Jebs
I was taught by Jesuits. So was my Dad. Jesuits taught me about social justice, trade unionism, liberation theology, the power of words, fighting intolerance, and real liberalism. The new…
Musings
Brad Lavigne and Jean Chretien: the dramatic encounter
Lavigne: Did you get a chance to watch the ‘Jack’ movie on Sunday night?” Chrétien: No,
Garneau goodbye?
Very sorry to hear he’s packing it in.
As one of his infamous clients would say…
…did it really happen?
In Tuesday’s Sun: dispatch from sunny Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Is this place coming back? As recently as two years ago, it assuredly wasn’t. The thousands of winter-weary Canadians who trekked here every March saw plenty…
You’d like to see this really happen, wouldn’t you?
Of course you would. Cinematography by Daughter. Your browser does not support the video tag
In Sunday’s Sun: wherein I say nice things about the NDP icon
Now, before you get all mad at me for having the gall to say nice things about the Jack Layton movie in these pages of all places, I respectfully suggest…
Son Two (the goalie) wins, 6 to 1!
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Angelo
A great appointment, and for someone I am quite fond of, too. He will serve the country very well.
Expert political analysis
Worth keeping in mind, however, that this is the same guy who saw Rocco Rossi and Tony Genco as the start of a massive migration of Italian-Canadians to the Ontario…
Ford follies, a continuing series
Yeah, we’re a world-class city. Yep.
Death by digital
Son One and I listened to the Toronto Star’s John Honderich on Metro Morning this morning. He was on to provide the company’s spin on letting go a whole bunch…
Rob Ford is stinking, no-good liar
…but you knew that already. Please, please, please God, make him the Right’s standard-bearer in the next municipal election. Please.
The Queers – Punk Rock Girls
Seein’ ‘em late tonight at the ‘Shoe, with Teenage Bottlerocket. Ramonesy pop-punk perfection.
Media existentialism: nobody cares about you when you disappear
There are no bylines in the Toronto Star’s print edition today. Journalists there have pulled their bylines, as their collective agreement permits, to protest cuts and layoffs earlier this week.…
Chow vs. Ford and Tory
If John runs, too, it splits Ford’s vote. Enough for Chow to win.
Votes and yarbles
I’ve thought Ontario has been heading towards one all along. Now my Sun colleague Chris Blizzard is prognosticating the same thing, albeit for different reaons. Bonus: you also get to…
Jack
We were there. Is it worth taking in? I’d say yes. Now, as Olivia herself said: “It’s just a movie,” but it was a pretty good one. “They took some…
In Tuesday’s Sun: on speech and hate
Free speech is terrific, of course, as long as it’s being exercised in the abstract, or it doesn’t adversely affect you and yours. That’s why – if you were gay,…