I’ve said it before but this may be the best story in several hundred years. Yesterday we reported that Toronto police have been investigating Mayor Rob ‘Crackalack’ Ford for months. And among other things, they’ve now got the infamous video – the one Gawker raised two hundred grand for, the one a couple people may have been killed for and so much more. But now it gets better. Read More

If you’ve ever caught yourself rolling your eyes at someone who looks too poor to be buying an iPad or other luxury goods, read this thoughtful post by Tressie McMillan Cottom that might make you think differently about that judgment.