Far be it from me to take issue with the inanity of an article that appears in the Sunday Star … but one begins to wonder after a while if that paper (interesting as it sometimes is) is becoming the newspaper equivalent of academics who talk to hear the sound of their own voices spouting [...]
I will try to keep this short, but there are many reasons that I like my country. I won’t go off and reflect all emotionally on it, because it’s not like that, really. Canadians tend to leave that to other countries who take a more, shall we say, vocal stance on why their country is [...]
Since the latest movie opens this week and the final Harry Potter book is only a few weeks away, it seems like a suitable time to smack the little boy wizard back to his rightful place. Just so he doesn’t get out of line.
In a poll taken in Britain, Harry Potter is only the third-best [...]
I try to avoid writing about science. For two reasons. One, because I don’t have time to call people and interview them for this blog. And two, because I went to Ryerson, so if I’m going to write about science, I generally like to have someone on hand to, y’know, ’splain it to me.
But this [...]
There are bad Christians and good Christians in this world. It’s tough to tell them apart sometimes, unless they’re American and willing to tell you who got their vote. They go to the same churches, believe in the same God and support the same damned sandal-wearing hippy that supposedly makes it possible for me to [...]
Yeah … it’s all Mr. Rogers’ fault that I’m an entitled jerk, along with the rest of my generation.
It couldn’t possibly be that recent generations have been coddled by parents who are afraid the kids will phone Child Services if they spank them.
It couldn’t possibly be the teachers, who are forced to push students through [...]