The threat to democracy
Dan Froomkin is an American journalist worth following. Andrew Coyne is not afraid to speak out, but Froomkin wondered why most people in legacy media don’t appear to believe the…
March 2025
Trump “metastasizing, mutating, rapidly worsening”
A brilliant essay in The Globe and Mail. Andrew Coyne has spent decades observing and writing about Canada. He has interacted with politicians of all sorts, but none like the…
The Doug Ford You Voted For …
The Doug Ford you voted for. The post The Doug Ford You Voted For … first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Not Exactly As Advertised
The U.S. always touts itself as the greatest country in the world (if not in all of history). The nation bruits its achievements, its pool of talented citizens, its democracy…
The Toronto Star Reviews The Gates of Polished Horn!
My new book in the big leagues Well isn’t this lovely. The Toronto Star reviews The Gates of Polished Horn in its roundup of new… The post The Toronto Star…
Accepting Difference
I recently watched the lovely film, A Real Pain, about two cousins (played by Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin) who travel to Poland to visit their departed grandmother’s home. In…
New Enemies — Foreign and Domestic
In recent days, the Musk-Trump administration and their allies have made a further series of terrifying moves and decisions.
Canada’s job market is worse than you think
Photo by Brenda Gottsabend/Flickr The Canadian government’s response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats must also contend with the growing weakness of our labour market. A we...
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Zelenskyy Defends World Against Trump and Vance as They Attack Him Like Putin’s Proxies
Yesterday was wild politically. This has not been seen before. Even Trump realized how much this is going to be seen, at the end of the overly public argument. There…
So Trump made Zelenskyy an offer. But Zelenskyy refused …
Just when I think Trump can't possibly get any worse... on Friday, he turned into The Orange Corleone: “You’re either gonna make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re…
David Johansen
Oh no. David Johansen, gone. What a total rock star he was, and my little gang of punk rockers loved him. RIP.
Criminalizing drug addiction: "We can’t punish the trauma out of people by creating more trauma."
Saskatchewan and Alberta are both bringing forward legislation to criminalize drug use as well as drug trafficking. It seems to be as much a performance, as a plan. But the…