Final Solution
Pere Ubu’s, that is. Been listening to them since I was 15 years old (which, if you are familiar with their oeuvre, should tell you plenty about how truly odd…
Musings
I’m on About Me now
Here. It’s kind of boring, so suggestions about how to make it more useful to you guys would be gratefully accepted. If nothing else, it’s an offset to what a…
Good for Facebook
They get knocked a lot. But on this occasion, they acted swiftly and in the right way. Her family has suffered enough.
Victory: Ontario will apologize to institutional survivors
…and other things, too. The first confirmation, here:
Ontario’s shame: the trial begins
Full disclosure: we at Daisy Group have been working with the plaintiffs in this historic case for years, always focussed on getting to this day. We are very confident that…
On Tuesday’s Sun: a good week for federalism
Politicians don’t get credit for very much most days. So, credit where credit’s due: Federal leaders have acquitted themselves well in the days since the Parti Quebecois unleashed its bigoted…
To defeat an opponent, you need to understand him – not hate him
Too many Liberals hate Stephen Harper. I’m not one of them. I oppose many of his policies, to be sure. I get mad at him sometimes, for sure. But I…
The Mats at RiotFest!
After 23 years, I have see them again. I can die now. Good bye.
Chances of an Ontario Fall election just slipped to less than zero
Because of this.
In Sunday’s Sun: ten reasons why Quebec’s racist “Charter” could fail
It’s a mutually-reinforcing conceit, former Bill Clinton advisor Dick Morris once observed. Politicians and their staff pride themselves on their ability to manipulate the media and – through them –…
The politics of Riot Fest in Chicago
Meanwhile, I wave the Canuckistan flag with the Viletones. Pix by @lisakirbie.
In search of Ferris Bueller
On the Magnificent Mile in the Windy City for Riot Fest. Note my headgear, which no government here has yet made illegal.
Riot Fest, here we come. Or, not.
Chicago-bound for Riot Fest to see Against Me, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Joan Jett, Public Enemy, Violent Femmes, Flatliners, Blondie, Pixies and – of course – the Replacements. That’s if Porter…
The right response to prejudice
Everyone is talking about Lakeridge Hospital’s brilliant response to the hateful Parti Quebecois “Charter.” The news stories – one of them is here – don’t tell you who came up…
She who would be mayor: listen to this
Karen Stintz provides Canada’s largest city with real, honest-to-goodness dead air when asked if she’s blown the transit file (because, um, she has). “Who’s in charge?” she is asked by…
Damian Abraham and Sam Sutherland talk Canadian punk rock: Hot Nasties references at the end!
At the 50-minute mark: “one of the best gems of the era” – Sam calls it a “world-wide anthem of another life”!
Today
None of us will ever forget today, not in our lifetimes. But I am struck, today, by how it is increasingly discussed less in the media – and perhaps by…