Andrew Sarris, auteur provocateurWhen I learned Andrew Sarris died , I mentioned that reading The American Cinema in high school had changed the way I looked at...
Iran’s long reach into CanadaThe Iranian government is aggressively reaching out to the Iranian diaspora in Canada
Greek elections: Take twoNothing is yet settled, but the likely prospect of a pro-euro coalition has brought some comfort to other European leaders
Egypt: A coup, and the seeds of a new revolutionThe Egyptian people’s army has betrayed the Egyptian people. Its blunder is in also underestimating them
Regal guessing games: from hats and brooches to whether or not Philip will be by the Queen’s sideOn Saturday, it’s the Queen’s birthday. No, not her real one (that’s on April 21), but rather her "official" me day, held in June...
Iranian-Canadian academics slam Carleton for hosting Ayatollah Khomeini love-inTen Iranian-Canadian academics have written a letter to Carleton University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte to criticize the...
Fake BatmanThis clip has been on the internet for a while, but it went viral recently, and Here’s a bit of background on it: though the clip...
YouTube comments you never want to see againAs a veteran YouTube comment-section reader, I recently mentioned that a lot of old music on YouTube (or old anything, really, but...
The ancient art of reading booksScott Feschuk: ’The other day I read a book. Well, I started to ... ’
Lowe and behold, Rob gets a bum rap from the ’PegDoes the fuss over Rob Lowe’s Winnipeg tweet say more about him, or the city’s defensive citizens?