Getting Your Life Back...

...if you haven't made a choice by now you really need to give yourself a shake. But my sympathys do go out to those who have chosen Pantalooney and the chaos it will create if he decides to withdraw.

Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: George Smitherman — too svelte to be mayor of Toronto?


WEEKEND ROUNDUP

More than you wanted to know about the Toronto election

In a distinctly un-Globe and Mail-like article that editors briskly disappeared from the Interwebs, Stephen Marche attempts to argue earnestly that Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford’s appeal is directly related to “the mounds of fat that encircle [his] body like great deflated tires of defeat.” (That’s in the lede!) That’s just silly: Is there any reason to believe a thinner version of Mr. Ford wouldn’t be in the position he’s in now? Answer: No. You might as well attribute his success to his DUI conviction. Marche has a more interesting, though scarcely more coherent, argument about post-Industrial Revolution waistlines and diets, but it’s severely compromised by all the unkind references to Mr. Ford’s girth. They encircle his column like great deflated tires of defeat. Read More »

Real Pantalone backers have little choice by Royson James