All right, dudes. This is going to be a long one, and by the end of it I’ll have given just about everyone a reason to cuss me out and stop reading. But because it’s about the eagerness of too many voters to block out any opinion that might contradict their own, I hope you’ll […]

Election night is here, and as long as I’m issuing public service announcements, I thought I’d take a moment to remind you to check the privacy settings on your social profiles. It’s easy to forget that networks like Twitter and Facebook are public forums, and a few minutes updating your settings tonight can save you […]

Congratulations, Americans! After years if not decades of campaigning, your big day has finally arrived. It’s time for you to go the polls and make what everyone in the world, except for you and apparently Pakistan, knows to be a blatantly obvious choice. We’re counting on you to make the right decision, but that doesn’t […]

When old age shall this generation waste, thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” That said’st, to finally know which Kardashian sister be which, and not […]

It’s important to take some time at the end of each day to reflect on your successes and failures, and to think about what you might do differently tomorrow. Pauses like these keep you in tune with your big picture, and they help you live your life in accordance with your own philosophy. In my […]

Say what you will about Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, but at least he was already a fairly well-known politician, if only because of his history of public embarrassment, when he declared his ignorant stance on abortion this past Thursday. He may be a lot of things, but his chances of going down in history as “that […]

Here’s a brief list of things you ought to know about Joe Walsh, the Republican Congressman from Illinois who’s currently running for reelection against Democratic candidate and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth: He’s a former moderate conservative whose political ideology has taken a sharp right turn in recent years. He found favour with the Tea Party in 2010, […]

“The City of Toronto has designated 13 Priority Areas through the Neighbourhood Action Plan,” according to the city’s website. The plan itself is “a comprehensive, innovative City of Toronto initiative to build stronger, safer, healthier neighbourhoods in under-serviced communities.” If you follow municipal politics, or you’ve supported one of the city’s many great charities or […]

My daughter, who’s learning to crawl, fell down a lot today. And when I say she fell down a lot, I mean she fell down a lot. Every time she fell down, though, she got right back up on her hands and knees and tried again. She’s fall down a few seconds later, but she’d […]

A few days ago, for the first time since my daughter was born, a pigeon totally tagged me while I was out taking a walk. It was a good shot, too. You’ve really got to hand it to the little guy. There was a time, not too long ago, when a bomb that heavy would […]