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Rob Ford and the media game 27 May 2013 | 08:20 am
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford faces media in Toronto in December. Photo: The Canadian Press/Chris Young A few people have asked me for my opinion on the Rob Ford story from the perspective of a working journ...
Time to de-fund the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Nov 2012 | 08:14 am
De-fund the CBC. It’s such a conservative thing to say, isn’t it? De-funding the CBC has been a polarizing topic between the left and the right for years. But I’m not approaching this issue from a lef...
Universal medicare aint so universal 9 Nov 2012 | 06:38 am
Nothing bothers me more than Canadians spouting off about how great our health care system is and how lucky we are not to be Americans. This is usually followed by some horror story about some Flint, ...
YouTube comments mock girl who committed suicide 12 Oct 2012 | 09:46 am
On the one hand I realize these are just Internet trolls and they’re making these comments just to get a rise out of people like me. On the other hand, I really, really want to slap them upside the he...
On journalism and plagiarism 3 Oct 2012 | 09:14 am
Margaret Wente, a journalist and columnist with the Globe and Mail, has recently become embroiled in the sort of scandal that is the worst nightmare for any person who picks up a pen for a living. To ...
Canada’s favourite poster child for terrorism comes home 2 Oct 2012 | 07:16 am
Papa Khadr knew this day would come. The young terror apprentice, Omar, son of Ahmed Said, is back in Canada, the country of his birth. And just like his immigrant father planned, Canadians are trippi...
Why have children when you can have a dog? 1 Oct 2012 | 03:26 am
From Family Guy: The post-Roe v Wade Brady Bunch I just have to say that everything about Joe O’Connor’s story in the National Post last week rings true. People don’t want the stress and financial str...
They say the truth hurts and Romney said it 19 Sep 2012 | 08:02 am
The first rule of politics is you don’t tell the truth. The second rule of politics is you don’t tell the truth. Poor Mitt Romney learned those hard lessons recently when a video unearthed from ancien...
John Cummins could use a few friends right now 12 Sep 2012 | 09:40 am
Photo: Lisa Vandervelde, Black Press As a reporter, I know I’ve got to be pretty careful on this one. I don’t know if it’s an ethical concern to blog about a story you’re actually working on, but I ge...
DND cutting jobs in order to create them again? 11 Sep 2012 | 09:31 am
Is the government trimming the fat off the public sector? Or just looking to switch the workforce to the private sector? A new article from the Ottawa Citizen suggests the Defence Department would pay...