McGill Tribune

"Those that know him ... understand that what drove Conrad Black was not wealth or fame, but rather the passionate pursuit of ideas, history and the ways that one could change society."

If he was not driven by a desire to acquire wealth, why did he steal millions of shareholder's cash, as a jury he found he had done. And that was after a four-month trial in which he was defended by one of the most formidable and expensive legal teams ever assembled.

And why did a Canadian want to be part of an anachronistic and undemocratic legislative body in a foreign country.

He is a convicted fraudster and should try to save whatever vestige of dignity he still has by taking his punishment like a man and doing his porridge.

Conrad's main problem from day has been a contempt for the rules. To put it bluntly, he has always viewed himself as being above the law, which in his mind is there solely to keep the great unwashed masses in check. His second problem has been an inability to keep his hands out of whatever cookie-jar was in the vicinity.

Very interesting perspective! Cory Countryman