As someone who has lived car-free since Sept. 22, 2002, the health of the Toronto Transit Commission is of urgent importance to me.

This Globe and Mail article tells about some of the pressure to cut the commission's capital budget -- so they can't buy luxury items like replacements for 24-year-old buses.

In this NYT commentary, Academy Award-winning documentary film-maker Errol Morris argues that when John Kerry left out a key part of his biography -- his opposition to the Vietnam War -- he committed a major ...   more »

The NYT's senior conservative columnist William Safire on why the MSM (sorry, Craig) still matters.

An excerpt:

Former BGMI co-worker -- and occasional patio-based beer-quaffing companion -- Craig Saila had an interesting item from Friday on his blog LCKY how the NYT is considering moving to some type of mix of paid ...   more »

Tom Popyk is a freelance Canadian journo who has done a couple stints in Baghdad (just finished one, actually).

On his blog, he has some tips he found from NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman on covering the Middle East.

If you're from Poland, India or the Philippines, you're in a global minority: You give the thumbs-up to Dubya's influence on global security.

But virtually everywhere else thinks the re-election of Bush 43 is bad ...   more »