I hope this past year is the last of its kind. You don’t need me to provide you with another missive about how awful the year has been. We all…

This may strike some of you as strange, but I became a much bigger fan of Jon Stewart after he departed The Daily Show. I suppose I developed an early…

Rob Ford was the mayor of Toronto for four turbulent years, from 2010 to 2014. He achieved that by campaigning on a platform of cutting people’s taxes and trimming waste…

I am a big Judd Apatow fan. I have been since The Ben Stiller Show hit the air in 1992, a series he co-created with Stiller and Jeff Kahn which…

This is the second part of my exploration of the band Genesis. The first part dealt with how I came to discover the band, and my ensuing efforts to dig…

Several weeks ago (although it now seems like a lifetime ago) the internet was set abuzz by a cryptic message. An old black-and-white photograph of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and…

For the second year in a row, I have managed to see every movie nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards before the ceremony, slated for February 9….

With Andrew Scheer’s less-than-stellar campaign in last year’s Canadian election, the hunt is now on for a new leader for the Conservative Party. The convention is scheduled for June 27…

Earlier this month Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada, resigned. Under her thirteen years of leadership, her party went from zero to three seats in Canada’s…

This is the first time in nine years I’ve managed to see all the Best Picture nominees before the Academy Awards ceremony. Chasing these films down is always a pleasure,…