With all the big, recent deaths in the news, I completely missed the fact that feminism has passed away due to complications from the entertainment industry. Where’s that funeral? I’ll bet a newly single guy could get some action there. Photo: AP/Vanity Fair/Mark Seliger More »
“I am an American, Chicago born – Chicago, that somber city – and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.” So begins THE great American novel, The Adventures of Augie […] More »
Sometimes, Urban Legends turn out to be true. To mourn the passing of the Pope, the Cross on the top of Mount Royal has turned purple. Well, sort of a mauve. Here’s a link to some photos and a brief history. Thanks to YULblog for the link. More »
Funny piece in the Guardian on the death of protestant supremacy in that most-Protestant of nations, England. When the King-to-be postpones his own wedding so as not to conflict with the funeral of a Pope, well, frankly, all the good Catholic-supression work of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I is a little bit undermined, isn’t it? […] More »
A colleague sent me this link from Yahoo news, and he wrote, “I don`t know why but I like everything about this headline in Yahoo news today.” Vatican Gridlocked as Hordes Rush in to Mourn Pope I agree. It brings a big, random, smile to my face. More »
Canadian journalism is beset by a pack mentality. It is, increasingly, hard to find an original and independent voice in the mainstream newspapers, which is why blogging has so quickly become such a vital part of my media grazing. Even the columnists I like are, frequently, better bloggers than they are columnists; I remain convinced […] More »
It’s exodus time for the media. If you’re not doing a stand-up from St. Peter’s at this very moment, you are just not a serious media personality. See Art Johnson’s media column in the latest THIS Magazine for insight into the pack mentality now on display to honour one of the last great vestiges of […] More »
Driving north the other weekend, I had a brief glimpse into one possible future for our famous socialized health care system, now famously under attack by private interests hoping to profit from illness. Hasn’t Ralph Klein been doing a roadshow talking up the benefits of free market diagnostics? Nevermind the moral questions for Canadians, I’m […] More »
Doug Saunders wrote a nice piece in Saturday’s Globe (I’d link to it, but it’s only accessible with subscription) about problems in Athens related to the Olympics. To wit: the venues were built in a rushed manner, using poor materials and methods and done over budget to make deadlines, and now they are virtually useless […] More »
From the new edition of the American Prospect: The spirit of ’68 still lives on in some quarters of the left. Too bad — there are much more effective ways to be an opposition party than by reliving the past. More »