Decorum and Newsworthiness in Politics
When I decided to write about this topic, I had just listened to Don Cherry rant and rave about Pinkos when introducing Rob Ford as the new mayor. The media…
2010
Decorum and Newsworthiness in Politics
When I decided to write about this topic, I had just listened to Don Cherry rant and rave about Pinkos when introducing Rob Ford as the new mayor. The media…
Decorum and Newsworthiness in Politics
When I decided to write about this topic, I had just listened to Don Cherry rant and rave about Pinkos when introducing Rob Ford as the new mayor. The media…
The Social Character of Intellectual Work
I've been gradually working my way through writing a series of posts reflecting on doing intellectual work outside of the academy. I started out with an introduction explaining more or…
Alberta Politics Overview – December 2010
If you are a blogger interested in Alberta politics recent months, and this past month in particular, have been filled with an embarrassment of riches. I am finding it difficult…
Alberta Politics Overview – December 2010
If you are a blogger interested in Alberta politics recent months, and this past month in particular, have been filled with an embarrassment of riches. I am finding it difficult…
Alberta Politics Overview – December 2010
If you are a blogger interested in Alberta politics recent months, and this past month in particular, have been filled with an embarrassment of riches. I am finding it difficult…
Alberta Politics Overview – December 2010
If you are a blogger interested in Alberta politics recent months, and this past month in particular, have been filled with an embarrassment of riches. I am finding it difficult…
Drones, Torture, Rendition: Democratic Values?
A Huffington Post column by Johann Hari summarizes certain revelations stemming from the leaked USG diplomatic cables by Wikileaks. The piece posits that Julian Assange’s efforts have made the world…
Here come the clowns!
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Series Discusses Failures of Mainstream Mediaand the Challenges Facing Public Interest Journalism
Mainstream media is failing to meet the needs of Canadians. News organizations lack the resources to cover many important stories and investigative journalism has all but been eliminated. Too often,…
Quote of the day
“WikiLeaks has broken not just a barrier of secrets but more, pertinently, the barrier of privilege. In one foul swoop we the public have got (only) a mere glimpse into…
Three and a Half Years for Roger Clement
From today's CBC: A retired civil servant who firebombed a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood in May has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for arson. Roger…
Greed is Good: The Canadian Right Comes Into Its Own
Much though I hate to admit it, Canada’s right-wing has achieved a new maturity, self-confidence and ebullience. Gone are the days when right-wingers were little more than liberal wannabes who…
WikiLeaks: it’s really Them against Us!
Quoting Glenn Greenwald: What’s really going on here is a war over control of the Internet and whether or not the Internet can actually serve what a lot of people…
Quantitative Easing
While I was in the United States for a business conference, they had showed this video to explain Quantitative Easing in plain English. It’s quite funny when you watch it…
Washroom closures? Probably not, but what about the rest?
As you know by now, the Park Board budget reductions include the closure of many park washrooms. This seems to have resonated in both the media and the public mind.…
He Leaks Me, He Leaks Me Not, He Leaks Me…
The unrolling of the US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks over the past week is a fascinating event that may be unparalleled in human history, so far. I’ve had difficulty deciding…
Part 1: Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operation
This is the first of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet-based -- in Canada.The long-anticipated collapse of the Asper…
Kelly McParland Repeats Big Lie About Toronto
This was the most remarkable idiocy in an otherwise blisteringly stupid column about how Toronto doesn’t matter any more in Canadian politics: “Toronto’s political clout hasn’t disappeared altogether — it…