David MacNaughton
A smart pick. Got to know the guy a long time ago. A backroom legend. Trudeau’s lucky to have him; Leslie too.
Warren
Go back to Canada?
We don’t want him either!
Oh, (un)timely death
David Bowie, George Jonas, Alan Rickman, Brian Bedford, Robert Coates, David Margulies, John Harvard, Robert Stigwood. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of…
Happy birthday, JC
The Earthly one, not the Celestial one. Talked to him yesterday, my Mother of All Colds notwithstanding, to wish him happy birthday. Madame gave him a new pair of skis!…
Dear Kinsella kids
There will be no Spring Break in Florida this year!
Killing in God’s name
The familiar refrain of the Right goes something like this: “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” It’s become ubiquitous enough that you can find it on…
Low
I am in shock. What a towering genius he was. I literally can’t believe it. For us misfits at Bishop Carroll in Calgary – for our Room 531 gang of…
Catharsis vs. Cancer: Is obnoxiousness is the new charisma?
Sure. In the 2016 GOP presidential nominee race, it’s certainly that. So too the 2010 Toronto mayoralty race. The obnoxious jerk is the winner. Sure. But what the author doesn’t…
“A guild of vampires”
Alan conjures up a phrase that will forever live in infamy. Here. Newspapers living forever – thanks to the Count, mainly – not so much.
The only way to deal with email spammers
Is this. And take their kind offer to transfer you $2.5m in gold bullion, naturally.
Conservatives love to make fun of Justin Trudeau’s CV
After watching the video embedded in the tweet below, however, one thing conservatives used make fun of – in particular – should perhaps be accorded a bit more respect. It…
We get letters: this one isn’t from Ezra, by the way
It’s from someone who is claiming to be him – and Ezra doesn’t ever swear, in my experience, and we have now put aside several decades of, er, disagreements. That…
Why does Canada Post continue to distribute Holocaust denial and white supremacy?
Because they do. Just this week, in fact. Here’s an extract from the latest issue of Your Ward News, distributed this week by Canada Post to tens of thousands of…
The OPP: incompetent and unethical
Per the below posts about my pal Laura Miller, here and here, looky here! The OPP – into whose conduct a misconduct hearing has been ordered for possible perjury in…
The Globe and Mail publishes story on the inquisition against Laura Miller
Here. A talented Globe reporter contacted me about my friend Laura Miller. He asked why I was supporting her. Here’s what I said: “Why am I supporting her? Four reasons.…
Working for the Clampdown
Listening to the CBC news on the way in with Son Three this morning – and with the world seeming palpably (more) dangerous, here and here and here – we…
How they got their guns
Obama’s move today won’t solve the problem they’ve got – but it’s something.
I super hate Hotmail right now
I’ve had an account since the dawn of time. A few days ago, with zero warning, years of accumulated emails to my Hotmail account simply disappeared. And new ones aren’t…