Warning: Much “Canadian culture” stinks (is writing that a malum in se?)
The conclusion of some Coshery: Merde, as the minister sees it …most culture funding inevitably pays for crap—…the arts world is, in fact, a colossal pyramid of crap, inherently necessary to provide...
View ArticleLast Post (in another sense)
A superb movie. From Dalwhinnie at Barrel Strength (with a link at the end to the one who started me blogging, Damian Penny–and see my comment) : Ronald Neame, director of “Tunes of Glory”, dead at 99...
View ArticleTonight’s must watch: Robotic bourbon and the Frood Dude
Forbidden Planet at 2000 EDT on Turner Classic Movies, one of the five best sci-fi flicks, the fons et origo of most that followed (your favourites?). How’s your id doing? More, a tad sensational the...
View ArticleA Progressive Christmas
Though Christmas as we know it may have historical associations with the Christian religion, secular humanists have successfully restored its rightful atheistic-pagan place as a post-solstice winter...
View ArticleTime to de-fund the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
De-fund the CBC. It’s such a conservative thing to say, isn’t it? De-funding the CBC has been a polarizing topic between the left and the right for years. But I’m not approaching this issue from a left...
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