Musings
This week
In a world gone to Hell, it’s nice that Canadians elected the first black Speaker and the first Indigenous Premier in the same week, and everyone is kind of yeah…
My latest: the revenge of angry little men
The Trudeau government wants to regulate the big players on the Internet. Lots of people are concerned about that. Here’s why, in the form of a cautionary tale. This writer…
Today
Every child matters (of course). Here’s mine for this important day.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
This is St. Ignatius of Loyola Chapel in Montreal, where my parents were married, where I was baptized, where I attended Loyola High on my first day, where family funerals…
My latest: kick the Nazi out
They weren’t an army division. They were actually a criminal organization. That was what the Nuremberg Trials called the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS: Criminals, not soldiers, who…
Politics, 2023 style
The people who complained that Ottawa wouldn’t release details about China’s wrongdoing in Canada are the same people now complaining that Ottawa released details about India’s wrongdoing in Canada. Go…
Kinsellas Truth
Apparently I said this 11 years ago. Someone on Facebook found it. Sounds like me. “If you must know, Star Trek is really the best politics series: fly in, convert…
My latest: murder is murder
You’re on the Internet. You express opinions. You write a letter. You show up at a meeting. If you’re Irish and Catholic, let’s say, you express sympathy for those who…