Rob Ford: drunk
Story here. And anyone involved in politics in Ontario can tell you this story is the tip of the proverbial ice berg. There’s a lot more. What’s it mean? It…
Warren
Keeping up with the Blacks
Turns out they sent the wrong one to jail.
In Tuesday’s Sun: debate this
In case you missed them (and the chances are excellent that you did) we can advise that the Liberal party’s leadership debates are now over. Similarly, we can advise that,…
Transit and Toronto, blah blah blah
Two things that drive me nuts about Toronto: The manic focus on transit issues, 24/7, to the total exclusion of all other issues, like poverty, health, crime, environment, etc. The…
If you’re a Canadian politico with a scandal to announce
…today’s the day to do it.
In Sunday’s Sun: what happens when you make Kathy Shaidle your friend
Watching Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel was revealing – but probably more for what it said about his hosts than it said about him. The U.S. president’s two-day journey…
Proud father update
Daughter has now been accepted to King’s College, Trent, Brock and Lakehead. With potentially more to come. Mixed in with the paternal pride, of course, is the realization that your…
The tweet was problematic enough
The retweet, more so. Story here.
Everything you need to know about Jim Flaherty’s ability to predict future economic events
From a little vid we did in 2009. And it stands up, still.
Toronto’s next mayor
If she runs, I’m there, baby. (P.S. I’m not interested in the Forum hazy numbers – I’m more interested in Lasch’s cagey answers!)
It’s not a surprise that fewer Canadians see him as competent…
…when his hair is green.
BREAKING: I have removed some Facebook friends
Why? Well, I was well over the legislated limit of 5,000, and there was a certain someone I needed to add. Who? Well, let’s put it this way: I stalk…
A taste of Sunday’s column: on Canada’s Jewish leadership
Something I have wanted to say for quite some time. I’ll have plenty more to say on Sunday: “…Historically, Canada’s Jewish community’s lobby efforts were always smart. The Canadian Jewish…
Tonight
Watched Life of Pi. It was a far better use of an evening.
The blood of children
The front of today’s New York Daily News. The NRA, and organizations like it, are terrororist organizations, and should be treated as such.
There is nothing on Earth I hate as much as the Miami Heat and LeBron James. Nothing.
Nothing. I watched every minute of the Celts-Heat game on a JetBlue flight from Florida to New York, and then drove back to Toronto with the kids, getting in late,…
Bela Lugosi’s DUI
The worst part about this story is, of course, that anyone would still get wasted and get behind the wheel: “Peter Murphy, lead singer of 1970s British goth-rock band Bauhaus,…