No one mourns the wickedSo we saw Wicked at the National Arts Centre yesterday, and it was lovely lovely. Still, if I’d ever written a song as dynamite as...
Overture to Gustav, MaulerThree articles in which I tried to explain why New Orleans is important and, later, why its recovery is so precarious. • From...
Bush kept his head and the danger’s pastMeanwhile President Bush has cancelled his speech to the Republican Convention and John McCain will radically alter the tone and...
Weekend Viewing: "Meet John Brain"This Pinky and the Brain cartoon (which starts at about 1:39 into this clip, after a couple of other short segments) first aired...
Ethnic cleansing in GeorgiaHuman Rights Watch released a report today that reveals the widespread burning and looting of ethnic Georgian villages in South...
Video: Van Loan in ObamalandI caught up with Government House Leader Peter Van Loan at Invesco Field shortly before Obama’s speech. He gets points for...
I’m not saying it was underwhelming......but I screen-capped a few pics of Barack Obama while he was accepting the Democratic nomination tonight: Hmmm.
Liveblogging: There he isThere is thunderous pounding and screaming. He accepts the nomination with, he says, "humility." The echo is still annoying. **...
It’s hard not to be amazed...as you watch this video, with just how brief his political career has been. I suppose you can see it as evidence that he’s too...
Meet BarackThe biographical video is one: his mother wanted him to understand what it means to be an American; he was shaped more by his...