We all know them: the people who try to preach the idea that “tolerance” means including people with every viewpoint in your social media circles. I’d point out that tolerance doesn’t mean the same thing as refusing to take a stand on any issue. …

I started singing in public several years ago as part of a casual trio (actually, a duo where I’d join them once in a while). We’d play old jazz and pop songs to entertain lunch-time customers at a downtown restaurant. It was my first experience singing for the public, and…

(whether I like it or not) Singing came late to me, but I’d always belted out tunes at the top of my lungs in the car during my straight job/commuting years, and without knowing it, acquired a little technique along the way. People have a curious attitude about singing. We…

This is for you — us — out here in the trenches, freelance writers in the post-journalism era, forced to pander to the whims of the masses and their clicks — the all-important clicks we are paid for. Pop culture is king, and we all know it. But, even with…

Decades ago, I was standing in downtown Hamilton waiting for a stoplight when I noticed a pigeon in distress. It was walking in circles on the road just off the sidewalk, disoriented and apparently sideswiped by a car. …