Politics
A study that was recently published in The Lancet says, and I quote: “Based on official reported COVID-19 deaths, we estimated that vaccinations prevented 14·4 million (95% credible interval [Crl] 13·7–15·9) deaths from COVID-19 in 185 countries and territories between Dec 8, 2020, and Dec 8,
Gender
The story of the Vaughan condo shooting is horrifying on so many levels. But none is worse than knowing the perpetrator had been violent for years — and allowed to continue being violent until he got stopped by a cop’s bullet after he’d shot six people, killing five. I
Culture
What is work, really? We all have our own relationship to work, which is as unique as we are. It tends to combine some form of settling — because bills don’t pay themselves — and ideally some form of satisfaction because paying bills, while necessary, is not enough by itself to
Travel
Dear Diary, On Sunday I went to Buc-ee’s. And it was about as ridiculous as you’d expect. You did not know this, but there are tourists who make a point of stopping at Buc-ee’s beause it’s so quintessentially American you can’t believe it until you
Politics
I’ve followed Quebec politics for longer than many of my readers have been alive. I’ve mostly been critical — sometimes harshly so — of separatists and their movement. Mostly because I find it silly. Like a teenager going from “leave me alone” to “can you drive me to the mall?
Culture
On Thursday, after two flights, I arrived in my beloved Huntsville, Alabama for a few days of happiness and work (and warmer weather) and thought to myself, self, I thought, what a beautiful thing it is to be able to work from anywhere. Including on flights when your aircraft offers
Urbanism
Not everybody knows this, but I drove for Uber and Lyft for about a year and half in 2018 and 2019. I drove and took notes and then wrote a book about the experience. Actually, two books. One in French, and one in English. By far the most awful part
Gender
Voltaire is overly quoted in this context so I’ll skip him. And besides, being a decent fellow, he’d agree with me. If you deliberately use your freedom of speech to inflict violence on an identifiable group of people, you should be prosecuted. And that includes violence that is
Culture
“Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living.” Indeed. But also: “It’s all taking and no giving.” In case you were wondering why St. Dolly had been inducted into not just one but two halls of fame — don’t. She’s just that awesome. She popped
Fiction
Four-letter words, the prompt said. Well that’s a struggle. No, not like that. I have lots of swear words swirling around my brain. I am a military-grade swearing machine. I mean, not to boast or anything, but I’m practically a walking verbal weapon. And because I swear in
Politics
Who knew a hoodie could be so controversial. When journalist Glen McGregor tweeteda picture of a “Freedom” hoodie at the outlets, I put my tongue firmly in my cheek and retweeted with: “In case you were wondering who to boycott next.” That’s when they went bonkers. Them, you know.
Gender
This past week we marked another year of anti-trans violence with the Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20. The year 2021 was the worst on record for lives lost to hateful bigots who take their anger with the world out on people they have no understanding of or empathy