‘Nuff said 27 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm

Summer almost over. Leaving Maine with Sons Two and Three shortly. What lies ahead?

In Tuesday’s Sun: agenda-setting 27 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am

The competition for the public agenda — and the public’s attention — is fierce. It’s also a bit of a paradox. The paradox is that the public’s agenda isn’t the public’s. Governments and corporations ...

Ontario’s shame 25 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm

You have to read the whole story. It is really, really important. Quote: “Abused, neglected, vulnerable — they should have been protected. Instead, they were deprived of that most precious commodity:...

In Sunday’s Sun: the best and worst of Trudeau 25 Aug 2013 | 05:14 am

The best and worst of the Liberal Party of Canada were on full display in the past week. On the one hand, there was the “race” to be the Liberal candidate in Toronto Centre, which became available wh...

Drug wars 22 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm

The Liberal standard bearer has tried pot a few times and doesn’t drink coffee. Two of the top Conservative icons, meanwhile, haven’t sued anyone for stating one of them smokes crack and the other wa...

Sad day 22 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm

I am taking Daughter and Son One to Boston today. They are flying back to Toronto. Son One is starting hockey camp, and daughter is going to be packing for her first year at Dalhousie. And so, I have...

Internet law, the basics: hyperlinks 21 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm

For anyone getting harassed by a lunatic threatening to sue them for linking to another web site, note this: “…the majority held that a plaintiff concerned about mere hyperlinks should sue the publis...

The next few months in Canadian politics, in 140 characters or less 21 Aug 2013 | 11:35 am

My perspective 20 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm

…at ce moment. The Bush family are off to the left, which I bet is the first time somebody has ever said that about them.

In Tuesday’s Sun: is “gay conservative” conjunctive or disjunctive? 20 Aug 2013 | 05:18 am

Circa 1977 at my Calgary Catholic high school, most of my friends ­— charter members of the drama/music/poetry/punk rock subculture — were gay. So, even in arch-conservative Calgary, being gay wasn’t...