I've never been some well-connected, business-card-waving, lobbyist-registry-joining insider willing to sell access to people I know in the Ontario Liberal Party. Sure, I could've taken that route after 2003 when…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Crider discusses how the Trump regime is setting up the U.S. for explosive internal violence - while planning to blame its victims…
It is said that it is darkest before dawn. Unfortunately for us, it is not yet midnight.
Finland is the only country in the European Union where homelessness has been decreasing. The small Nordic country is hailed as a model for homelessness work and Finnish expertise is…
Well, our times are officially "interesting" now aren't they, so we really need a Funday. (And does everyone get the joke in the wombat cartoon?)I still have to start with…
Donald Trump delivers remarks after accepting the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino, December 5, 2025, during the World Cup draw at the John F. Kennedy Center…
University—Rosedale riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Image from Wikimedia maps. Last year, Mark Carney presented himself to Canadians as a seasoned, level-headed economist and a...
Well, perhaps not dancing, but their shadows on the snow this sunny day seem almost exhuberant. Good way to start the New Year. May 2026 be full of good times,…
More comments today on Canada's precarious situation as Trump continues his fantasy presidency. When I saw this tonight on Threads, I couldn't help but agree: View on Threads Yeah, I…
The little-loved Elon Musk is odds-on favourite to become the world’s first trillionaire. He is,... The post Billionaires make way for the trillionaires first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
TWO LANES feat. Kwesi - Another Time
Our Old Oak Tree (actually the city's tree) which we have had since we moved into our house in 1979, although it looked healthy, had enough damage to make it…
There is so much talk about self-care in the online caregiving discourse that it's just plain exhausting. What we need is a simple and realistic way to think about how…
I'm often fond of saying that nothing surprises me anymore. Although my capacity for disgust remains, wars, rumours of wars, state executions, invasions of sovereign territories, etc., none of those…
With everything that's going on, our political cartoonists have really outdone themselves. So I thought I should share some of the ones I found yesterday and today: I’d like to…
Recording TV programs, and then skipping through commercials during playback, I don't often watch live television. Today, a 30-second version of this video caught my attention:
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Linda McQuaig writes about the need for international solidarity in responding to the corruption and aggression of Donald Trump. Stephen Maher notes that…
