UncategorizedI’m Colby Cosh, and I approve this sullen cynicismRevealing moment in the new CoyneWellsCast : A.C. calls for an American-style "I’m Joe McGraft and I approve this message" rule...
UncategorizedTigerology Institute, comparative religion departmentA Beltway colleague attempts a contrarian defence of Fox News panelist Brit Hume , who aroused widespread wrath a week ago by...
UncategorizedPopulism, tea parties, constitutions, climate changeDoes the U.S. face a period of indiscriminate populism in its political life? New York Times columnist David Brooks thinks so :...
UncategorizedThe crying-on-the-inside kind, I guessAfter years of battling addiction on-air, Howard Stern Show writer/performer (and, in a very indirect way, CBC employee) Artie...
GeneralIf you’re an aural learner, read this aloud to yourselfThe actual “scientific” literature on learning styles is virtually nonexistent
Uncategorized30% for 30As much as I loved cheering for Andre Dawson, my response to his election to the baseball Hall of Fame is entirely contingent on...
Uncategorized(Non-depressing) hockey news you might have missedSweden’s top hockey league gave the "outdoor game" idea a try on Dec. 29 in Gothenburg. Sounds like it couldn’t have worked out...
UncategorizedIf you’re an aural learner, read this aloud to yourselfA new study in the APS journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest [ PDF ] inquires into the scientific basis for one of...
UncategorizedIch kann nicht AndersonI approve unreservedly of Colleague Kohler’s reaction to today’s defections in the Alberta assembly. As a former cabinet minister...
UncategorizedMy annual list of Banished Year-End Promotional ExercisesOur blogger takes issue with the 2009 banished word list’s inclusion of Tweet, bromance and friend as a verb