Writing Time 

Writing Time

Getting back to work on my article on Dalton Camp. I've updated it to take into account the Geoffrey Stevens biography from last year.

Camp was famous first as a political operative for the Tory party in Canada--I think he may have been one of the first people to earn that description in its present sense--then as a journalist. He wrote a really lively and interesting book on Canadian politics in 1970--focussing on his experiences in the 50s, which in some ways now feel like 300 years ago.

He spent his life being the brightest person in practically any room. Yet what did he actually accomplish, other than that book? A question for many of us, I guess.

At the end of the day I don't find Camp all that interesting, so it's difficult to finish this thing and submit it somewhere.