo Global View: Uganda Alanna Jorde Health June Rogers Inside Medicine Sandra Donaldson Inside Ottawa Chris Waddell Legal Affairs Michelle Mann Maritime Log Vicki Robertson Media Watch Ira Basen Modern Living Georgie Binks North Pole Expedition Hugh Dale-Harris Observations Martin O'Malley On the other hand Anthony Westell Politics Larry Zolf Schooling Mary-Ellen Lang Science Decoded Sumitra Rajagopalan Science Friction Stephen Strauss Slice of Life Dawn Dumont A Soldier's Story Russell D. 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