My Favourite Films of 2025!
Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan and Miles CatonI think 2025 was a horrible year in many ways - politically, socially, environmentally, economically - but when it comes to film art,…
Matt Guerin
‘Heated Rivalry’ is the oasis of tender, sensual masculinity we didn’t know we needed in 2025!
Like some, I had spotted in November the Heated Rivalry posters (pictured) on bus shelters sporting the shirtless hockey star characters in mid-embrace, foreshadowing the show's steamy gay sex scenes,…
Doug Ford’s hot air is not good governance! We just don’t have any good alternatives…
Is there any major policy area Doug Ford's PC government in Ontario is actually managing well? The health care sector? Nope. It's a disaster getting worse every year, hallway medicine…
Doug Ford’s hot air is not good governance! We just don’t have any good alternatives…
Is there any major policy area Doug Ford's PC government in Ontario is actually managing well? The health care sector? Nope. It's a disaster getting worse every year, hallway medicine…
Happy Pride Weekend: Cherish our Freedoms in Canada while Hungary cracks down on Pride; Trans kids aren’t just here to be abused by their parents, rules Alberta court
Pride march in Budapest on SaturdayThousands marched in the streets of Budapest this weekend in defiance of corrupt conservative dictator Viktor Orban, favourite strongman of Donald Trump and Stephen Harper.…
Happy Pride Weekend: Cherish our Freedoms in Canada while Hungary cracks down on Pride; Trans kids aren’t just here to be abused by their parents, rules Alberta court
Pride march in Budapest on SaturdayThousands marched in the streets of Budapest this weekend in defiance of corrupt conservative dictator Viktor Orban, favourite strongman of Donald Trump and Stephen Harper.…
Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s centrist-do-nothing passivity
Democratic candidate Zohran MamdaniI was thrilled this week when New York Democratic assemblyman Zohran Mamdani shocked his party's centrist-do-nothing establishment and won the Democratic primary to run as mayor in…
Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s centrist-do-nothing establishment
Democratic candidate Zohran MamdaniI was thrilled this week when New York Democratic assemblyman Zohran Mamdani shocked his party's centrist-do-nothing establishment and won the Democratic primary to run as mayor in…
Toronto’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ film festival wraps as Pride Month kicks off!
Happy Pride Month to all as we start off June! I am feeling even more proud than usual at the moment after having just seen a slate of decent queer…
Toronto’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ film festival wraps as Pride Month kicks off!
Happy Pride Month to all as we start off June! I am feeling even more proud than usual at the moment after having just seen a slate of decent queer…
Today’s tonic: “Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them”…
Today's tonic: "Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them" by Jim Stanford, director of the Centre for Future…
Today’s tonic: “Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them”…
Today's tonic: "Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them" by Jim Stanford, director of the Centre for Future…
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision”
Today's tonic (and similar posts, where I highlight important articles published elsewhere) is back. "Mark Carney is already staring down a history-making decision," by Irwin Cotler and Sir Bill Browder.…
Today’s tonic: “The People Always Come Last in Doug Ford’s Ontario”
It's so nice to see Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie finally taking some good punches at corrupt Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford. This is one of the great ads…