Canada
Newfoundland Snowpocalypse Day Five: Trading Smokes for Pepsi
Our four key resources now are pop, cigarettes, beer, and chips. Control the corner stores, control the Island.
Drew Brown
1.21.20
Canada
For Small Town Nerds, Neil Peart Was a God
The Rush drummer and lyricist, who died last week, was a weirdo-poet philosopher who expanded the minds of impressionable young dreamers for decades.
Drew Brown
1.15.20
Politics
Billionaires Want Us to Be Nihilists. Let's Fight Back in the 2020s
The 2010s told us the future was stolen and there was nothing we could do. That’s a lie.
Drew Brown
12.31.19
canadian politics
Andrew Scheer Made Stephen Harper Look Charming
The Conservative leader resigned Thursday, cementing his legacy as a difficult trivia answer in 10 years.
Drew Brown
12.13.19
Canada Election 2019
Canada Is Truly Divided Now
Canada’s dreadful 2019 election is finally over. But with a minority Liberal government presiding over a bitterly split country, the next campaign is only just beginning.
Drew Brown
10.22.19
Canada Election 2019
It's Hard to Imagine a Bleaker Leaders' Debate at a More Important Time
It was a six-way screaming match full of lies and one-liners. But lost in all that shouting was a glimpse into what Canada really is now.
Drew Brown
10.8.19
Opinion
The Ironic Inversion of Justin Trudeau's Progressive Brand Is Complete
The prime minister promised he was a different kind of rich, white politician.
Drew Brown
9.19.19
Canada
America Finally Discovers the Magic of Dildo
Jimmy Kimmel wants to be the top man in Dildo, Newfoundland. We say: Yes b’y.
Drew Brown
8.14.19
Politics
Justin Trudeau Reveals Himself as Just Another Soulless Politician
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s damning testimony likely won’t kill the Liberals election chances. But it did kill Trudeau’s ability to run as an idealist.
Drew Brown
2.28.19
Politics
SNC-Lavalin Lobbying Scandal Has Put Justin Trudeau In a Corner
With the resignation of his right-hand man, Gerald Butts, the prime minister is now facing the biggest test of his career.
Drew Brown
2.19.19
Views My Own
2018 Was the Year Canadian Politics Really Leaned Into the Stupid
Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer and Doug Ford had one thing in common this year: they all spent time participating in bad faith politics.
Drew Brown
12.28.18
Views My Own
Pantless Snowplow Thief Who Crashed into the Bell Island Ferry Terminal Is a Hamfisted But Devastatingly Accurate Metaphor for Newfoundland in 2018
Some days the local police scanner is indistinguishable from a John Waters movie.
Drew Brown
11.19.18
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