The positives of powerful thinking We rely on public intellectuals to rise above academics and journaliststo give issues the analysis they deserve THE WESTERN STANDARD David Warren - September 11, 2006 Rory Leishman should be a major figure in this country. He is a public journalist in the best tradition of Walter Lippmann et al.--learned, penetrating, and yet broad in his interests and accessible in his style. We have George Jonas in Toronto (whom I consider the doyen) and Barry Cooper in Calgary (somewhat encumbered by a professorship, but he can write). Alberta's Ted Byfield is such a character,...
