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 […]

If you’ve been keeping up with my posts about my Six Weeks of Rush challenge, then you’ve already been introduced to Nola Gurl, the kindest and most vocal of the few conservatives who haven’t unfollowed or blocked @SixWeeksofRush on Twitter. And if you’ve been keeping up with our conversations, then you’ve probably noticed that things have […]

Big thanks to my brother Jon and his ladyfriend Jocelyn for giving my wife and I the opportunity to check out Rush last night at the Air Canada Centre! Despite my misgivings about bringing an actual woman to such a nerdy, boy-heavy rock show, we had a terrific time, and I was able to cross […]

Six Weeks of Rush follower Nola Gurl tweeted a link yesterday to a 2009 article about a study by the Pew Research Center, which suggests that people who listen to Rush Limbaugh are better informed than the viewers and listeners of most other media outlets. “The poll tested the audiences of a host of news magazines, radio […]

A few months ago, I wrote an article for Shameless about some of the challenges a man has to face in the course of trying to raise a daughter these days. That article is in the current issue, which you can now find wherever quality independent magazines for fierce young women are sold. Many thanks […]

Yes, I’ve officially given up on my Six Weeks of Rush challenge, without even crossing the halfway point. After just two weeks of listening to this show, I’ve concluded that there’s nothing I can learn from it in another four weeks that I haven’t already learned from the first two (or that I could learn […]

Well, that was a little embarrassing. The good people at Twitter chose to suspend the @SixWeeksofRush account the other night, right in the middle of an episode recap and everything. It’s back online now, but of course it’ll take me some time to get back into the swing of things. I’d like to be able […]