The Glob is at it again:  •  The only way this makes any sense, at least from a small-c conservative perspective, is if the government is deliberately turning the census into a joke as a precursor to ending it entirely. Even if you think the census is an antiquated method of collecting data, you'd …

Sad news of the death of NPR's Daniel Schorr but there is an interesting note in the obit on conservative paranoia over the role of the news media:  •  For all the history that he reported, Dan Schorr will always be remembered for the moment he stood before live television cameras in 1974 with a …

July 23rd is summer. There is no day that is more summery. By tomorrow you will be looking for leaves turning and noticing back to school ads on the TV. Yesterday you were still thinking those tomatoes could get a touch of frost. Today is it. It's even Friday. Sit out and watch the day and then … read more »

You can't really blame Mr. Harper. How could he have known that Canadians loved their long form census questionnaires so much? Think about it. For the masses who never win a lotto, receiving that one in five chance to be mandated to give of yourself for the national good is about as spicy as it …

Another great time was had by all even if we had to play 18 innings of 1864 rules baseball in a row on a 85 F day under the beating sun. The Kingston St. Lawrence VBBC tied the Sackets Harbor Ontarios 12-12 in the first game and lost 7-1 to the Genesee Nine of Rochester. Highlight was the nine run …

It's been a weird week off. Chopped up. I even had to go to work but that was my fault. Didn't check the schedule. Picked the wrong week. Assumed. But we carried on. A cold moved through but we carried on. Started in fine style at the Dinosaur BBQ, too. Vintage base ball coming up on Sunday. Spent …

Because if there is meaning to this information, there must be the prospect of an exodus from Canadian cities, right?:  •  Which Canadian cities posted the biggest jump in household net worth last year? Toronto? Vancouver? Montreal? Try Quebec City, Winnipeg, Halifax and Saskatoon. Each of these …

Every place we've been has been as busy as before the recession. People are attentive and have a joke for you. Nowhere are the stimulus work site signs that were around last summer and still hang on in Canada despite the northern cousin's more robust experience of the downturn. The good beer … read more »

I watched Lebron. Then I didn't. Yawn. Going to The Heat. Yawn. Stay in Cleveland? Jump up and down saying "Cleveland Rocks!" and bring out Drew Carey to sing "Cleveland Rocks!" with you and then promise to make something big happen in your home state and screw big cities and screw big money and …

Preston Manning and other members of the conservative entitled elite have certainly done their job well. Remember how not a few years ago, the Tories were the big bad clique that met behind closed doors and made decisions for us all in board rooms from Bay Street to Calgary? Well, it appears that …

Closer to 2011 than 2009 now. I don't say that morosely but I do think I like the four months before the middle of the year than the four right after. The build up and anticipation is the thing... and you forget all about the mugginess until its on you. But maybe this year will be different. Maybe …

This time of year we should recall that on 1 July 1867 there was much unhappiness in the land - or at least the eastern bit of it. All but two seats of the Legislature were held by the Anti-Confederation Party led by the heroic Joseph Howe. My plucky compatriots fought for years for a return to …