Robert Brehl is a writer in Port Credit, Ont.

Lucy had an unpleasant encounter with the neighbourhood coyote population.

Bob Brehl: Coyote attack a sign of upside down world

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Do you ever wonder if sometimes the world is upside down?

Sarah Silverman's new series on streaming service Hulu is called I Love You, America and it aims to bring people together, not drive them apart.

Bob Brehl: Comic gives us lesson in online humanity

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In the past, we’ve pointed out a decisive — and growing — lack of decorum in the digital age. Far too often people say the nastiest and rudest things in tweets, posts and emails. Things most would never think to say in person.
Smartphones don’t belong in classrooms, argues Bob Brehl.

Bob Brehl: France takes bold step to ban mobile phones in elementary schools

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A couple months ago, this space was devoted to a new book by a California psychologist and researcher who argues constant use of smartphones is making young people unhappy, even depressed.
A mining operation during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Robert Brehl: Christmas treasure found in Klondike gold rush

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On Christmas Eve during the Klondike gold rush, three young miners found an unexpected treasure more valuable than gold dust, and their chivalry is worth remembering 120 Christmases later.
Pope John Paul I appears on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica following his election Aug. 26, 1978. Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul I with a decree recognizing his heroic virtues.

Comment: The kindred spirits of John Paul I and Francis

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In last week’s edition of The Register, a page was devoted to the late Pope John Paul I for two newsworthy reasons: Pope Francis is putting him on the path towards canonization and a new book attempts to put to rest the conspiracy theories that he was murdered after only 33 days on the chair of St. Peter.

St. Pope John Paul II attends an inter-religious peace meeting in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 27, 1986

Faith in civil discourse waxes, then wanes

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When this column cited a vicious smear campaign against Fr. James Martin, it was expected that some people would disagree with his call to build a bridge of dialogue between the Church and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It was also expected some would agree with his call for civil discourse. Naturally, both things occurred.
Fr. James Martin, an American Jesuit, author and media personality,

Comment: Priest caught in vicious smear campaign

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Fr. James Martin, an American Jesuit, author and media personality, has appeared in this column before for his humour and humility, including his intimate 465-page portrait Jesus: A Pilgrimage.

Community members in Charlottesville, Va., hold a vigil for Heather Heyer Aug. 16. She was killed Aug. 12 during a white supremacist protest over a plan to remove the statue of a Confederate general from a city park.

Comment: The opposite of hate is fear, not love

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Of all the media coverage following the despicable white supremacist display in Charlottesville and the bumbling reactions from a president, one column in The Globe and Mail really stood out.

A humanoid robot dances at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin in 2016. Rapidly emerging fields of artificial intellgence are posing challenges to what it means to be human.

Comment: Artificial intelligence is coming, ready or not

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The other day, I got into a discussion about singularity and artificial intelligence with a computer science student. He’s young, smart and full of optimism. I’m older, debatably wiser and certainly more skeptical about the benefits of AI.

Robert Brehl writes about the political correctness surrounding the recent controversy regarding Ryerson University's namesake, Egerton Ryerson.

Comment: Political correctness has a life of its own

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I’ve long been fascinated by political correctness and how it often has a life of its own; either ignoring facts or not bothering to find facts before going off half-cocked.

In the long run of Bob Brehl’s epic battle of man vs. machine, Brehl settled for a Pyrrhic victory, and it felt good.

Comment: Man and the machine battles wear on

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Driving home after returning a second new dehumidifier that wouldn’t work in less than a week, I couldn’t help thinking about the so-called “good old days” when things were built to last.

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