Christopher Moore

1 week ago | christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com | Christopher Moore

He had been an Irish rebel who recanted, a patriotic American who grew disillusioned, an anti-clerical who made his peace with the Catholic church, a reformer who had gone over to John A. Macdonald, and a teetotaller given to alcoholic binges. -- from 1867: How the Fathers Made a DealWent down last night to the Duke of York pub in Toronto to observe the two hundredth birthday of Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868). Would Pogue Mahone or something more Irish have been more appropriate?

1 month ago | christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com | Christopher Moore

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1 month ago | christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com | Christopher Moore

Meant to post this yesterday. But things interfered.  March 11 is the 177th anniversary of the achievement of responsible government in the Province of Canada, March 11, 1848. Details here if you need. It's also the fifth anniversary of the official declaration of the Covid pandemic. But I really wanted to mention that today is the fifth anniversary of the day I had surgery to remove my cancerous prostate gland. Thursday I am going to see the surgical urologist who performed the operation.

1 month ago | boredpanda.com | Christopher Moore |Kurt Vonnegut

People say that entire worlds can fit inside a book, no matter how tiny it is. Books give us fearless heroes, relatable stories, and transport us to lands unknown. But books can also carry stories as physical conduits: stories of their readers' past. There's an online community that shares the odd and delightful things readers find inside their old books.

1 month ago | christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com | Christopher Moore

So the Trump tariffs are on. And so is the Canadian resistance. Here are three things not to be too reliant on in the struggle: Ending interprovincial "trade barriers." The King. Europe,1. Interprovincial trade barriers. I was heartened the other day to readthe economist Mark Lee casting doubt on interprovincial trade-barrier reductions as a easy source of Canadian economic strength.