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Toronto city councillor George "Giorgio" Mammoliti (he changed his name in 2002 from English to Italian to better reflect his desi...

We eat a lot of instant ramen noodles here at the Woodshed. I wish to the FSM they would stop calling these little packets of instant noodl...

Some thoughts and links on the riots across England: Not everyone in London is either a rioting, firebomb-throwing yob looter or an authori...

  Yesterday, the Toronto Sun asked readers to suggest three "quick fix" ideas for things that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could do ri...

 Shorter Conrad Black: A gentleman such as oneself is apt to miss the comforts of the fairer sex when unjustly incarcerated by one's inf...

2:46 aka #Quakebook has finally hit the shelves in bookstores around the world, and is selling well. All the proceeds go to the Japan Re...

Not sure how the pictures connect with the music, but I look forward to hearing this played before sporting events. Tweet

A discussion around the copy desk today- what are the best newspaper/media movies? A short list in no particular order: 1. All the Presi...

But not so busy that I can"t remind you to read David Climenhaga on why Canadians need to stand on guard for thee against Rupert Murdoc...

One wonders what the politically correct straw was that broke the reactionary, knuckle-dragging, often bigoted, always pandering-to-the-base...

"Wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross" indeed. Didn't thousands of brave Canadians die in World War Two just so we coul...

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Having upped stakes and relocated the pulpit--if not yet the entire family--to the Royal City and having started a new job as a night watchm...

 I'll be hosting one of my occasional Maple Syrup Editions of Virtually Speaking tonight, discussing the work of one of Canada's m...

I am once again temporarily in the employ of a great Metropolitan newspaper and shall be moving to fortified compound in the tri-city area...

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From the same brilliant commonsense school of "thought" that gave us a high school dropout as Minister of Education in Ontario, t...

Aislin, for my money, is still one of the most eloquent political and social pundits in this country in either language. Tweet

To paraphrase Sinclair Lewis: When fascism comes to Canada, it will come wrapped in a flag and carrying a hockey stick. Coach Harper won h...

"I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush" ...actually the song is about the use of agent orange in Vietnam, but......