Politics
Like her or not, Kamala Harris is a woman who knows who she is and works hard to do what she thinks is best and if there is anything that sets toxic men’s teeth on edge it’s a woman who doesn't need their approval for, well,
Urbanism
Labour Day weekend is here and in addition to the yard work I didn’t do all summer I’m planning to finish reading two books and finally get around to spring-cleaning the front closet. You could say I’ve had a busy 2024 so far, and not just because
Politics
What a week, my lack of god. It’s been difficult to focus on what’s happening here given the excitement of the big convention in Chicago and the sense that finally we’re getting over the doom and gloom of having two very old white dudes fighting for a
Gender
Any time someone is dumb enough to get into an argument with me about gender-affirming care it ends in stunned silence when I point out that if we are to ban it we’ll have to start with boob jobs, penile implants and Viagra. Oh yes, it totally is the
Urbanism
It is indecently hot and sticky this week and no, that didn’t stop me from running and kickboxing and frisbeeing and generally sweating buckets. It’s vacation time for many people and as we head into the August long weekend (who cares what it’s called or why?) and
Politics
In the Ottawa Citizen this week I go back to that unfortunate episode where the people managing the Carp Agricultural Society got hoodwinked into renting some space to nasty right-wing extremists. And I say it’s up to all of us in the mainstream political space to occupy as much
Politics
A shorter post this week as everyone including self is hard at work preparing to spend some of the weekend resting, in-between various house and back yard chores. Vacations, a wise friend once said, is just a reorganization of when the work happens. It doesn’t make the work disappear.
Urbanism
Showing my age with this one, no doubt. But what better time to discuss snow and winter safety than in the middle of a scorching heat dome of a heat wave? Also the Northern Pikes are among the most under-rated bands this country ever produced. Fight me. But seriously: I
Politics
This week I've got two very different kinds of violence on the mind. Political and culinary. One is totally funnier than the other. Let’s start with the political. Everywhere you look you see an increase in toxicity and the kind of nastiness that drives good people away
Politics
Thank goodness for minor opposition parties, I guess, for bringing back a much-needed adult tone to what is, inarguably, a very serious discussion. Elizabeth May, leader of the two-member Green Party, made good use of her security clearance to look at that famous unredacted report about parliamentarians who, we hear,
Politics
In mid-April, perhaps in the grip of seasonal affective disorder or some other blight, I decided to add my email address to the sending lists of all federal political parties. Well, except the Bloc because they don’t have a sign-up form on their website. I follow their news using
Travel
A bit of a shorter update this week as I’m on the road from Ottawa to Connecticut via Toronto which, as you’ll know if you’ve ever looked at a map, is totally not on the road to Connecticut from Ottawa. But since Eldest was competing both in