One More Slice With Andrew
Symposium: It’s not surprising the Domino’s Pizza guys got to know Andrew to the point that they would actually worry about him. Andrew was an incredibly kind person.
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Jonathan McLeod is a writer living in Ottawa, Ontario. (That means Canada.) He spends too much time following local politics and writing about zoning issues. Follow him on Twitter.
It’s always good to shroud your sexism in racism
Mark Steyn is a good writer. Hillary Clinton is a married woman. Neither of these facts should be important when discussing Presidential politics.
Linky Friday #124: Northern Invasion
Alumni, cross-border hostility, Bernie Sanders and Jar Jar Binks. There’s serious stuff, too.
A $100,000 joke or why it doesn’t pay to be misogynistic jerk
Here’s a look at what happened when some sports fans in Toronto behaved badly on live TV.
Swervedriver in Ottawa
Ottawa readers should probably come and see Swervedriver at Zaphod Beeblebrox tonight with me. (Non-Ottawa readers are welcome, too, but I imagine the logistics might be complicated.)
Don’t focus on the riots
Thoughts about the riots in Baltimore. But it can’t be just about the riots, can it?
Adventures in civic marketing
Not Clickhole: Saskatchewan town “rethinks its ‘Land of Rape and Honey’ slogan”.
Saturday Morning Jukebox: Punk Privilege
Jonathan spends too much time thinking about the political messaging of 90s punk songs.
Roger may be commissioner, but Marshawn is king
There’s something important happening in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks, led by Marshawn Lynch, are finally sticking it to the corrupt NFL.
#brusselsprouts
It’s not really a recipe and it’s not really a photo essay, but watch as Jonathan makes some brussel sprouts.
Ottawa Shootings
As many of you are certainly aware of by now, there have been multiple shootings in Ottawa, my hometown. The shootings occurred at the War Memorial and at Parliament Hill. The downtown core is...
Linky Friday #77
Bears, baseball, buildings, beauties and Barrett Brown. We’ll talk about all that and more in this week’s Linky Friday!
The Wrong Friends and the Wrong Enemies
In true Canadian style, Jonathan McLeod goes from talking about hockey to talking about sexual assault to talking about feminism.
Because everything is about hockey and hockey is about everything, apparently.
Violence Against Women: When Facts Won’t Subvert Justice
Jonathan McLeod looks at two recent court cases, noting the existence of rape culture and male privilege without ever using the terms.
