Well, if he hadn’t been such a boozehound, he’d be 90 today. Here’s a poem he wrote on his 30th birthday. Grief-inducing. Thanks to Marginal Revolution for the link More »

An editorial by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times today directs our attention to a documented incident when President Bush stretched the truth to make a compelling point. That the incident involved his daughter Barbara and a stuffed toy matters little. He got the date, the animal, the outcome and a bunch of […] More »

I can’t wait for the new Saturday Night. Saw a television (television!) ad for the upcoming issue, featuring a cover story on a topic near and dear to the This Magazine bloggers, Lord and Lady Black. An interesting opening parry from new editor, Gary Ross. It’s an excerpt from Shades of Black: Conrad Black – […] More »

Our new issue hits the streets November 1. Check out the story on Jason Sherman’s latest project, The Wrecking Ball, and then make plans to head down to the Factory Theatre on the eve of the US Election (that’s November 1 for those of you who haven’t been paying attention in class). It’s a PWYC […] More »

CanWest News Service OTTAWA – Former prime minister Brian Mulroney and wife, Mila, are grandparents. Daughter Caroline, 30, gave birth early Tuesday morning to a baby boy. More »

Is George W. Bush the only president for whom a war has not been good for the economy? More »

Did anyone see the Globe and Mail on Saturday? It was devoted to reports from the Globe’s team in China. The articles were for the most part quite interesting, but at the same time I missed the news from the rest of the world and the regular Saturday items. I was a bit overwhelmed by […] More »

Looks like The Headwaiter is having trouble keeping all his customers satisfied. More »

UPPERDATE: Ok, we’re finishing this baby off today. Comments on the last 1/3 of the songs are appended below. UPDATE: Entries for songs 5-8 have now been added to the bottom of this post. Let’s talk Rheostatics! 2067 is the 12th album from The Rheostatics, their first in three years. Last year, their album Whale […] More »

Paul Wells thinks that Team America: World Police is “certainly the most insightful political movie of 2004.” Anyone agree? I thought it was pretty funny. As political satire, though, I was less than impressed. I did quite like the “dicks, pussies, and a**holes” speech, which is a better justification for the Iraq war than anything […] More »

I heard a weird little piece on the CBC tonight. It seems that the Germans, to counteract widespread conviction that they have an unpleasant-sounding tongue, had a contest to determine the nicest-sounding word in the German language. The winners, as best I was able to determine (corrections welcome). third place: Lieben (love) second place: Geborgeheit […] More »