So what do you call the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve? I don't think of them as the holidays. They are the weeks before the 24th when you spend and spend and spend and spend and spend as if you were in some sort of Bacchanalian cult... oh, well there is that. These days are the days of …

Bullet number one: Ping Pong...  •  Bullet number two: flea bites at whale. Misses.  •  Bullet number three: House GOP caves.  •  Bullet number four: North Rustico...  •  Bullet number five: Grand Champion!!

One of my favorite holidays of the year is the day I take a vacation day to go over to the US and help out with the NCPR membership drive. I have to deliver some prizes for draws given by helpful Kingstonians and these are received with great fanfare... or is it that they are received by exhausted …

Aches. Pains. Grimaces just like in the aspirin ads. I think it's over. It's been ten days. That's enough. I like the idea of the common cold - bundling up, laying in bed. Rum punch and bonbons... well do that, right? Well, it wasn't like that. But it's at least Friday. Sick Friday is better than …

It was quite a thing to watch. Forget the numbers involved in the drop from first to playoff observer. It was clear something was wrong when Lester didn't care enough to throw strikes in his last Yankee games. Today's Boston Globe sets out one interpretation of what happened, based largely on …

Apparently the lesson of yesterday's election is that Ontarians are sick of elections. Well under 50% voted. I just about nailed the seat count, however, so that is something. It's status quo for Canada this week. The real story is there is no Tory surge just a fed-upped-ness with the whole thing …

You better be meditating on the benefits we all share from the labour union movement this weekend. "Sure, I'll take the day off but don't you dare think for a minute that I like unions." I can hear you. You hypocritical holidaying ingrates. Me, I will be singing "The International" and all my … read more »

Seen today, this ornament over a doorway in Montreal contains just about the entire history of sport in Canada. What is it and what does it describe? Hint: it includes at least two cities and two nations and two sports.

Twenty years ago today I was in a pal's apartment in Ottawa, late afternoon, stinking hot day, watching the Expos as El Presidente got his perfect game. I was alone. I was watching a 10-12 inch black and white TV. I was listening to records, half paying attention. Then, when I realized what was …