The United Nations celebrates International Women’s Day on the eighth of March. It has done so since 1975, which was International Women’s Year. Member states are encouraged to honour the day in accordance with their national and historical traditions. “Why dedicate a day exclusively to the celebration of the world’s women?” the United Nations asks. […]

What? The government says it’s planning to update the national anthem to make it more inclusive? When we told them to get back to work, this isn’t what we had in mind! Look, it’s not like I’m one of these people who thinks the national anthem is so sacred that it should never be changed. […]

Hey, so a couple in New Jersey went out on their front lawn last week and carved a replica of the Venus de Milo out of snow. And then a few days after that, acting on an anonymous complaint, the police visited the couple’s home and told them to put some clothes on it. Thanks […]

Tune into CIUT 89.5 FM tonight at 10:00 PM for the latest edition of “Howl,” co-hosted by Nik Beat and Nancy Bullis. They’ve been kind enough to invite me on to talk about Strong Words, which returns to the Free Times Cafe on Thursday. I hope I don’t say anything stupid! Check it out, and […]

So Jack Layton is taking some heat in the wake of the game yesterday, when CTV cameras caught him celebrating Canada’s second goal. Torontoist says the video shows him moving a woman’s hand out of the way of his face so everyone at home could see him celebrating. But his press secretary told the Globe […]

“Was it you,” Andre asked me after the Sketchersons show tonight, “or was it your brother who did that Salinger thing on the web a little while back?” “I’m afraid it was me,” I said. “And the only reason anyone has ever heard about it is because some guy got really inexplicably mad about it.” […]

Today’s edition of Righteous Melody draws from an actual recent monologue by comedian and jerk Bill Maher. Rather than spell the whole thing out again, I’m going to ask you to read the comic and check out the clip. Many thanks as always to Crooks and Liars for their (hopefully only temporarily nonfunctional) footage. As […]

To tell you the truth, I think I’d be a little disappointed in the market if it wasn’t already covered with posters calling for protest at the G8/G20 summit this summer. It’s only been a few days since the decision to move the meetings to Toronto was announced; at the time of this writing, even […]

Sometimes, after a snarky or mean-spirited post, it’s good to cleanse the palate with something that everyone can agree on. With that in mind, check out this video of a pigeon riding the subway. Thanks to Torontoist for the link.

Look, Glenn Beck is a wily con man at best and an ignorant, paranoid, xenophobic freak at worst. We can all agree on that, right? If you can’t, then let’s do each other a favour and agree that you should stop reading this blog right now because it’s a threat to your freedom. Okay, is […]