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Loading ...Short pour more than a pint-sized problem?
Posted on July 24, 2014As the sultry summer months just continue to get hotter, many a bleary-eyed imbiber in Canada seeks solace and refuge at their local watering hole… Read More »
Why we absolutely do not “need a law”
Posted on July 16, 2014There’s currently a full-page colour ad running weekly in The Times by the anti-choice crowd vilifying Canada over our lack of a late term abortion… Read More »
Iraq conflict roots cast long shadow
Posted on July 2, 2014Over the past decade, Iraq is hardly what most would describe as a favoured holiday destination. Long years of dictatorship, war, occupation and finally civil… Read More »
Husdal was a newspaper man through and through
Posted on June 26, 2014Dave Husdal was holding court once again with a young team of journalists.It made for long, longs days, which started out with an early-morning staff… Read More »
Taking a look at some 1980s movie gems
Posted on June 11, 2014As the summer months settle themselves upon us, and the traditional Hollywood blockbusters begin to grace the big screen, with every passing year it appears… Read More »
Viva Las Gregus, baby!
Posted on June 4, 2014My experience at the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival in Las Vegas has now come and gone and with many fond (and… Read More »
H.R. Giger’s nightmares leave a lasting image
Posted on May 27, 2014On May 12, an old man fell down and died, and the world became poorer for it.Swiss artist Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger, known to most… Read More »
West may need more than strong words
Posted on May 21, 2014Over the past month, pressure from the West seems to have lessened fears of a full-scale military intervention by Russia in eastern Ukraine, although the… Read More »
Why do I still listen to punk? Because I have to
Posted on May 14, 2014I am counting down the days until my Las Vegas excursion to the 16th annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival later this month.Within the… Read More »
Big Brother may be closer than you think
Posted on May 7, 2014You know that thing governments in other countries do, where they monitor their citizens in some kind of modern Orwellian nightmare? That thing that happens… Read More »