Fuddle-duddle. If you are Canadian, and of a certain vintage, you know what that refers to: the F-word. F**k. It’s been around for a while, that word. The first recorded use of f**k came in 1528, when some anonymous monk wrote on the margins of a manuscript about (ironically) morality: “O D f**king Abbot. ” Was the Abbot the unhappy monk’s boss? Was the Abbot less-than-chaste? The answers to these and other critical questions have been lost to the mists of time. (The funny pa

It's out! Woke up and saw this Squibb's Books post on Insta - a cool way to start the day. Looking forward to getting it out there - and hearing what you think!

The Hidden Hand is number six on Amazon's political doctrines bestseller list - but I'm only telling you this so I can point out who I'm ahead of.

Brad Bradford, who I plan to support for Toronto's mayor, had fun with Olivia Chow's latest idiocy - while making a serious point.

After a long, long wait, my new book, The Hidden Hand , is out next week. Pretty excited about that. It's been out in E-book form for a few weeks, yes. And I know lots of people prefer the e-book format. But there is something cool about seeing it the traditional way. It's intangibly tangible. The book grew out of my journalism and columnizing at Postmedia. Out of that grew our documentary, The Campaign , which is about to get its debut on the worldwide festival circuit. But

Newton's third law is this: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  That’s physics. It’s politics, too. In the Trump era, on just about every front, Sir Isaac’s principle applied. At the outset of Trump II, however, it didn’t. Most of us expected Trump’s second White House tenancy to be a lot like the first: outrageous things said, notably fewer outrageous things done, and then obligatory pushback by Congress, the courts, media and - ultimately - public op

Quiz time. Who made these statements? “A politician who crosses the aisle has shown tremendous courage in putting their principles first.” “Mr. Speaker, as I have said before, I believe members of Parliament should have that freedom [to cross the floor to another political party]…In my observation, the only parties that really have this as an obsession are the parties that no one ever crosses to.” And, my personal favorite: “Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of in