Satire encourages critical thinking and reflection, using humour to soften its critique. It is designed to be entertaining yet thought-provoking. Sarcasm, in contrast, is more…
A well-organized and sustained boycott can be a powerful tool for effecting change against injustice. Outrage will start the ball rolling, but these days, there…
This past week on Bluesky someone posted what seemed like a genuine newspaper photo of Donald Trump and his mother taken, circa 1980’s. The caption…
When I heard Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, say the tech sector needed more ‘masculine energy’ I laughed out loud because I must have…
With so much disheartening news I was tempted to write an opinion, to join the league of outraged liberals, to voice my indignation at the…
2025 will be the year I finally see my mother’s diaries published. The following excerpt is one of my favourites, from Sunday January 3, 1937,…
Two years ago I wrote about a young man who struggled to find his footing after starting grade nine at a new high school where…
Via Zoom, I meet with other groups of writers on a regular basis. One of these groups originally formed during Covid to aid and inspire…
Recently I walked through downtown Toronto with a new friend who was visiting from Cincinnati. A young man stopped me to ask, “What, in your…
Rue: (verb), to regret some act or course of action or fact about oneself and wish it undone or altered. After the recent U.S. election,…