What’s amazing isn’t that Doug Ford is doing this
…what’s amazing is that Kathleen Wynne didn’t do it when she could’ve. (And, before any trolls take a shot at my friend Dalton, remember this.) Premier-Designate Doug Ford will build…
Musings
Here’s how partisans react
It’s old news. It’s fake news. It’s not news. And so on, and so on. That’s what Conservative partisans would say if the wrongdoer was a Conservative Prime Minister. That’s…
Top ten things Trudeau could have done with Trump™
The Neville Chamberlains and ostriches are filling my inbox. “Get tough with Trump, eh, Warren?” they bleat. “That wouldn’t have worked, ever ever! What would you have done instead?” It’s…
Recipe for Hate made the list!
#RecipeForHate by @kinsellawarren and #TheTorontoBookOfTheDead by @adamtbunch are both on the @torontolibrary's The List: Great Reads for Youth 2018! Pick up your copy of these amazing titles today! pic.twitter.com/scGNEcmc37 —…
Donald Trump is an asshole
Listen to this Canadian punk rock band, if you don’t believe me: Anyway. Here’s Adolf Twitler yesterday, speaking to a rally of mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers: When Trump eventually got around to…
Could Scheer’s social media team be any dumber?
No. No, they couldn’t. Because I’ve been thinking about this. And I think that Andrew Scheer attacking Justin Trudeau over taking a day off today – the St. Jean Baptiste…
Column: anger is an energy
Anger is an energy. That’s a line from Public Image’s improbable 1986 hit single, ‘Rise.’ The former Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten wails it, over and over, and it eventually makes…
We get letters: apparently Black Lives Matter and I are terrorists
Who knew? Also, I particularly like his email handle.
There is no statute of limitations on #MeToo
The headline is ridiculous, but the story is actually well-done, here. The revelation that the victim wrote the editorial was news to me, and it puts the whole matter in…
Shaving redux
In mid-May, 2018, I published a post about my change in shaving technologies and techniques. I described why I thought it was a more environmentally friendly method, and somewhat of…
This tweet about a ridiculous Scheer tweet struck a chord
72,000 impressions and counting. This isn’t the first time the Conservative leader’s social media has misfired. He needs to take a look at that. It isn’t “Justin Trudeau’s cottage.” It’s…
Doug Ford makes a smart pick
Our friend Jenni Byrne is heading to Premier Ford’s office, in a big role. Smart pick. Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford has tapped a senior staffer from Stephen Harper’s government to…
That new TIME cover: wow
TIME’s new cover: A reckoning after Trump's border separation policy: What kind of country are we? https://t.co/U4Uf8bffoR pic.twitter.com/sBCMdHuPGc — TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2018
My advice: kick Trump in the nuts
That’s my considered diplomatic advice. From next week’s Hill Times column: At a press conference held to mark the end of the Parliamentary sitting, Trudeau gave the sort of verbal…
Justice, conscience, law
This clip from The Ox Bow Incident is why I became a lawyer. I watched it when I was a kid, and this part – the part with Henry Fonda…