the woodshed

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It occurs to me, as I'm sure it must have to many people, that if the Western democracies would walk the walk instead of just talking th...

Tonight at 9 p.m. eastern/6 p.m. Pacific, host and all-around smart and funny guy Jay Ackroyd speaks with Tom Levenson. TOM LEVENSON teac...

but surely the Defence Ministry can still afford maps? Tweet

JAN 23, 5pm pacific|8pm eastern Culture of Truth & Cliff Schecter @ VIRTUALLY SPEAKING SUNDAYS * A REALITY BASED COUNTERPOINT TO SUNDAY ...

Wow, I have to say my hat is off to the people at OPSEU who put this campaign together. They are doing a marvelous job of keeping a straigh...

Like that sculpture? Apparently you are a family values-hating homosexual then, at least according to a bunch of Jesused-up nutcases in Sou...

Ian Welsh lays it out just about right . And David Lindorff further discusses the monsters in our midst. The Skipper has been criticized by...

So, you've finally had it with TV News and big media empire newspapers that exist mainly to satisfy the egos of rich plutocrats and give...

This is how a new media campaign is run. This is how you make a political point in a memorable way. I don't know who the brains are behi...

This piece in the Toronto Star lifts up a rock and shines a light on the worst aspects of kids' sports. Briefly, asshole hockey dad dec...

Shannon Rupp of the Tyee has a pretty good take on what happened and how the news business came to be more about the business than the news....

While I greatly enjoyed this essay by John Sewell on how Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should go about cutting the fat cats off the gravy train , i...

RIP Gerry Rafferty -- I guess he never managed to "give up the booze and the one night stands." My oldest friend had thi...

Shorter Bill O'Reilly: " Fucking magnets - how do they work? " (for the meme-challenged, go read this ) One of my father...

 While virtually nothing from the lengthy (and very longwinded on my part) interview she did with me made it into the story, a nice piece on...

 Because this piece certainly looks like his work . Tweet

It was a balmy 12 C with intermittent rain in Hamilton today-- perfect swimming weather--and so your intrepid correspondent sallies forth! ...

It was a low key New Year's around the Woodshed. We have some nice take-out sushi and watched t he Tribute to Paul McCartney at the Whit...