Comments on: A Matter of Principle, by Conrad Black — a Mrs. KfC Guest Post http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/ This blogger would have fit right in with the old Park Plaza rooftop bar crowd -- H. Hood Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sheila O'Brien http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-10284 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:56:42 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-10284 Sorry, David, i dont know which slammer Conrad is in, so dont know how to find him. Maybe the National Post can help.

]]> By: David McBride http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-10283 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:22:46 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-10283 A brilliant book! It rings true to me and not In the sphere of self-delusion, rather delivered from it.
How do I email Black directly? DM

]]> By: KevinfromCanada http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-9493 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:37:51 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-9493 Brian: Thanks for stopping by and your comment — we do try to give visitors here a flavor of how the books that are reviewed read. And we allow shameless plugs if they follow intelligent comments. :-)

]]> By: Brian Brennan http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-9476 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:17:06 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-9476 Good review, Sheila. I always appreciate it when reviewers – as is common on this website – quote relevant passages to give us a sense of how the writer writes.

Kevin, I too was curious about the “profits of criminal notoriety” laws in U.S. states, and discovered that most of them have been thrown out by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. In Canada Conrad is safe from prosecution under one of our provincial “Son of Sam” laws because he would have to be living in the province where the crime was allegedly committed. (Ontario doesn’t have such a law. It only applies in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.)

As for those of us who used to work at the Calgary Herald, sad to say there isn’t a single reference to the paper in Conrad’s book. There is plenty about the Herald, however, (shameless plug here), and about you, my friend, in my own autobiography, “Leaving Dublin” recently published by Rocky Mountain Books. I hope Mrs. KfC will see fit to review it one of these days :-)

]]> By: Sheila O'Brien http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8498 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:50:35 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8498 Tom:
I understand what you are saying, and agree with you. The only part of this book which would be of interest to you, possibly, is the last section – a series of mini essays on various aspects of America that are broken ( all justice related). Black is a gifted writer, but his other biographies ring much truer.
Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: KevinfromCanada http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8497 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:40:41 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8497 Tom: I have to say first that it was Mrs. KfC not I who read and reviewed this book (she is in charge of our oligarchs department here). She will be commenting later, but I certainly think there is sense to what you say — Mrs. KfC did an earlier post on books about The Financial Meltdown which look at some of the abuses. And you are quite right that a large number of people pay a price for this kind of behavior at the top.

]]> By: Tom Cunliffe http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8496 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:11:32 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8496 You are a brave man to read that Kevin. I fear that the world is increasingly being taken over by what we might call oligarchs of every description. Over here there are regular news articles about the vast salaries awarded to top executives, who then cause endless misery to their staff by their chopping and changing. We are now reverting to a Victorian society where an extremely wealthy layer of people run our nations at the expense of vast numbers of people who have no rights or security. I would find it hard to read anything written by one of these people although no doubt I need to hear what they say. An excellent review and thanks for summarising it so adeptly.

]]> By: KevinfromCanada http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8463 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:15:39 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8463 Lisa: Thanks for that link — Conrad continues undaunted, albeit locked up. Mrs. KfC is in Honduras and can’t respond — she will when she gets back.

]]> By: Lisa Hill http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8460 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:27:28 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8460 Just found this, it might amuse you http://wheelercentre.com/dailies/post/1d8eb38b467f/

]]> By: Margot Franssen http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-matter-of-principle-by-conrad-black-a-mrs-kfc-guest-post/#comment-8445 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:15:52 +0000 http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/?p=5615#comment-8445 Dear Mrs. KFC,
Your razor sharp wit and intrinsic ability to slice and dice Mr. Black without once being mean spirited makes my heart leap with joy. I could read your reviews all day long. They are insightful, clever and cunningly female. God how I love a woman’s point of view.
M.Franssen – Toronto

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