Tony Maxwell

Dad. Public servant (local government). Dog owner. Prairie roots. Book lover. Ex-hockey puck. Canoe paddler. Occasional gym rat. Views are my own.

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

What a relief to see Tim Walz emerge on the national stage, “who embodies the earnest, humane, rural people who shaped me and the prairie populism that shaped the progressive foundations of the Great Plains,” writes @Sarah_Smarsh.

Read: https://t.co/u1ymW7Jgpe

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

@DaveMarkle66 @OlympicGolf @Paris2024 A classy tribute. Sam Young coached my kids about sports and life. He was passionate about youth golf and a true gentleman.

@ShelburneGCC @SamandMary3 @pgaofcanada

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Pete Buttigieg

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Kudos to our amazing @CaledonLibrary team!

#loveyourlibrary

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

#whatsthedealwithyourdad https://t.co/zDCjzhqUUH

[Gary Parrish @GaryParrishCBS]

Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it.

(Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

@gtbgtb @themetalsco @Jason @FutureJurvetson @LastWeekTonight

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

I adore John McPhee.

He brings some “syntactical entertainment” for his students:

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In a new series of short essays, the legendary writer John McPhee reflects on the writing life: typos, teaching, and protecting his literary legacy. https://t.co/jbaAS0702x

[Sol Mamakwa @solmamakwa]

Today I am speaking my language, Anishininiimowin, for the first time in the Ontario Legislature. Join me in celebrating Indigenous languages and our ways of life. #ONpoli https://t.co/G9ysd9O3Kh

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Along w @sproudfoot, this is perhaps the best analysis I’ve read recently of PP’s strategy to foment division and distrust.

[Tim Abray @timabray]

Some things people need to understand about Pierre's approach to scrums. First, it takes enormous ego and boundless disdain to confidently pursue his approach. Most people would wither under the stress of playing the game he is playing. They would worry about looking the fool. /1

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

If you grew up in a small town on the prairies, reading this book is like discovering a parallel universe hidden in plain sight…exploding myths, misconceptions and prejudices. And incredibly moving.

[Andrew Stobo Sniderman @StoboSniderman]

Our book, VALLEY OF THE BIRDTAIL: AN INDIAN RESERVE, A WHITE TOWN, AND THE ROAD TO RECONCILIATION, is now on sale:

CAN: https://t.co/a8iCeNl0Ko
US: https://t.co/2eApuO8mkj
AUDIO: https://t.co/roOVJ798hZ

It is a labour of love and anger. Let me tell you a bit about it: (1/14)

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

@StoboSniderman @UofTLaw @HarperCollinsCa @WCA_LitAgency One of the best books I’ve read in a long time, a moving exposé of the parallel universes settler and Indigenous people have experienced, through the microscope of two small communities in Manitoba. Brilliant.

#valleyofthebirdtail

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

@parisreview It's hard to believe that such an accomplished writer, where every word tells, could have struggled like this.

She was human.

"I often wonder, when I look at these first drafts, if there was any point in doing this at all."

#alicemunro

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Along with @BillWaiser's Cheated and James Daschuk's Clearing the Plains, Stephen R. Bown's Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada, form a troika that illuminates the sad, shameful corruption, violence and blatant exploitation of our Indigenous people.

[Literary Review of Canada @reviewcanada]

“Bown interrupts descriptions of breathtaking exploits with sections on the misery caused by those steel tracks punching across the continent.”

Inside the Jan|Feb issue: @CharlotteJGray reviews “Dominion” by Stephen R. Bown, published by @doubledayca.
https://t.co/txvI9h5zMl

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

On #MothersDay I stumble across @cessieannross’s heart-rending essay on motherhood and career, and I think of my mother, married in ’62, artistic, a dancer, what she would’ve done had she set out on her own rather than devote herself to us, her kids.

https://t.co/JnB4vwFqua

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Deepest condolences to the Young family on the passing of @PGAofOntario, @pgaofcanada and Ontario Golf Hall of Famer Sam Young. A gentleman of the highest order, a passionate and devoted coach, a proud and successful businessman.

@ShelburneGCC

https://t.co/rQdo9zpGzS

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

@linds_kado @amandapetrusich @NewYorker …and how often do the words “stoicism, seriousness, and erudition” appear in a music review / profile? ;)

[High Country News @highcountrynews]

The West is always in motion, a place of constant change and contradiction. This May, we're bringing you stories that capture that spirit. 🌊

Ditigal issue now live: https://t.co/OVyqwrRwvP

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Great to see turnout / audience (in person and virtual) at public meeting tonight in #Caledon re: development proposals.

https://t.co/7oTF9zqusY

#development #democracy #publicinput @TownOfCaledon

[Tony Maxwell @tony_maxwell]

Is “hinge” the new “pivot”?

#jargon

@globeandmail #markcarney

[Steven Chase @stevenchase]

Recommend watching April 22nd Mark Carney speech:
-We are living through a “hinge moment” of history.
-Poilievre reminds him of Brexiters and their “broken Britain” message that delivered “Argentina on the Channel” instead of “Singapore on the Thames.” https://t.co/aDHh7Mdb5U