There’s a pizza place in my neighbourhood that’s never got any pizza ready to sell. Every time I walk by, they’ve got nothing but empty racks and trays sitting under those lamps. I’ve lived in this end of town for nine months, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a single slice of pizza through […]

Crooks and Liars has noted that an undercover investigation in Arizona, conducted two weeks after the shooting of Gabby Giffords and several others, revealed that private, unlicensed firearms dealers continue to exploit a “gun show loophole” to sell guns illegally without a background check. Reportedly, thirty percent of all guns involved in federal illegal gun […]

February has arrived, and that means Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. If you’re single, and you’re up for something fun, different, and the opposite of depressing to do on the big day, then my good friend Sofi over at Sexy Typewriter has got you covered. The Smartypants Singles Mixer is happening on Monday, 14 February […]

On Friday the folks at Samara, a charitable organization dealing in citizen engagement, released the results of a poll they launched back in December. Samara asked their blog readers to name “the best moment in Canadian democracy in 2010,” trimming the responses they received down to five that they put to a vote. The top […]

On Thursday, I told the folks on Twitter and Facebook that it had been a “big day for people in my life achieving milestones.” I was frustratingly vague, and it was only because the two people I was talking about weren’t yet in a position to share their good news. But today, I’m officially allowed […]

Righteous Melody continues to threaten to become an actual thing again with the publication of today’s strip. Check it out, and do stay tuned for the next one, which will be published on Valentine’s Day. January sure has come and gone, hasn’t it?

A little while back, during a visit to HMV, I happened to catch a giant poster for Pearl Jam and whatever album they were pushing at the time. They were standing in the woods, wearing jeans, t-shirts and flannel. They all would have been in their early forties at the time, and not to be […]

Today is the eighth anniversary of the day that Jack Layton became the leader of the New Democratic Party, a position that he’s held ever since. Congratulations, Jack! I worked on the leadership campaign, though of course I was just a rookie volunteer, fresh out of university at the time. It was an amazing learning […]

If you haven’t yet seen this truly sad story, which was reported last week in the Star, then I’m sorry in a way to be the one to share it with you. But it’s an important thing to share, because this sort of thing does happen on our streets during harsh winters, and it can […]

Listen, I don’t want to be one of those guys who whines about every little editorial error, and I know I’ve already given the folks at the CBC at hard time over their seemingly minor decisions. But take a look at this, would you? “The City of Toronto payroll is going to go up – […]