Somewhere in the middle
“I thought you leaned a bit to the left,” the plumber said to me this morning. We were talking as he was finishing up winterizing a building for me. We’ve known each other for years. […]
“I thought you leaned a bit to the left,” the plumber said to me this morning. We were talking as he was finishing up winterizing a building for me. We’ve known each other for years. […]
Before I could read more than two words in a newspaper, I’d seek out cartoons. It didn’t matter which newspaper, any newspaper. And not just Blondie, Archie, Peanuts, or B.C., but editorial cartoons. I am […]
There is a lot of rhetoric out in the political space about axing taxes. Carbon taxes, income taxes, this tax, that tax; all the taxes will be axed. What happens to services and programs Canadians […]
Last week was the commemoration of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, where Canadians are supposed to reflect on the legacy of the Indian Residential School system. Across Canada, there were flag raising ceremonies, […]
Watching the ever-churning and revolving dumpster fire that is the election campaign of former US President Donald Trump, it is difficult to not question if we are watching reality, or a parody of the campaign […]
With great fanfare and furious bluster, the Ontario government thumped their collective chests and proudly proclaimed that students will no longer be distracted by those annoying cell phones and other devices when they start back […]
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh ripped up his party’s Supply and Confidence Agreement with the Liberals last week. The agreement, which formalized support between the two parties since the last election, has brought on a couple […]
I don’t know about you, but it feels to me like we are in a perpetual election mode. It could be the constant drone of TV and online media churning out low-hanging fruit stories about […]
One of the things I enjoy most about the sport of football (soccer) is that it is not involved in politics. Some may argue otherwise, but ideally sport is separate from – and often above […]
Canadian leaders are a curious type of people. They always want to reinvent something, or make it uniquely Canadian. Take our military procurement. We live next door to the most advanced military in the world. […]
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