That must be it. He must have never sat in a bail hearing and watched the cops, judge, Crown attorney and defence counsel ask the accused if he has a gun. Otherwise, the usually sensible Mr. Martin would never write this:  •  And there is a paradox that has never been refuted with any common sense …

Not quite "peace at last" or "we shall never surrender" is it:  •  “After 15 years, opposition to the long-gun registry is stronger than it has ever been,” Mr. Harper said Wednesday after the 153-151 vote in the House of Commons. “With the vote tonight, its abolition is closer than it has ever …

Oh, me-oh my-oh. This is the tune that pops into my mind when I read about political overlords rummaging through personal files, trying to ram though deregistration against the police chief and victims' rights elites and some bright light's plans to round them up and jail them all.  •  At least …

Not sure that I made it, am making it or will make it as I am writing this the night before. Who calls 8 am meetings? Keeners, that's who. I once was required to get to 7 am meetings. People apparently thought they were dairy farmers. Nothing was accomplished in those early hours. It never is. I …

Things were going along so well there for a while. It was warm, hot even. Tomorrow? 65F, wind and rain. Fall. Football season. Sweater weather. Root vegetables. Stews. Raking. Putting away the garden chairs. Stews. Stews are anti-summer. Within weeks I will crave them. Is this how the moulting …

Lawrence Martin in the Globe this morning has it exactly on point:  •  ... if he’s to be credible, Mr. Ignatieff needs more than rhetoric. He needs a comprehensive Bring Back Democracy plan. He needs it, and so do we. Someone’s got to get serious about this country’s drift from what was once a …

This time tomorrow I'll be pretty much around here. Travel takes time after all. But we'll be in Connecticut soon. Just passing through and curious to see if we can connect with the place. There was I time I was not well with New Hampshire until we got roadside help on that trip back in 2003. It's …

A good article in the Toronto Red Star in which 25 things to add to the city are suggested:  •  The question is: what stuff? Music? Theatre? Art? We have plenty of those already. The answer has to be something intangibly missing from the fabric of the city, yet that robs us of assuming a complete …

Can you believe some people thought that setting off a nuclear bomb to stop the Gulf well? What else would an A-bomb help with? Well, the cap is holding and concrete is being put in place. Bugs are eating it. But who eats the bugs? The future. Leave it to the future.  •  Is email dead …