Tag: Musings

Olivia Chow won it.  But don’t take my word for it.  Here’s what the commentariat had to say: “The response to the planks [Tory] rattled off Tuesday night – it is in favour of surface rail, which is basically a subway but has the disadvantage of not being called such

Sue Anne sure likes to bash us progressives in her columns in the newspaper! Wow! She’s relentless! But here’s a little photograph I’ll bet Sue Anne didn’t know was being taken: here she is, begging for Olivia’s autograph, when she thought nobody was looking. Do as I say not as

His email is shawn.jeffords@sunmedia.ca.  Write to him, and tell him about what you think about this kind of Pulitzer-winning journalism! “Dear Shawn: I understand you are claiming you have been trying to reach me.  That is interesting, given that I was at the Sun just this afternoon. The picture that

From Danny Paolini, at djpaolini@hotmail.com: Warren, How in Gods forsaken name can you comment on something you have no idea what you’re talking about??? How would you like your wife and kids ( if you’re capable of having) be terrorized, killed, maimed and have your land stolen by a bunch

From astreeter@primus.ca 8:18 AM Are you blind as well as dumb, Kinsella? 66 years of oppression….demolitions, butchery and incarcerations; continuing settlements on stolen land. Read some history, you fucking idiot! Pete Kirby

Love the kids in the background.

It’s all happened before. Israel has made airstrikes against terrorists before, and it has sent troops into Gaza before, as well. The reason it has done so, now as before, is the same: Hamas has launched hundreds of rockets from Gaza into Israel, using Palestinian citizens as human shields. All

In my line of work, that’s what you call a “wedge.” That is, it is something only you can say (e.g., I’m against handguns), and it clearly distinguishes you from your main opponents (e.g., Tory thinks you’re “simplistic” if you want to get rid of handguns for all but police,

Oh, and he’s in his nineties, and he has an established bias. But, by all means, let’s run his story around the world without asking for, you know, proof.    

He is an amazing guy and will be an amazing representative for this city. Support him if you can. More here. .

Received in comments this morning. Condolences about his (and our) loss: Tommy was my dearest and oldest friend. We grew up together in Forest Hills Queens New York. I went to Stephen A Halsey Jr High and Forest Hills High school with him. He got me to pick up the

John Tory gets up close and personal with his many many volunteers. Not. .

I woke up to the bad news, and I immediately felt like going back to sleep for good. I tell ya: if there ever was news that I am going to kick off sooner than later, it’s the news that Tommy is gone. (And his death is the top story on

The last time I spoke with Tony Ianno – and, for all practical purposes, the first time, too – was in a downtown Toronto food court. It didn’t go well. It was 2002. We had both been at some political event, and I had stopped at a subterranean food court

Photo by Lala. She dumped me two seconds after she took it. .

Once again: John Tory apparently believes that everyone has forgotten who Rob Ford’s head cheerleader was for the past four years: namely, him. By demanding Ford’s resignation, Tory (and this is why I broke with him, by the way) perhaps hopes to get voters to forget that he was always

Because the media are in the shorthand business – and because social media renders everything bite-sized and/or stupid – some people have taken to comparing me to John Tory’s campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis. I cannot believe I have to actually spend five precious minutes of my life on this, but

In the Summertime, a young politician’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…no legislative sittings, and a concurrent growth in popularity! Yes, yes, we know. That is a terrible, awful bastardization of the immortal words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (“In the Spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of

Hoping to do a column about the correlation between a government”s popularity and the sitting of the relevant legislature – that is, governments go up when the Leg isn’t on TV. Anyone know of any studies related to same?