Duck and coverDuring his brief stint as a serious candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, John Manley used to say that one...
an open letter to william shatner about pooDear William Shatner: You can stop now. I get it. You can stop appearing on my television and in my newspapers to remind me that...
BTC: Of course there’s no sense speaking above our levelWhat must it be like to live in a grown-up country? I bet it’s nice. I bet they have exotic foods there. Like Marmite. In any...
A Successful Re-Tool?So if the great ratings for the season premiere of Weeds hold up, will that make this a case of a show that was retooled and...
Commercials That Scared The ChildrenI found an old videotape my parents made of some TV episodes in early 1983 (January 1983, I think), and got re-acquainted with...
The Commons: ‘I think you’re full of shift!’The Government of Canada appeals directly to your most juvenile impulses The Scene. Question Period had begun and Liberal Ujjal...
BTC: How Andrew Coyne is like Barack ObamaFrom David McGuinty’s scrum this afternoon. "Wait, if you wait until, if you wait until tomorrow, you’re going to get a very good...
BC’s Permanent Tax On Everything apparently doesn’t pay for universitiesI was wondering what’s up with Gordon Campbell’s really weird management of the higher-education file, which is turning into a bit...
Stay PositiveI don’t know why The Hold Steady ’s new album, Stay Positive, is available only through a popular commercial download service for...
The Sitcom RevolutionIf Earl Pomerantz ever were to collect and expand his "Story of a Writer" posts into a book, I’d be the first one to buy...