Author: Matt Guerin

Yesterday, a horrifying and terrible incident happened in Butler, Pennsylvania where a gunman shot bullets at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an outdoor political rally, grazing Trump’s ear, critically injuring two other spectators, and killing another innocent spectator.  Secret service on the scene within seconds shot dead the shooter,

Renowned U.S. historic Allan Lichtman, whose famous “13 Keys” predictor of U.S. presidential elections has correctly predicted the outcomes in every U.S. election since the 1980s (with one exception in 2000 when the election was stolen by the U.S. Supreme Court from the rightful winner, Al Gore, who the “13

 “No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict” Lots of privileged, centrist and conservative queers in the powerful West love to pretend Israel is a beacon of queer acceptance in the Middle East.  This helps prove Israel’s civility, they claim, ignoring facts to the contrary. Not quite,

I’ve long been on record opposing Ontario’s two-tiered public education system.   In Ontario, we all inherited the status quo which consists of publicly funded schools for the general public and a separate system of publicly funded schools just for Roman Catholics.  There are no publicly funded school systems for

June is the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto and most places in North America.  It’s a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community, our history and the gains we’ve made overcoming bigotry and oppression, as well as remind ourselves of the battles still ahead for equality and dignity. Most of

Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life” by Matthew Mendelsohn, CEO of Social Capital Partners and a previous federal and Ontario deputy minister.   I knew and admired Mendelsohn when

“EXPLAINER – Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like”  As we surge forward, expecting everyone else to pay to stop the effects of climate change.   As we hop in our big vehicles to drive to local stores to do more shopping, or jump onto our

Today’s lament: “Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario” by @maxfawcett  ‘There’s fierce competition in the unofficial race for Canada’s most dangerous premier, with Alberta’s Danielle Smith deliberately destabilizing her province’s health-care system and Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe literally breaking the law so he can thumb his considerable nose at the carbon

Today’s tonic: “Why do so many ignore facts, like the carbon tax works? Because we’re hard-wired to follow the pack,” by columnist Andrew Phillips of the Toronto Star.    This piece is a great reminder about how most people choose to think and approach the issues of our time.  Here’s an

Today’s tonic: “Crappy as it is, the @CBC may turn out to be the hero we need,” by Rick Salutin in the Toronto Star.  Here are excerpts below: “In true melodramatic fashion, now that it’s on the brink, it may’ve become indispensable to our very survival   “CBC was created

I read this story today and felt relieved that responsible professionals who are charged with the care of children and youth are taking action to hold gluttonous, unethical social media companies accountable for how they’ve targeted all children and youth for addiction to their platforms.  “Four major Ontario school boards

Winnipeg South Centre Liberal MP Ben Carr is one of many Liberals in the federal caucus torn between his strong support for Israel as an ancestral home for Jews the world over, and the horrors that country’s right-wing government and armies have inflicted on innocent Palestinian civilians in reaction to

“Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe, says the Guardian.  “Young people are becoming less happy than older generations as they suffer “the equivalent of a midlife crisis”, global research has revealed as America’s top doctor warned

Today’s tonic: In his State of the Union speech last night, “Biden projects a vision of strength that’s been missing from his presidency but will be needed in 2024 campaign”  Like many decent, progressive people, I’ve been alarmed by the return of the lying, criminal, rapist, fraud, anti-democratic, narcissistic, ineffectual,

I wanted to highlight this Xtra article this week by trans writer and activist Faye Johnstone, “The new generation of gay Conservative sellouts.”  Here’s an excerpt below:  “Never underestimate the willingness of rich, cis, conservative gay people and so-called allies to sell out the rest of us. “In the 1970s,

Intelligence agency says risk will ‘almost certainly continue’ over the coming year “Canada’s intelligence agency is warning that extremists could “inspire and encourage” serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community — a threat the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says almost certainly will continue over the coming year. “CSIS’s comments come as provincial policies on gender-affirming

Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at risk the lives of queer youth.   Smith’s history supporting queer rights isn’t stellar.  Just 12 years ago, she didn’t think

Actor Andrew Scott I couldn’t agree more with this charming, smart actor, Andrew Scott (currently starring in the awesome feature film All of Us Strangers) that the phrase “openly gay” is old school and needs to be retired, as writer Ryan Gilbey highlights in this Guardian piece. “I’m going to

It’s been a tough year for the world.   Fascism and dictatorship are on the rise, while democracies are under constant attack.  War continued in Ukraine thanks to the most evil person on the planet: Putin.   Fascist Islamic antisemitic hatred in the form of Hamas also lashed out and brutally

Barry Keoghan in Saltburn   I’m happy once again to share my annual list of my favourite films released this past year.   I haven’t seen all of the 2023 feature films I want to see.  I have been waiting to check out All Of Us Strangers, the new British fantasy