Kaberle The Great
It’s hard enough to see a great player leave your organization for another club, but its even harder to see a great person leave even more. Tomas Kaberle, the long…
February 2011
Cities, Green Development, & Politics: Passing the Buck or Jumpstarting Change?
I've been meaning to write about Steve Cohen (director of Columbia Universty's Earth Institute) Valentine's Day piece in the Huffington Post since it came out on Monday. It's an interesting…
No Conservatives Here
This post reminded me of something I'd been meaning to write for a while. In it, Joseph Uranowski argues that we shouldn't call the Conservative Party of Canada "Tories", because…
Fixing Parliament
I got to page 3 of this article and then stopped because it was too depressing. So the question is how do you fix it? For Conservatives the answer is…
Radical States: GOP Forcing Their Nightmarish Right-Wing Vision on People Who Elected Them
The scary thing is that these people are getting elected in the first place. The U.S.A. is a very sick place, Culturally, politically and economically. And it may take more…
Radical States: GOP Forcing Their Nightmarish Right-Wing Vision on People Who Elected Them
The scary thing is that these people are getting elected in the first place. The U.S.A. is a very sick place, Culturally, politically and economically. And it may take more…
Radical States: GOP Forcing Their Nightmarish Right-Wing Vision on People Who Elected Them
The scary thing is that these people are getting elected in the first place. The U.S.A. is a very sick place, Culturally, politically and economically. And it may take more…
Radical States: GOP Forcing Their Nightmarish Right-Wing Vision on People Who Elected Them
The scary thing is that these people are getting elected in the first place. The U.S.A. is a very sick place, Culturally, politically and economically. And it may take more…
"What’s Disgusting? Union Busting!" Chant Wisconsin Crowds That Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
This is beginning to look a lot like Egypt. Peacenik knows some rightwing whacko first suggested this but that doesn't mean it is necessarily untrue. Or that there is something…
"What’s Disgusting? Union Busting!" Chant Wisconsin Crowds That Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
This is beginning to look a lot like Egypt. Peacenik knows some rightwing whacko first suggested this but that doesn’t mean it is necessarily untrue. Or that there is something…
"What’s Disgusting? Union Busting!" Chant Wisconsin Crowds That Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
This is beginning to look a lot like Egypt. Peacenik knows some rightwing whacko first suggested this but that doesn't mean it is necessarily untrue. Or that there is something…
"What’s Disgusting? Union Busting!" Chant Wisconsin Crowds That Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
This is beginning to look a lot like Egypt. Peacenik knows some rightwing whacko first suggested this but that doesn’t mean it is necessarily untrue. Or that there is something…
This is the worst attack on our democracy since…
The recent refusal of International Development minister to resign after lying to a parliamentary committee seems an afront to the principles of democracy. I find myself searching for another event…
An Open Letter from the Oshawa Federal Liberals
This is an open letter from the Oshawa Federal Liberal Association to the community and the press in Durham Region and elsewhere regarding the Bev Oda situation.
Sudbury Event in Campaign to Raise Welfare Rates
A section of the Canadian Union of Public Employees -- Ontario is holding a conference in Sudbury at the end of February. CUPE-O has decided to support the "Raise the…
steve harper, governing by sledgehammer
A brilliant analogy, Mr.Gardner! snippetThe other day I picked up a sledgehammer and smashed my television.The wife and kids were somewhat surprised.“Honey,” my wife said gently. “Why did you do…
steve harper, governing by sledgehammer
A brilliant analogy, Mr.Gardner! snippet The other day I picked up a sledgehammer and smashed my television. The wife and kids were somewhat surprised. “Honey,” my wife said gently. “Why…
steve harper, governing by sledgehammer
A brilliant analogy, Mr.Gardner! snippetThe other day I picked up a sledgehammer and smashed my television.The wife and kids were somewhat surprised.“Honey,” my wife said gently. “Why did you do…
steve harper, governing by sledgehammer
A brilliant analogy, Mr.Gardner! snippet The other day I picked up a sledgehammer and smashed my television. The wife and kids were somewhat surprised. “Honey,” my wife said gently. “Why…
Speaking of cultural ignorance: A letter to Manjit Singh
Dear Mr. Singh, It’s with great interest that I read your letter in Thursday’s Gazette in which you attempt to school the « culturally ignorant » members of our National…