Recent articles
I really cannot for the life of me figure out a way to do my own website properly. I like having this main page up-to-date with my latest content, but I also want to keep attention focused on certain...
View ArticleDumb internet things that don’t matter
In my latest video, I talk about things I have consciously chosen not to care about.
View ArticleAutopsy of a non-event
The rapid rise and fall of the false rumor of Prime Minister Harper’s plan to abolish the Senate offers a revealing case study of the sophomoric irresponsibility of contemporary Canadian political...
View ArticleThe Trump Bubble
Everything we think we know about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign flows from a single word: “rapists.” In making his infamous off-the-cuff remarks (not that he makes any other kind) at his...
View ArticleWhat “cuckservative” theory gets wrong
Several years ago I wrote about a phenomena I dubbed “douchebag conservatives” — young men who self identify as members of the right not out of positive regard for conservative philosophy or politics,...
View ArticleThe wrong side of Hillary
Bad things tend to happen to those who oppose the Clintons. It’s now known that many of the vilest slurs hurled against Barack Obama during his first presidential run — including crazed allegations he...
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Kickstarter!
You know my Canada Guide, right? It’s actually the most successful thing I’ve ever made, but I’m looking to make it even more successful with the help of a professional redesign. Could I bother you...
View ArticleNew archive and final week of Kickstarter!
Here’s some new updates for you. I wrote a long piece about everyone’s favorite right-wing subculture, the “alt-right” for C2C Journal, a conservative Canadian opinion outlet run by the Manning Centre....
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Just how much anti-Semitism is acceptable, Elizabeth May?
Elizabeth May and Monika Schaefer Last month, Elizabeth May was ensnared in another one of those embarrassing brouhahas for which her Green Party has become well-known. One of her perennial candidates...
View ArticleNew cartoon!
Every election cycle, a publication called the Ladies Home Journal does this thing where they get the two would-be first ladies to submit dueling cookie recipes. They both get published, and readers...
View ArticlePrediction time
Another four years, another occasion to update my site about presidential election predictors. More updates coming as more news happens, but for now, the page above at least has a handy link to other...
View ArticleAnother election cartoon
Probably the last thing I will draw about this election (not that I’ve drawn a lot). Here’s a cartoon about the intersection between this election and McDonald’s I did for The Nib. The post Another...
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Election 2016 fun times
It’s election day, and thus I must honor my over-decade-long tradition of providing a coloring sheet for election night. You can download the higher-res version here, in case you want to print one out...
View ArticleTrump wins cartoon
The CNN people kindly asked me to draw something for their “cartoonists of the world react to Trump winning” special feature. You can check out what I drew here. I actually drew that cartoon the day...
View ArticleNo one is getting electoral reform because no one really wants it
You are going to read very little accurate commentary on the final report from the House Special Committee on Electoral Reform simply because so many powerful and influential people are deeply vested...
View ArticleMy favorite articles from 2016
In case you missed them the first time around, here are five things I wrote in 2016 that I am particularly proud of: Why the global populist wave hasn’t hit Canada, Dec. 11, Washington Post Our new...
View ArticleOn the Trump Inaugural
I have drawn a cartoon about the Trump inauguration as well. Check it out on CNN. *** It was, first and foremost, a very ideological speech. The ideology was not one that’s been heard in Washington in...
View ArticleRecent Works
Here’s a piece of writing I have been working on for a while: Why did the Conservatives lose the 2015 election? (Or: is the “Racist Tory Thesis” correct?). I’ve also written several pieces for the...
View ArticleYou heard them here first! Conservative leader narratives
These days, being a good reporter/columnist/pundit is all about creating a narrative first, with facts and reality yadda yadda a distant second. With that in mind, I’m excited to announce that I’ve...
View ArticleHow to Write About Populism in Canada
Greetings Canadian journalists! As you know, there’s currently a thing called “populism” happening all around the world. This is a fad in which poor people elect little Hitlers to power. I mean, it’s...
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