Ten reasons why it’s wrong to change our electoral system in the way the change is being proposed
I was on a CTV panel when the Speech from the Throne was read out. This part wasn’t a surprise, but I was surprised the Liberals were doubling down on…
Musings
Things you should know about “Indian” status
As (the incredibly proud) father to a citizen of the Carcross-Tagish First Nation, and as someone who has tried to navigate the relevant Ottawa bureaucracy (Conservative and Liberal), I encourage…
This week’s Troy Media column: 2015′s political winners and losers
Typing up lists of the year’s political winners and losers is usually a pretty straightforward proposition: simply declare the winners of elections are godlike geniuses, and dismiss the losers as…
May I see the dessert menu, please?
Also, are there any new seat sales to the country of Islam? And do any other Canadian country and western singers get entire legal codes named after them? (And, yes,…
May I see the dessert menu, please?
Also, are there any new seat sales to the country of Islam? And do any other Canadian country and western singers get entire legal codes named after them? (And, yes,…
In today’s New York Times
God bless Yoko Ono, eh?
Ink-stained
More than anything, I wanted to be a journalist. I started creating my own newspapers – ironically enough, about professional wrestling – when I was 10 years old. During law…
A nice Christmas wish, to me and from me to you
This happens to me a lot, particularly with retired super models like the one I’m married to. Pity she can’t spell “Christmas,” however. To all and sundry, Merry Christmas. All…
Strummer
Joe Strummer – our hero, our muse, our shining light. Thirteen years today.
Me on Q: I (sort of) hate Star Wars
Yes, yes. I am a shit-disturber, as Bob R. says. It’s how I roll, baby.
In this week’s Hill Times: pictures > words
Most people – most normal people, anyway – pay little or no attention to politics. They’re Joe and Jane Frontporch, and they’re busy. Ferrying the kids to and from hockey…
I have lost the will to live
Quote: The famous New York City punk outpost CBGB & OMFUG, where Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Talking Heads and many others cut their teeth and sullied its notoriously disgusting bathroom,…
Spanked
Quote: “…the federal Liberals have agreed to remove a section of law that allows parents to spank their kids without fear of prosecution. Groups that oppose corporal punishment of children…
Joy
From @iyad_elbaghdadi: “This iconic picture will live in history. When a women escaped ISIS territory and was able to wear color again.“ I love this. This is my favourite photograph…
Trudeau, Harper, image, substance
Here’s a Brit-born writer living in Toronto: “Harper embodied the qualities you’d look for in a bookkeeper or accountant: he didn’t seem to have much personality to get in the…
Our son, teenage smart aleck
Write an innocent post offering Christmas wishes, while simultaneously poking fun at agnostics and atheists, and what do you get? This is what you get. He’s 17.