the woodshed

That $1.1 billion had to be going somewhere and now we know where a chunk of it is going -- to a security firm that isn't even licenced...

T he original by  Bob Dylan and some guy on guitar The covers the lovely and talented Sophie Madeline the winsome and witty M...

She still thinks she's presidential material, but the snowbilly grifter can't even manage to set up a legal defense fund for herself...

The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Prophet Glenn Beck - Father Guido Sarducci www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full E...

It is hot and wet in Tokyo and I have almost nothing to say about anything except to note that setting the air conditioner to 25+ degrees Ce...

Every time I get frustrated and think that Canadian politics are completely screwy and the country is doomed by ignorance, stupidity and apa...

It is unavoidable. Soon there will be a Fox News North based around the Sun newspaper chain . Goodbye reasonable discourse, nice knowing you...

Oh dear Ghod, Glenn Beck has committed fiction. Destined to become a masterpiece of accidental comedy.

This is bound to work out well for the people of Afghanistan.

The latest installment of The Maple Syrup Revolution - In which RossK and I discuss the history of blogging  - is now available for your l...

...a Tory wets his pants. Given that, I'm guessing the latest stories about a merger between the Liberals and the New Democrats must h...

I don't want to beat this whole "Summit costs run amok" thing into the ground (Ha! who am I kidding? This whole thing is blogg...

A fake lake? Yeah, because that is so much cheaper than just bussing the press to Huntsville and giving the business to local lodges.

It is heartening to see a community respond to racism in this way, and especially to see the school board and principal realize and publicly...

All hail Paddy Chayefsky!

Or are people there just being taught to be racist dingbats? Apparently an elementary school in Prescott, Az., allowed the students to vote...

The wife and co-author of one of my favorite writers, hell - favorite people in the world, Spider Robinson died last Sunday. Godspeed, trav...

That's what I feel for Dimitri Soudas and apparently what he feels for the Canadian Parliament and the centuries-old rules of the Westmi...

RossK of the Gazetteer joins me on the Maple Syrup Revolution to explain the intricacies of the BC Rail scandal and explore the world of t...

As mentioned below, the Canadian government is spending over a billion dollars on security for the upcoming Group of Eight and Group of Twen...