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"A human asterisk" Another tip from my dad, the Montreal Gazette's Jack Todd (our favorite sportswriter) hints that Barry Bond...

War sucks The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible events which deserve to be mourned as a tragedy. However in this week...

The Party Party My father, astute political observer that he is, pointed me to this vital development in Canadian party politics . I can rem...

A sunny idyll and a black day for truthiness and journamalism Having just returned from a few day at Kamakura beach with the cuddlesome and ...

"Try to keep up Mr. President" The President jogs with U.S. Army Sgt. Neil Duncan , who lost both of his legs when an IED blew up...

Klassy with a Capital K So nice to see Dubya is helping new British PM Gordon Brown sell the idea of maintaining the closest possible ties t...

You're a good man, Charlie B. This falls into the category of sheer evil genius .

The Gospel according to Dr. Seuss Okay, no more You-Tube for a while, I promise.

Kanadian Korner #4 The voyageurs and the fur trade are a proud part of our national heritage.

It can't happen has happened here We keep hearing people on left ask "how close is the United States coming to becoming a fascist ...

Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose Believe it or not, this was performed in the Thatcher era, not last week in the Canadian Parliament

How editing works (verily, we doth tip our headpiece to Canadian Cynic )

What's going on?

Never an iceberg around when you need one This article was linked earlier over at the Galloping Beaver, but some of you might not read TGB (...

In Your Ear - White Stripes, Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams Kevin Wood /Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer WHITE STRIPES Icky Thump Wea Japan, 2,580 yen Li...

Responsible speech Whenever someone is criticized for saying outrageous things, whether it is Ann Coulter or Michael Moore (not that I equat...

Operation Whizzing Stallion Sage advice from FlyingRodent at Between the Hammer and the Anvil on how to make your inner life more fun . Bath...

More Schadenfreudilliousness! Early predictions had His Nibs Conrad Black, Lord Tubby of Fleet Street, being hit with a sentence of not more...

That light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train I've been reading a lot of stuff on Iraq lately, both opinion and factual repor...

Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The Yiddish Policemen's Union By Michael Chabon HarperCollins, 411 pages, 26.95 dollars ...