You know what the scariest word in English just might be? No, not anesthetist. That’s the hardest word in English to pronounce but not the scariest. Unless, of course, you’re going in for surgery immi… more →
All Fired Up In The Big Smokewrote 6 days ago: You know what the scariest word in English just might be? No, not anesthetist. That’s the hardest wo … more →
wrote 2 months ago: [On Thursday, March 7th, Idil Burale and I will be hosting a discussion forum at the Academy of the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: [On Thursday, March 7th, Idil Burale and I will be hosting a discussion forum at the Academy of the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: During Wednesday’s city council debate over the Striking Committee’s appointment recommendations to … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Say what you will about Toronto lacking things like an adequate transit system or good governance, w … more →
wrote 3 months ago: You want to know how meritless the idea is of term limits on politicians? Both Mayor Rob Ford and I … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I am a bit flummoxed at Royson James’ notion of democracy. Early on in the 2010 campaign, the Toront … more →
wrote 6 months ago: There’s a culture of corruption down there and we’re going to put an end to it. That’s then not coun … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Tuesday’s hours’ long debate on the Toronto Community Housing Corp.’s report – Putting People First … more →
wrote 7 months ago: The Rob Ford Story was starting to play out like a classic Hollywood narrative. Underdog outsider, d … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Is there a term or phrase that refers to the period of time after somebody jumps the shark? That vas … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Nothing it seems is capable of stirring the somnolent, summer-dazed state of the Ford Administration … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I often imagine what it was like behind the scenes back in the heady days of the fall of `10, just a … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Let’s get this straight right off the bat. Toronto’s city council is not out of control. It has mere … more →
wrote 11 months ago: (This is an earlier version of a post first seen at Torontoist this week. It was recently discovered … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Politics in Toronto right now is how I imagine it feels to be on an airplane when the engines shut d … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It was surprisingly calm, Joe Pennachetti’s talk yesterday afternoon at the Institute on Municipal F … more →
wrote 1 year ago: One of the advantages of this thing I do to while away the hours between when its socially acceptabl … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Now, there’s two answers. It’s either there’s corruption down at City Hall or there’s major incompe … more →