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Wavy Gravy alway says: If you remember the 60's you weren't really there, but this study on Alzheimer's and marijuana indicates ...

The Hockey Sweater One of my all-time favorite stories -- I love the narration by the author, Roch Carrier.

Over the hill and picking up speed Okay, I've been 40 years old for about 99 minutes now. I don't like it, but I suppose it beats th...

Dilbert's Unified Theory of Everything Financial Everything you need to know about money in under 130 words. From Scott Adams' ...

Guilty until proven innocent Ex-con (1) and Canadian Justice Minister Vic Toews has brought in a bill to establish a U.S. style three-strik...

So it goes Another day, another Republican accused of nepotism and corruption . Seriously, if the Democrats can't turn all this into a c...

Religious round up Salon has an amusing juxtaposition of articles this week: A story on Steven Baldwin , who has morphed from C-list actor i...

Sweet Jesus And they wonder why there is a problem with obesity in North America? As a bit of a lardass, I suppose I'm not in a great p...

Rae makes splash in leadership race Many Ontario voters would like to tell Bob Rae to "go jump in the lake" - Rick Mercer seems to...

Readin' Ritin' and Rithmatic Linwood Barclay in the Toronto Star on the Tories brave new literacy plan . Next from the Conservative ...

Awww, isn't it cute... We've had our first troll! 15,000 hits - about 5,000 in the last week or so thanks to the Asylum Street Spank...

Putting the Dick in Dictator From the New York Times (via Bilmon): Talk to the Vice President, go to jail. " Mr. Howards, 54, said at a...

Spookily compatible Bill Keane meets Friedrich Nietzsche . Yes, it is as weird as it sounds, but in a good way. A hat to to Lawyers, Guns an...

"I'm sorry baby, please open the door" Conrad Black wants his Canadian citizenship back . Words fail me, but not Rick Mercer ....

It's the election, stupid Richard Gwyn has an interesting piece in the Toronto Star today on the Liberal leadership race. Discussing who...

It's all about context the Editors over at The Poor Man Institute blow the whistle on the mainstream media's attempt to blackguard ...

Because its a long way to the Beer Store from Kandahar Moosehead donating suds after troops in Afghanistan make request. Because chasing Tal...

In Your Ear Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer BOB DYLAN Modern Times Sony Music, 2,520 yen The poet laureate of the baby b...

And then suddenly, As Keith Olbermann and I were walking along talking about how you never hear Mike Wallace talk about his son, Obie rhetor...

Stick a yellow ribbon on your SUV The Asylum Street Spankers are to a certain extent an attempt by Austin, Texas to compensate the rest of t...