For Canadian lefties, this has to count as one of the all-time greatest schadenfreude-y highs.

Far-right newspaper baron Conrad Black has been dumped— sorry, has resigned — as Hollinger International’s CEO.

It doesn’t end there. David Radler — he of the infamous comment, “I am ultimately the publisher of all these papers, and if editors disagree with us, they should disagree with us when they’re no longer in our employ” &mdash… Read more...

If you’d told me 20-odd years ago when I was angrily listening to the album “War” that one day I’d be singing soft U2 lullabyes to my daughter, I’d have said you were nuts.

Well, turns out she’s highly susceptible to “Where the Streets Have No Name.” Which leads me to the question…

…What’s changed more? U2′s musical style, or yours truly?… Read more...

In the great scheme of things, this is pretty minor. But it’s nice to know that, as Apple relegates my computer to the no-longer-supported column, someone — namely Charles Moore — is bearing witness to its passing.

That said, my mighty WallStret has just withstood the latest insult to its durability: a glass of water straight into its innards a few months ago.

At first it wouldn’t… Read more...