Earlier this summer an unreleased book sold 50,000 copies which vaulted it to number 1 on bestseller lists. Before it could even be sold. It’s called Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach and is a children’s book for adults (there are no asterisks inside). The book started...
I was shocked this evening to discover the news all over twitter of Jack Layton’s death early this morning. On Saturday Jack wrote a letter to Canadians and today it was posted on the NDPs site. It is a very emotional read especially considering his end was so near....
Here are a couple reasons why the upcoming debt-ceiling-deadline in the United States has made this past week in politics very entertaining: 1. Senator John McCain. Yesterday on the Senate floor McCain criticized his own Republicans that are hesitant to raise the debt-ceiling saying “the idea seems to be...
The Canadian Press is reporting that Bob Rae will be the interim leader of the Liberal Party. Rae managed to survive the flood that washed away much of his party only 3 weeks ago including Liberal and Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff. Ignatieff and the Liberals lost an astounding 33...
The Daredevil I’m referring to is Marvel Comics’ superhero movie staring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. In the film Affleck’s character is blinded in an accident and left with a sonar-like ability to hear his way around (and fight crime in and out of the courts). The movie was...
Osama bin Laden’s death has dominated world headlines this past week. Here is a collection of newspaper front-pages from what is sure to be an historical date. President Obama announced bin Laden’s death late on Sunday evening May 1st, and depending on when papers went to print it was...
After two elections and five years as a minority Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have their majority in Ottawa. A heck of a lot of movement happened in this election and there will be four years to complain deconstruct the Conservative Majority and see if the NDP Opposition can oppose. But...
Here it comes. Jack Layton storming the barracks. With only 6 days left in the campaign his New Democratic Party is showing extremely strong support in La Belle Province. The polls are swinging and everyone is double checking what can be an historic surge for the NDP. The way...
Tonight was the first televised debate (French is tomorrow) where all party leaders met head-to-head. It was a unique format for the squabble—a type of match play where each leader had six minutes against each of the others followed by a round table. It was a bit of a...
And yes, I hope it’s going well to 11 and beyond. At least we picked our redesign launch day to coincide. So browse around, and do let us know what you think (or don’t think). We’ll be tweaking the new design in the days to come to make sure...
