The Column
Cutting Edges left-winger (and author) Dan Gawthrop joins Pittsburgh Penguins exec Brian Burke in backing Hockey Pride Nights, as Canada’s national sport leaves behind the age of the social dinosaurs.
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Read MoreBrian Fawcett recalls something he discovers about how Dostoyevsky wrote dialogue that leads him to take a swing at James Wood, (the critic, not the actor)
Read MoreA few days ago, Merrily Weisbord sent me a piece written by Olga Tokarczuk about the Covid-19 crisis currently sweeping the world. A friend of Merrily’s, Jerzy Przytyk, had translated the piece using Google’s notoriously mechanical translation program. What Tokarczuk had to say in the piece was interesting simply because she is Olga Tokarczuk,…
Read MoreStan Persky tries to get through the day… a day all about, well, Stan Persky.
Read MoreThe message from John McCain’s funeral.
Read MoreI’m mad as hell and…
Read MoreTrump is deciding whether to pull out of the Iran deal. French president Emmanuel Macron had some friendly advice.
Read MoreSome mornings, we sit by the waters of Babylon and scroll down.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Pride Society wants to ban uniformed police from the annual Pride parade. Is this something we should take pride in?
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