Son Two (the goalie) wins, 6 to 1!
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Warren
Angelo
A great appointment, and for someone I am quite fond of, too. He will serve the country very well.
Expert political analysis
Worth keeping in mind, however, that this is the same guy who saw Rocco Rossi and Tony Genco as the start of a massive migration of Italian-Canadians to the Ontario…
Ford follies, a continuing series
Yeah, we’re a world-class city. Yep.
Death by digital
Son One and I listened to the Toronto Star’s John Honderich on Metro Morning this morning. He was on to provide the company’s spin on letting go a whole bunch…
Rob Ford is stinking, no-good liar
…but you knew that already. Please, please, please God, make him the Right’s standard-bearer in the next municipal election. Please.
The Queers – Punk Rock Girls
Seein’ ‘em late tonight at the ‘Shoe, with Teenage Bottlerocket. Ramonesy pop-punk perfection.
Media existentialism: nobody cares about you when you disappear
There are no bylines in the Toronto Star’s print edition today. Journalists there have pulled their bylines, as their collective agreement permits, to protest cuts and layoffs earlier this week.…
Chow vs. Ford and Tory
If John runs, too, it splits Ford’s vote. Enough for Chow to win.
Votes and yarbles
I’ve thought Ontario has been heading towards one all along. Now my Sun colleague Chris Blizzard is prognosticating the same thing, albeit for different reaons. Bonus: you also get to…
Jack
We were there. Is it worth taking in? I’d say yes. Now, as Olivia herself said: “It’s just a movie,” but it was a pretty good one. “They took some…
In Tuesday’s Sun: on speech and hate
Free speech is terrific, of course, as long as it’s being exercised in the abstract, or it doesn’t adversely affect you and yours. That’s why – if you were gay,…
Dumb dumb dumb
Spotted by my colleague Paulo. This is crazy.
Windsor-Tecumseh and London West
With Sandra Pupatello, the Ontario Liberals had a chance at a big win in Windsor; without her, they don’t. The Ontario NDP will cruise to a win there, as things…
Hockey and kids and violence
As regulars know, I spend a lot of time in hockey rinks. Two of my boys play in the GTHL, and one of them was seriously injured a few weeks…
You stink: the psychology of online vituperation
From the Times: “The results were both surprising and disturbing. Uncivil comments not only polarized readers, but they often changed a participant’s interpretation of the news story itself. In the…
150,000: what that means
That is a huge, huge number. I was with Justin’s campaign guru, Gerald Butts, last week for lunch. I told him I thought he’d do well with the social media…
In Sunday’s Sun: progressives – not dead yet
Is Canada becoming a more conservative place? Surveying the landscape some days it sure seems that way. My friends John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker certainly think so. Ibbitson and Bricker…
You never know what you’ll find at Goodwill
Sent along by a friend of a friend. Ah, memories.
Sandra’s for Justin
Warren, As a key supporter of my campaign I wanted to make sure that we stay in touch… We still have a really important campaign still on the go, and…