Met some guy from Texas. Nice guy.
And, in case you were wondering, in conversation he was smart, perceptive and very funny. (Very.) This picture was taken backstage at the OREA event (more pix here and here…
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I’m part of the warm-up act for a president
Today, at the kick-ass OREA conference – which earlier features Jean Chretien, Doug Ford, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott – I’m on a panel (with my sister Adrienne, Kathleen and…
iPolitics notices the trend
Trudeau has apparently changed his behaviour, for which he deserves some credit. Scheer hasn’t. For which he deserves none. Trudeau has maintained a low profile since the election, even avoiding…
And so it begins
He will be impeached in the House. But the Senate will not remove him, of course. Doesn’t matter. It will increasingly obsess him and his team, it will drain their…
The Liberals had a caucus meeting, too
It happened yesterday. You didn’t hear much about it, because all the drama had happened the day before, with the seven-hour-long Conservative mass-suicide disguised as a caucus meeting. The Liberal…
A seven-hour caucus meeting creates seven big problems
The Conservative caucus met on Parliament Hill yesterday. Watching them from afar, it recalled a big therapy session. But without a therapist in charge. It went for seven hours, reportedly.…
Turned off, logged out
I turned off Twitter and Instagram, and logged out of Facebook, last month. Click. Bye. Now, that was the first paragraph. In the second paragraph, you are perhaps expecting me…
That’s how you do it, Canada
You don’t hire him again. You suspend him. From CNN: A high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave in California after he wore blackface to school on Halloween,…
“Our culture is dying because we have no capacity for forgiveness or discussion.”
Cancel culture, so-called, interests me. Two reasons. First reason: Barack Obama decried it recently, and what he said made a lot of sense. Here’s part of what he said: “This…
God, gays and Scheer
I wrote this some time ago – you know, during that period when I was secretly running the CPC campaign. (More seriously, I was reminded of it by this. Kory…
Lights out
No, not me. (You wish.) The power. The power’s out. Has been for hours. That image up above is a pretty good representation of the County, this November 1. Power…
Woke, schmoke
Two things, woke folks. One, I read this with extreme interest, because in recent days, quite a few folks have “canceled” Yours Truly for, you know, (a) doing opposition research…
Google’s secret plan to privatize everything – and spy on you
This Globe report, by Josh O’Kane and Tim Cardoso, is just extraordinary. In essence, the US-based multinational wants to privatize cities and turn them into profit centres. Everything. Along with…
And Canada becomes a little less of a country
And our federal leaders say nothing. Oh, and our Prime Minister says he’s okay with “values tests.” Does anyone care about what is happening, here? Immigrants who want to settle…
Twitter vs. Everyone
Frank Bruni, who I hero-worship, has a typically-amazing column in the Sunday New York Times. Best bit: On Twitter in particular, Trump doesn’t exclaim; he expectorates. You can feel the…
The ten reasons Andrew Scheer lost the election
1. He’s a Western social conservative and most Canadian voters are neither Westerners nor social conservatives. 2. He allowed himself to be defined (see above) before he defined himself. 3.…
Trump kills ISIS head: will it get him re-elected?
It’s big news, certainly. And, naturally, Republicans will say that the death of the head of ISIS will make their leader a lot more popular. They will say it’ll get…
Present view
Joey and Roxy, staying still for a few precious seconds.