I turned 50 a few months ago. To some people that may seem old, but I like to think I’m young at heart. I’m in reasonably good shape. I’m constantly…

Once again, I have managed to see every single one of this year’s nominees for the Best Picture Academy Award. It was somewhat challenging this year with the continuation of…

Thank you so much for playing such an important role in Remembrance Day this year. I was filled with palpable solemnity upon walking into my local coffee shop on November…

I have had a tumultuous relationship with musical theatre throughout my life. As a child it was always an event when a classic musical like The Sound of Music and…

In the far-flung year of nineteen hundred and ninety-three, there was a big celebration in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square. Thousands of hockey fans gathered to show their appreciation for their…

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…