colin horgan
@cfhorgan.bsky.social
writer. I write about technology, culture, politics, and NHL hockey for places like The Guardian, The Walrus, the Globe & Mail, and others.
substack: https://modernhell.substack.com
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Canada’s working class is angry—and the right is speaking their language.
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Canada’s working class is angry—and the right is speaking their language.
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...
two reads this am on Carter Hart joining the @goldenknight-s.bsky.social
• me in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
and
• @brucearthur.bsky.social at the Star archive.ph/o1nC3
• me in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
and
• @brucearthur.bsky.social at the Star archive.ph/o1nC3
Carter Hart’s return shows hockey’s redemption machine never stops
The NHL’s reinstatement of Carter Hart underlines hockey’s enduring habit of rewarding silence over accountability
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October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
two reads this am on Carter Hart joining the @goldenknight-s.bsky.social
• me in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
and
• @brucearthur.bsky.social at the Star archive.ph/o1nC3
• me in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
and
• @brucearthur.bsky.social at the Star archive.ph/o1nC3
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Pierre Poilievre seems to be back exactly as he left. But as writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social notes, the rhetorical landscape he is walking into has changed, as has the context in which his messaging style will be deployed. thewalrus.ca/poilievres-hallu...
September 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Pierre Poilievre seems to be back exactly as he left. But as writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social notes, the rhetorical landscape he is walking into has changed, as has the context in which his messaging style will be deployed. thewalrus.ca/poilievres-hallu...
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Poilievre’s Hallucinatory Politics. He conjures up castles and valleys of gold. But can his fevered imagination eclipse Mark Carney’s grounded reality? @cfhorgan.bsky.social writes thewalrus.ca/poilievres-h...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Poilievre’s Hallucinatory Politics | The Walrus
He conjures up castles and valleys of gold. But can his fevered imagination eclipse Mark Carney’s grounded reality?
thewalrus.ca
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Poilievre’s Hallucinatory Politics. He conjures up castles and valleys of gold. But can his fevered imagination eclipse Mark Carney’s grounded reality? @cfhorgan.bsky.social writes thewalrus.ca/poilievres-h...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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They finally made the milk from that hotel
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They finally made the milk from that hotel
wrote about the Stanley Cup Final, and the success of NHL expansion, despite all the fears about what it would do to hockey.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Florida is now the Stanley Cup’s semi-permanent home. What does that mean for Canada?
The NHL’s southern expansion was mocked in the 1990s. But it led to better hockey, more money and a long drought for the sport’s spiritual home
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
wrote about the Stanley Cup Final, and the success of NHL expansion, despite all the fears about what it would do to hockey.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
not to be that other guy but no, the Oilers don’t “famously choke”.
Carney says they will win with US negotiations, “Just like the Oilers.”
Sorry to be That Guy, but you know the Oilers famously choke at the end, right? #QP
Sorry to be That Guy, but you know the Oilers famously choke at the end, right? #QP
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
not to be that other guy but no, the Oilers don’t “famously choke”.
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On India Inside Out:
This week's @politicalcycle.bsky.social pod in where we spoke to @cfhorgan.bsky.social about Canada and whether Mark Carney is now the 'model' for anti-Trump politics.
Plus links to important pieces on caste census, Pahalgam & more.
rohanvenkat.substack.com/p/the-politi...
This week's @politicalcycle.bsky.social pod in where we spoke to @cfhorgan.bsky.social about Canada and whether Mark Carney is now the 'model' for anti-Trump politics.
Plus links to important pieces on caste census, Pahalgam & more.
rohanvenkat.substack.com/p/the-politi...
The Political Cycle: Is Mark Carney the model 'anti-Trump'?
Plus, links on the caste census, Pahalgam and more.
rohanvenkat.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On India Inside Out:
This week's @politicalcycle.bsky.social pod in where we spoke to @cfhorgan.bsky.social about Canada and whether Mark Carney is now the 'model' for anti-Trump politics.
Plus links to important pieces on caste census, Pahalgam & more.
rohanvenkat.substack.com/p/the-politi...
This week's @politicalcycle.bsky.social pod in where we spoke to @cfhorgan.bsky.social about Canada and whether Mark Carney is now the 'model' for anti-Trump politics.
Plus links to important pieces on caste census, Pahalgam & more.
rohanvenkat.substack.com/p/the-politi...
that was an interesting night.
here’s me in the @theguardian.com on Mark Carney’s win
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
here’s me in the @theguardian.com on Mark Carney’s win
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s chaotic threats won Mark Carney the Canadian election – but only just | Colin Horgan
This was a vote against delusions of a ‘51st state’ and economic warfare, rather than an endorsement of the Liberals’ policies, says Toronto writer Colin Horgan
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April 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
that was an interesting night.
here’s me in the @theguardian.com on Mark Carney’s win
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
here’s me in the @theguardian.com on Mark Carney’s win
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
don't let Pierre Poilievre watch The Last Of Us
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Why is Pierre Poilievre covering up the coming US civil war?
Look, if we're going to treat scenario reports as gospel, let's go big
paulwells.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
don't let Pierre Poilievre watch The Last Of Us
paulwells.substack.com/p/why-is-pie...
paulwells.substack.com/p/why-is-pie...
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"I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.”
Killed just before her wedding with 10 members of her family, including her pregnant sister. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Killed just before her wedding with 10 members of her family, including her pregnant sister. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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April 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.”
Killed just before her wedding with 10 members of her family, including her pregnant sister. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Killed just before her wedding with 10 members of her family, including her pregnant sister. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
a classic short read on the Stanley Cup, as the 2025 Finals begin
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The Mag: Chris Jones bring the Stanley Cup to Port Hope
Chris Jones didn't think anyone could be as excited as he was to spend time with the Stanley Cup. But in his town of Port Hope, eastern Canada, the Cup is a religious artifact. He writes about his tim...
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April 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
a classic short read on the Stanley Cup, as the 2025 Finals begin
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
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does the NHL need to change its playoff format – or is its predictability the symptom of a deeper issue? www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Stuck on repeat: NHL’s playoff format keeps delivering déjà vu matchups
From Kings v Oilers to Leafs v Bruins, the league’s divisional structure has turned once-thrilling postseason clashes into stale reruns. Is it time for a change?
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
does the NHL need to change its playoff format – or is its predictability the symptom of a deeper issue? www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
does the NHL need to change its playoff format – or is its predictability the symptom of a deeper issue? www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Stuck on repeat: NHL’s playoff format keeps delivering déjà vu matchups
From Kings v Oilers to Leafs v Bruins, the league’s divisional structure has turned once-thrilling postseason clashes into stale reruns. Is it time for a change?
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
does the NHL need to change its playoff format – or is its predictability the symptom of a deeper issue? www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
this, by the way, was timeline-skewing — this is where we jumped to the alternate universe. thanks guys.
8 years ago today, Anthony Rizzo led the Chicago Cubs into Wrigley Field holding the World Series trophy. The Cubs raised the 2016 World Series banner this night. 🏆
April 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
this, by the way, was timeline-skewing — this is where we jumped to the alternate universe. thanks guys.
Walter Bloomberg was right all along.
April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Walter Bloomberg was right all along.
Ovechkin is now the NHL’s all-time leading scorer — for better or worse
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Alex Ovechkin is now the NHL’s greatest goalscorer. It’s debatable what else he is
The Russian has broken a record some believed would never be passed. But, like the man whose mark he bettered, he has received scrutiny away from the rink
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April 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ovechkin is now the NHL’s all-time leading scorer — for better or worse
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
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nobody on earth right now is more deserving of an atomic wedgie
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
nobody on earth right now is more deserving of an atomic wedgie
jesus christ this is desperate
March 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
jesus christ this is desperate
someone needs to jersey this loser
INGRAHAM: You're tougher with Canada than you are with our biggest adversaries. Why?
TRUMP: Only because it's meant to be our 51st state. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.
TRUMP: Only because it's meant to be our 51st state. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada.
March 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
someone needs to jersey this loser
Meta learned nothing from Barbara Streisand
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Meta learned nothing from Barbara Streisand
a terribly sad, but somewhat astonishing, story
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www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
A visit with a family in mourning
www.theatlantic.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
a terribly sad, but somewhat astonishing, story
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The way writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social sees it, humility will matter for newly minted Liberal Party leader Mark Carney—a healthy dose of it will not only help the public believe he rightfully earned his win but also set him apart from rival Pierre Poilievre. thewalrus.ca/carney-won-the-b...
March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The way writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social sees it, humility will matter for newly minted Liberal Party leader Mark Carney—a healthy dose of it will not only help the public believe he rightfully earned his win but also set him apart from rival Pierre Poilievre. thewalrus.ca/carney-won-the-b...