I have a cat but I think having a cat is a weirdness. I am so ambivalent about the whole cats thing I am not sure what I think about this case:  •  “Mr. Stevenson, 54, does not deny using a .22-caliber rifle fitted with a scope to kill the cat, which lived under the San Luis Pass toll bridge …

We've talked about it before but it appears that our rural overlords are now considering abolishing the Senate or at least making that the only option to reforming it. How would you vote if Mr. Segal, my Senator if such matters were more particularly regional, has his way?  •  “If a majority of …

I am now seriously considering taking down the Paul Martin posters in the rec room:  •  “On the eve of Parliament's re-opening, former prime minister Jean Chrétien has driven a new wedge into the federal Liberal Party with his indictment of Paul Martin as having blood on his hands over the …

A year has passed since I wrote this summarizing what I wrote over the previous years. While my point of view is pretty much the same, it's less intense. Too many intervening events, I suppose: SARS, tsunami and Katrina, as well as fostering again and our own growing up. But I took part in an …

None of the above. Like most Canadians, the lack of a compelling leader is either a big problem or an admission that we really do not need someone to tell us what to be, we just need someone to administer. It is interesting that many of our southern nieghbours may feel the same thing if ry is …

I know I go on but all this digital stuff is a bit depressing. Just look at these British stats:  •  “The average Briton now spends 50 hours per week on the phone, using the net, watching TV or listening to the radio. However, the mix of how much time is spent on each one has changed radically …

Here is an easy one for the dog days of summer: was Karl Rove a force for good or evil? Remember - on his way out he called you all "the mob" as in he was not going to leave at a time dictated by the mob. When was the last time a public official in a democracy could call the people "the mob" …

These group projects don't always have to be so stodgy. Why can't we lighten up and just tell each other what is going on this summer. This seems to be what we are up to:  •  Canoeing. I think I am terrified of lakes now. All I want to do is hug the shoreline. There are animals in lakes you know …

There is a funny thing about the word ridiculous. Anyone that uses it in serious discussion makes me think of Don Rickles. Nothing in a serious discussion is "ridiculous"...yet...  •  “Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government's decision to pursue free-trade talks with Colombia despite …