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My perspective
…at ce moment. The Bush family are off to the left, which I bet is the first time somebody has ever said that about them.
In Tuesday’s Sun: is “gay conservative” conjunctive or disjunctive?
Circa 1977 at my Calgary Catholic high school, most of my friends — charter members of the drama/music/poetry/punk rock subculture — were gay. So, even in arch-conservative Calgary, being gay…
W@AL: how to do a world-class expert frisbee throw
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Mother’s Beach, Maine
Beach house, outhouse, old punk louse.
In Sunday’s Sun: abolish the Senate. Then abolish journalists in the Senate.
The revelations about Sen. Pamela Wallin — and her apparent willingness to use the treasury as her personal piggy bank — will get folks talking again about abolishing the Senate.…
Toronto needs a mayor: police investigate Ford crony who assaults women, sought crack video
The noose is tightening. Quote: “Toronto police are investigating attempts by associates of Mayor Rob Ford to retrieve the crack cocaine video. One target of the investigation is Alexander “Sandro”…
Greetings from the U.S. of A.
I was a Texan. Proof, in six seconds, here.
Palma Violets last week in LA
…with some old fart who somehow made it onstage. Hard to believe it was just last week. Pix by Debi Del Grande. LA Music Blog review, here (a “subtle gem”!…
13,105
…that’s how many followers I now have on Twitter. Just noticed. Justin Trudeau, watch out! I’m in your social media rear view mirror, pal!
Toronto needs a mayor: a short review about a video
The scene: a Starbucks, at Yonge and St. Clair. The players: Kevin Donovan, the lead investigative reporter at the Toronto Star, and James Lockyer, the founding director of the Association…
The carnage in Egypt
As I wrote a few weeks ago – and whether you liked the Muslim Brotherhood or not – they were democratically elected, and then were overthrown in a military coup.…
To and about Glen McGregor
The Sun is doing a clarification, but I wanted to do more than that. Here it is: I owe Glen McGregor a clarification, and perhaps even a correction. But I…
Glen McGregor, revisionist
Glen McGregor, he of the “Deflower Caroline Mulroney Contest,” is very, very angry about my column below. This upsets me a great deal, as you can well imagine. He’s called…
In Tuesday’s Sun: in defence of Laura Miller (and not a few other women)
It was a little thing, apparently. A tweet, a bit of digital detritus, something that comes and goes, with little or no attention paid. Happens all the time. What made…
Conservative commentator calls for Muslims to be killed
Wendy Sullivan is a Canadian white supremacist who uses the handles “Girl on the Right” or “Right Girl.” She broadcasts on something called “Brass Balls Radio,” as well. Here is…
Toronto needs a mayor: Rob Ford tried to meet secretly with drug dealer in jail
Quote: “At around 7 p.m. on March 25, about three hours after official visiting hours, Mr. Ford arrived unannounced at the Toronto West Detention Centre and asked if he could…
Breaking: Hot Nasties mania sweeps France
Here’s Morgane and pals, who we met through the Palma Violets, rockin’ out to the Nasties’ signature tune. Stardom and riches await!
I grow old
Tomorrow, I get even older. So, I sit on the dock – and the cursing we’d been hearing has stopped, for now, thank God – and I’m here with new…