I don’t know if I’m feeling a leftover spirit of international fellowship from the Olympics, or just general human concern, but this Russian hostage case has me feeling both interested and a little tense here in Toronto. I’m far more interested in what will happen to the 300 Russian hostages than I normally would be. […] More »

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Thank you. What a greeting! This is like winning an Oscar! …As if I would know! Speaking of acting, one of my movies was called “True Lies.” It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention. So began Ah-nuld’s speech at the RNC yesterday. Here’s the rest of the speech. How many references to his […] More »

In trying to design the best place in the world to do business, the neocons have managed to create the worst, the most eloquent indictment yet of the guiding logic behind deregulated free markets… the shock therapy reforms that were supposed to create an economic boom that would rebuild the country have instead fueled a […] More »

can’t seem to keep up with things all the day to day things that demand attention like laundry groceries phone bills cleaning the endless dirty dishes the nonstop dust and debris take out the recycling take the vitamins keep the teeth flossed and gray out of the hair shave the pits and legs and water […] More »

Two interesting discussions of the upcoming First Minister’s meeting on health care – one from Paul Wells and one in the Globe , both break down the political dimension of this whole discussion, if you read them right. And I quote (sort of): “[Popular health care guru] Mr. Romanow said yesterday that [struggling Ontario Premier] […] More »