Stephen Leacock
Does the cream always rise to the top? An argument against an idiom
Tabatha Southey takes snarky aim at a ‘milquetoast’ argument at the Leacock Society debate
Soaking up the sunshine
Residents of Orillia once resented the author but now, being the inspiration for poky Mariposa is a point of pride
A nation in a town
The amusements, from the fireman’s ball to the town band, are dazzling
The Man Who Got Canadians
At his best, Stephen Leacock saw through us like no one else
He is of everywhere
Michael Ignatieff, speaking to a town hall in Halifax, Jan. 8. I have the unique distinction of being probably the only Canadian in the world who has two members of his family who both wrote biographies of Nova Scotia’s greatest man, Joe Howe. How about that? It’s a true story. My great grandfather wrote a biography of Joe Howe, whose statue is maybe 400 yards away. And my grandfather wrote a biography. I don’t know how they ended up doing that, but they did. So Joe Howe’s been a hero all my life. And Joe Howe said a great thing, which we should remember and should be above the doors of Parliament. “The only questions I ask myself are: What is right? What is just? And what is for the public good?” And that’s what we have to talk about this afternoon.