The Dis-“Union” of College and Football
Erin MacLean
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] I love NFL football. Of all the quintessentially American things…
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Philip Seymour Hoffman – One of the Great Ones
J.S. Porter
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, on stage and screen.…
2014 Olympics: Road to Sochi… and Beyond?
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: Everyone’s invited… but check your protests…
Revolution in the Air: The East, Russell Brand, Donald Sutherland & Catching Fire
Revolution was in the air in 1968, even in an excessively qualified way in the Beatles’ song “Revolution:”…
Censorship vs. Idealism: Reddit’s Mistake
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] At a time when internet giants such as Google are…
The Counselor: 1 + 1 + 1 = Zero
The Counselor has a lot of things going for it. A-list actors. Some of the biggest names in…
Preserving American Democracy
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] A notion that has really solidified for me this week…
I Miss My Canadian Healthcare
By Erin Drushel A Canadian Perspective on American Health Insurance [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] The first official…
Congress: ‘Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman!’
By Erin Drushel What’s Keeping the U.S. from Going ‘Postal’ on Rates and Services? [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”right”]Erin…
Immigration Reform vs. A Divided GOP
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] The great hope for a bipartisan solution to reforming the…
American Voting Rights: Erosion or Modernization?
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck…
Conflicting Expectations
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar]It was a two-for-one sale on privacy last week when a…
Sarah Hall’s Glass Art – Colour & Light in Toronto
There’s a line from Dennis Lee I like to savour: “Day after day the light rides easy.” I like the complex riches of this simple line: light as a gift, light as the universe’s prayer to us
The Long Road to True Equality
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] We are witnessing history in the making. The U.S. Supreme…
R.A. Dickey’s Knuckleball
[avatar user=”jporter” size=”medium” align=”left”]J.S. Porter, Writer, Poet[/avatar] (for my son Daniel) Imagine devoting your life to mastering an…
Disaster Politics
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar]The last thing anyone needs to worry about following a natural…
It’s a Miracle, Not a ‘Reality Show’
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar]Miracles do happen. And apparently, they happen in Cleveland. On May…
Rules Are for Tools – We’re ‘Havana’ Good Time
Nancy Duffy
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] There are many more important issues going on in the…
Fearing the Engaged and Informed Canadian
Typically, an 80% means an “A” on your report card, unless of course you’ve just won a leadership…
Rules Are for Tools – We’re ‘Havana’ Good Time
There are many more important issues going on in the world today than where two American celebrities take…
Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013) – 10 Things I’m Going to Miss
10. Bravery. He was born in the middle of a war and lived to fight in at least…
Constitutionally Challenged
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] There is a reason why I like the works of…
Miss Stereotype Majors in Matrimony (with a Minor in Social Climbing)
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Don’t delay! Make the most of your university experience! Graduate…
Another Case for Gun Control
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Not all American gun-owners are Yosemite Sam. There is a…
Quentin Tarantino & the Theme of Revenge
He’s the filmmaker of our time. Manic and visionary, he has soaked in cinema, video games, pop culture,…
“Let’s Make A Deal!”
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Alright, alright… I give up! Let’s talk about – cue…
Jodie Foster’s Impact at the Golden Globes
If you had a wordle for Jodie Foster’s speech, some of the key words would include: confessional, stories,…
Election Day U.S.A. 2012: The Morning After
“Hello fellow Swingers! – Bob “Hoolihan” Wells, former Cleveland TV personality, as his character from his “Readings by…
Hemingway’s 47 Endings to A Farewell to Arms
Papa Hemingway is enjoying a reboot. Woody Allen made him a star in Midnight in Paris, albeit a…
The Unmasking of Mitt Romney
By Erin Drushel [avatar user=”ErinDrushel” size=”thumbnail” align=”left”]Erin Drushel[/avatar] Released this week were secretly recorded videos of a fundraising…
