Musings
Where there is smoke, there is fire
In Tel Aviv, the sky is full of smoke. Eyes burning, harder to breathe – because of wildfires raging between here and Jerusalem. Here’s a screenshot of the coverage of…
I love this
I think this photograph is just amazing. E took it today at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Christ’s tomb, showing her mother’s rosary in the foreground. E left…
My latest: Pierre, time to go
A few years ago, I wrote this: “is one of the Conservative Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Like the Biblical Horsemen, everything he says and does is bad. Everything that is…
Election night
It’s 11:15pm in Israel and I’m not staying up until 4:30am to comment on the results. Sorry. You can get my scintillating commentary in the morning. However, some folks are…
My final campaign notebook: the story so far
When the story of the 2025 election campaign is written, when it takes up its place in the history section in the library, what will be said? What will be…
Campaign notebook: they’re going to lose. Then what?
What if the Conservatives lose? Every poll, just about, now suggests they will. The seat projections are worse. Even the polls that describe a very tight race – like Mainstreet…
Hello merrie olde London Town
I am content.
Pithy
Two-word reasons why the Poilievre Conservatives will lose, in no particular order: • Trudeau left • Trump arrived • Poilievre Trumpy • Tories Trumpy • Carney experience • NDP collapse…
The Jesuit Pope
The first Jesuit Pope is gone. Like my father, I was taught by Jesuits. At Loyola High School in Montreal, Jesuit priests were not just teachers to generations of Roman…
I am so sad
Oh no. It’s 4am and I just woke up and saw this. God bless him.
Easter
Happy Easter, everyone. In my faith, Easter is about the resurrection of Christ – but it also symbolizes hope, and our triumph over death. So, I hope and pray for…
PSA
For a long time, I’ve stood with Jews, I’ve defended the Jewish state, I’ve fought Jew hatred. Those coming on here to say I’m not an ally anymore because I’m…