The grand colours of the atheist movement seem washed out to me. The great debates, the vibrant speakers, the literature now all seem distant and
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Our final full day on the island, we did a little of everything. We drove through different areas of Nanaimo, went into more bookstores, went
Continue readingAlberta Politics: If F. W. de Klerk’s apartheid comparison to the fossil fuel economy is OK, why is David Suzuki’s slavery analogy an outrage?
A speech in Calgary last week by the last white president of South Africa in which F. W. de Klerk suggested the challenges faced by
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Just Say "No" to You Know Who
An Ipsos poll released Friday finds that 70 per cent of Canadians intend to boycott American goods. Seventy per cent of Canadians say they will
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I guess when you live in that bastion of democracy, the United States of America, one must be mindful, shall we say, an unwritten set
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The OECD examines the generational implications of inequality and poverty – with the descendants of poor children in
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Paris, 4:27
So. Lisa Kinsella takes a picture of French riot police watching over an impromptu rave on Rue de Varenne. Cool town.
Continue readingwmtc: vancouver island day seven: chemainus, ladysmith, nanaimo
Poor Allan, the only non-morning person in our little group, being faced with three high-octane coffee drinkers every morning! In Chemainus I let him sleep
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Moving toward the home stretch for my book Rock of Ages: How Concrete Built the World As We Know It. The University of Regina Press
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Rest Of The World Knows That
Tony Burman writes that this past week reminded us of things we already knew about Donald Trump: We already knew that Donald Trump has a
Continue readingScripturient: Really? Another sole-sourced lawyer?
Collingwood hires lawyer for judicial inquiry. That’s the headline on a story in the Connection. Do I understand this story correctly? The same sole-sourced lawyer
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Effect of Being Watched – Double Plus Bad for Women
Oh the joyous female experience in society… https://iloveradfems.tumblr.com/post/174753693627/franeur-gaykarathrace-thebeeskidneys
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: What muted the proportional vote advocates?
It must be the shock of the recent Ontario election has not worn off. You would normally expect a hue and cry by this time
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In yesterday walks today
When do we cease to be human? Here are children waving goodbye to their parents in Łódź, many years ago. It’s not so different than
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
The Watchmen – Do It
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau, Michael Harris, and the Trump Bump
For months Michael Harris has been looking for any excuse to attack Justin Trudeau, blaming him for just about everything.From his failure to disarm Saudi Arabia
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Trinity Western Decision
If Andrew Scheer had a fantasy university it would almost certainly be a nightmare version of Trinity Western University.For it has a so-called covenant that
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