Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.
Donald Trump’s latest tweets – about how he isn’t insane – indisputably make the case that he is. There can’t be much doubt, now. What now? What do we do?…
Musings
Racist is as racist does
Firstly, sincere congrats to Andrew Scheer for expelling the extremist Senator Lynn Beyak. Delighted to hear that he objects to his Senators being so defiant about their bigotry – but…
Hey, thanks, @chaptersindigo!
I’m a staff pick!
L’Affaire Boyle: who knew, and when did they know it?
…and if they didn’t know, why didn’t they know? A snippet from next week’s column, about this mess: Sure, it seems likely that Joshua Boyle was under criminal investigation when…
The House on the Borderland
“But for a few touches of commonplace sentimentality would be a classic of the first water.” So said H. P. Lovecraft of the 1908 novel, The House on the Borderland,…
When someone who professes to oppose intolerance is tolerant of intolerance
So, Andrew Scheer has refused to take part in Pride celebrations. It was in the news. “Not everybody marches,” he sniffs, adding that he will continue to be one of…
Did Justin Trudeau just give Patrick Brown a gift?
It sure looks that way. Check this out: Minimum wage hikes across Canada this year could cost about 60,000 jobs, despite the benefits they would bring, the Bank of Canada…
The new world disorder
2017 was bad; 2018 will be worse. That’s been my view for a while. It’s centred on a three-part thesis: one, that the West’s enemies will take further advantage of…
2018, day one
Started to go through my smart editor’s edits for NEW DARK AGES in the @XPUNKBOOK series today but I kept getting the pizza wheel of death so I fell asleep…
Happy New Year, y’all
Heading out to a fancy dinner and then a party with the most amazing woman. She’s beautiful and brilliant. Have a great evening, all – and an even better 2018!
2017: looking on the bright side
The thing that most characterized and energized 2017 for me was a deep and visceral loathing of Trump. It made me feel 30 years younger. It was a revivifying and…
The greatest single sentence in the history of the New York Times
Until the “Donald Trump today resigned the presidency” sentence, that is.
A farewell to 2017
Twenty seventeen has a special significance for me, beyond merely another year in the ever-lengthening calendar of my life. I find it difficult, sometimes, to believe I am as old…
2018: the coming provincial and municipal elections
My former Sun colleague Antonella Artuso got in touch with me to seek my opinion on the coming Ontario and Toronto elections. Her story is here. And my full response…
Me and Charles Adler on 2017’s winners and losers, proportional representation, ethics and the GOP
All right here.