Musical interlude
Eels - All Forgotten
July 2026
New Liberal leadership candidate promotes rent freeze, free GO Transit
New Liberal leadership candidate promotes rent freeze, free GO Transit by Matthew GuerinFinally, a consistently progressive candidate with decent experience joins the raceRead on Substack
Today’s News: Ragging the Canadian economy puck. Plus updates on wildfires and Commonwealth Games
So Prime Minister Carney kiboshed the suggestion Canada should retaliate with our oil and gas sales to America because we're mad at Trump over his tariff threats. View on Threads…
How social media invented the World Cup’s villain
Argentina’s starting lineup against Egypt at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Photo by Bryan Berlin/WikiPortraits. During this World Cup, which culminated in a dramatic final between Argentina and...
Now is the Summer of Our Disconnect
I was reminded this morning of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about his bean field in Walden, his famous journal of contemplations about living on his own in a rustic…
He’s Done It Again
We probably all remember an activity in elementary school called show-and-tell. It consisted of bringing something to school to explain to classmates how it worked, what it was for, etc.…
Outrage of the day: destroying old books. Plus updates on wildfires and the Commonwealth Games
View on Threads All over social media, I'm seeing people furiously angry about this. "“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal…
The new rules of Carney’s carve-out economy
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a press conference, June 25, 2026. Photo courtesy Mark Carney/Facebook. It has been one year since Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced the Building Canada A...
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Toying cat.
Supergirl
Yeah, so, bought Supergirl on release day. Offered a round of applause here. Wiped a few from my eyes. I loved every minute of it.
UPDATED: Meanwhile, In Ontario
Contrary to what its citizens may think, Ontario generally and Toronto specifically do not occupy centre stage in most Canadians' minds. Therefore, I don't often write about the province where…
HIV Vaccine Showing Promising Results
There are lots of teams trying to create a vaccine for HIV and they are all making valuable progress. HIV is the virus that turns into AIDS which is a…
Jamil Jivani’s Confession
If you want to understand a Conservative or a Republican’s intentions, listen carefully to what they are accusing Liberals or Democrats of doing.
Today’s News: Poilievre evaporates while Trump circles the drain. Plus updates on wildfires and the Commonwealth Games
Am I wrong or has Poilievre evaporated? I have seen little or nothing about him ever since his Lethbridge Liberace cos-play at the Stampede. Maybe because he knows how is…
Defying despair in the face of climate catastrophe
Poor air quality in Ontario’s Niagara Region as a result of wildfire smoke. Photo by Gogerr/Wikimedia Commons. As I sat in the lobby of my building, a worker who was…
Catching up with the news: Cartoon collection, the Gordie Howe Bridge as metaphor, plus wildfire updates, some World Cup news, and the Commonwealth Games
Cartoon CollectionThe Gordie Howe Bridge as metaphor Last month, I speculated that the chaos of the Washington Reflecting Pool had become a metaphor for the incompetent hubris of the Trump…
What do you feel about AI?
Advanced artificial intelligence is being rapidly deployed, making knowledgeable people nervous about how it may change almost everything in our world. These are things that should concern us about AI.…
Buying access is not the same as implementing treaty rights
Fishing boats from the Sipekne’katik First Nation. The community asserts an inherent right to fish under the Peace and Friendship Treaties and the Supreme Court’s 1999 Marshall decision. Photo courtesy…