Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have ever undertaken, and I have a master's degree in art history.

You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.

My ideal picture of citizenship will always be an argument, not a sing-along.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

No cowboys for Canada. Canada got Mounties instead - Dudley Do-Right, not John Wayne. It's a mind-set of "Here I come to save the day" versus "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.