Peter Shurman, meet Mike Duffy, Pam Wallin and Mac Harb
What’s significant about this story about the main Ontario PC spokesman isn’t (a) that he’s now got the same problem Harb, Duffy, Wallin et al. have, and it isn’t (b)…
Warren
The Trudeau paradox
Here, finally, a real poll by a real pollster about what I consider a real concern: Trudeau’s strength is simultaneously his weakness. It is his freshness, and his newness, that…
Open letter to all men, everywhere
Dear Men: Good God Almighty. I’ve given up on swimming, starting right about now. You? Sincerely, Warren
Congrats to a first-time author
…on his new book. As someone who has written seven books, I am always gratified to see newcomers like this “Stephen J. Harper” fellow.
Ten reasons why we must intervene in Syria
I plan to write more about this in my Sunday column. But, as the debate heats up in Congress today, here are a few reasons why I feel we are…
In Tuesday’s Sun: the right response in Syria
If Syria’s regime is permitted to continue gassing its own citizens to death – and, rest assured, it did just that last week, killing hundreds of men, women and children…
Summer is over
Took this up at the cabin, as we were preparing to leave. Summer is truly over, isn’t it?
In Sunday’s Sun: Quebec, values and history
In the fall of 1936, as the plague of Nazism continued spreading across Germany, Oldenburg issued a decree. The northern German district had decided to order the removal of crucifixes…
Guitarist wanted
To fill a rather sudden vacancy. Apply to wkinsella at hotmail.com!
Ch-ch-changes
…not the changes referred to in the last-day-in-Maine post, below. For those impatient to hear what “big changes” mean, stay tuned. They are indeed big, and it is my fervent…
The Palma Violets cover the Hot Nasties!
Just heard about this from @MorganeSG – did anyone else know about this? Wow! The Hot Nasties are famous, 33 years after the fact!
‘Nuff said
Summer almost over. Leaving Maine with Sons Two and Three shortly. What lies ahead?
In Tuesday’s Sun: agenda-setting
The competition for the public agenda — and the public’s attention — is fierce. It’s also a bit of a paradox. The paradox is that the public’s agenda isn’t the…
Ontario’s shame
You have to read the whole story. It is really, really important. Quote: “Abused, neglected, vulnerable — they should have been protected. Instead, they were deprived of that most precious…
In Sunday’s Sun: the best and worst of Trudeau
The best and worst of the Liberal Party of Canada were on full display in the past week. On the one hand, there was the “race” to be the Liberal…
Drug wars
The Liberal standard bearer has tried pot a few times and doesn’t drink coffee. Two of the top Conservative icons, meanwhile, haven’t sued anyone for stating one of them smokes…
Sad day
I am taking Daughter and Son One to Boston today. They are flying back to Toronto. Son One is starting hockey camp, and daughter is going to be packing for…
Internet law, the basics: hyperlinks
For anyone getting harassed by a lunatic threatening to sue them for linking to another web site, note this: “…the majority held that a plaintiff concerned about mere hyperlinks should…