Fourteen reasons
…why we still need effective gun safety laws. Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Barbara…
Warren
You will be hearing about this catastrophic error for years to come
But that’s not the worst part. The worst part is that it will be used to legitimize attacks on the credibility of women who have been sexually assaulted, for years…
In Friday’s Sun: Wall’s wilful whoppers
There’s a reason why Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall is consistently ranked as one of the country’s most-popular Premiers. He knows how to communicate. And he aggressively represents his constituents. He does…
What’s that Patreon thing on the side?
So, here’s the thing. I’ve been doing this web site thing – not blog! – for 14 years or so. I get visitors – according Team Propellerhead, about 2.2 million…
This morning on The Current
I am currently at The Current, to talk about what is current.
In Tuesday’s Sun: courage and the NDP
“Courage, my friends: ’tis not too late to build a better world.” The New Democrats’ founding father, Tommy Douglas, said that. It could have been said by any one his…
Before anyone gets too enthusiastic about Jonathan Kay, read this
Kay, in his transition to the new boss at The Walrus, has energetically sought to position himself as the sort of progressive urban Toronto latte-sipper he spent the last decade…
SFH on Broadway!
Check out who provided music for Julie Pacino’s film debuting in NYC this week! Credits, bottom left!
Kinsella krest kicks
That’s a weird alliteration, I know, but I’m pooped. You get what you pay for, etc. etc. Anyway: my gal Lala is back from Ireland! Very, very happy about that.…
So much I want to say
But can’t. I’m trying to learn impulse control, but it’s really hard.
In Friday’s Sun: TV killed the radio star (and others, too)
It’s quaint, almost, the notion that other media are more important than television. Watching a CTV helicopter hover over King Street East in Toronto at lunchtime on Wednesday should have…
Big vans outside the Moral High Ground this morning
…looks like the NDP is getting ready to move out. I guess Tom Mulcair’s “very strong desire to keep this confidential” is no longer so “strong.” Thus: Here, Star. Here,…
Ferguson, right now
Spotted by Michael Bolen. Remind you of anything?
In Tuesday’s Sun: hear both sides, or end it
In Latin, it’s called “audi alteram partem.” That is, “hear the other side.” It’s a principle of what is referred to as natural justice. Put simply, natural justice offers citizens…
Eight reasons children of the Seventies should all be dead
This is brilliant. It made me laugh so hard, I fell off my Earth Shoes, knocked over a stack of eight track tapes, and wrecked my Farrah Fawcett poster collection.…
And here we thought LSD wasn’t readily available in China
‘Chick Chick’ (natch) by Chinese pop group Wang Rong Rollin. Wow. Just, wow.