I think this is a poor headline. I am not offended by it so much as disappointed by it as a proud holder of a twenty year old BA in English. Please compare and contrast in your comments as always.  •  The headline strikes me as historically inaccurate. The use of the atom bomb was not a …

Ok - I know...we all know...I made The New York Times first (and the Business section is so much cooler than the Arts one) but... it is still very mucho neato that little Stevie Garrity, one of my once teen clients who I met back in 1998, got himself referenced in the global paper of record, too …

Why are pictures of children dressed up as Harry Potter news? I find it as disturbing as if they were dressed up as Ronald MacDonald rushing to eat a new burger from McPigs.

I am working on another book on the US constitution. As you know, I have decided this year to read a few shorter books on the principles of that document and I am already in that place where I am both confused and starting to argue with authors - a little learning is a dangerous thing.  •  One …

Ben at Tiger in Winter made me do this, though I hate the me-me thing.  •  Number of books I own: about 12 shelves worth shelf being about 28 inches makes it about 336 inches worth. About 35 on beer. Books not inches. I have owned many more and sold them. Books are like water: they go in, they go …

Even though I moved a lot growing up and also a lot as an adult, I still consider in a very real sense the time, 1981 to 1991 when I lived in Halifax as the time when I was home. If I am asked I usually describe Kingston, which I really like, as Halifax with jobs. If I was honest, though, I don't …

The Toronto Star's website has a great graphic this evening of how the various machinations in the House of Commons may play out if the Tories and separatists pull the trigger - just like the old times under Brian. A great graphic explains clearly, in a manner that makes the point. The point here …

Isn't there a movie where Maurice Chevalier sings about Maine's industrial seaport?  •  Anyway, hitting the road for a week to eat marine life and boo the Yankees. So the mantraps have been set and the pride of lions released from their cages at our house. I have never taken more than a long …

Cardinal Fang Bertone asks the following question in relation to the book The Da Vinci Code:  •  “Asked about commentary that the book's success is "only further proof of the fact that anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice", the cardinal said: "It's the truth. There's a great …