Beyond the Rhetoric

George: ” It became very clear to me sitting out there today, that every decision I’ve ever made, in my entire life, has been wrong. My life is the opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every of life, be it something to wear, something to eat … It’s [...]

I am Canadian. It is very much a part of who I am and how I choose interact with the world. This blog post might have been more appropriate for Canada Day, but the idea didn’t really dawn on me at the time. Oh well. Growing up, I watched a lot of television. A good [...]

It’s something that I hear all the time from people who aren’t exactly fans. I get told all the time, “Why are you so into hockey? You don’t even play. You get all emotional over the Canucks, and you’ve never even laced up the skates to hit the ice for a game. Why do you [...]

“Mr. President, the line between compromise and compromised is an incredibly fine one. Any reform bill enrages the right and provides it with the war cry around which it will rally its mindless legions in the midterms and in ’12.” Keith Olbermann is one of those kinds of people who, even if you disagree with [...]

While there are certainly many television shows that worth watching these days — Fringe, House, The Office, and so on — there are many more that are no longer on the air. Yes, it is positively possible that I am viewing these classics through rose-tinted glasses, but I’d still like to see them come back [...]