Many people recognize these famous lines: "I doubt therefore I think; I think therefore I am", yet few know who spoke them and what they mean. Unfortunately, written reflections on…
A conference in Halifax last week heard a tale of electricity demand in the United States that you certainly aren’t hearing from proponents of mega-debt projects north of the border.…
There are only a select number of activities worth pursuing in any one lifetime. Of course, these activities, pleasures, interests, vices etc. are different for each individual, age group, sex…
It's been seven years since we've had a majority government and already you can sense a different energy. The potential danger for the opposition, the Canadian public may also sense…
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Have you ever shot concert footage with your iPhone? That might end if an Apple patent application is granted http://t.co/QLfBaavCanadian…
A new Nanos poll comes out today that shows the Conservatives slightly increasing their standing from the May 2, 2011 election results. This should be no great surprise; Parliament has…
The best way to think about the Liberal leadership race is like those velodrome cycling races you see at the Olympics. The gun sounds and two cyclists crawl around the…
If I read one more bit of pop psychology about the Vancouver riots in the popular press, I’m going to need a psychologist myself. Everybody’s pet peeves about the younger…
True to its prime directive -- that the private sector can do anything better than government -- the Harper regime announced yesterday that it will close down Audit Services Canada,…
Six months ago, I never thought we'd still be on the Plateau, but now we're at that other solstice and I see a different world than what greeted us when…
According to this report last night, another PQ MNA, Benoit Charette, is about to leave the party and that will be announced today: "Au tour du député de Deux-Montagnes de…
When Charlie hired on to Doctor Machinica’s Traveling Hospital for Female Hysteria, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. He certainly didn’t know anything about The Device.…
Following the lead taken by the San Francisco Giants, the Chicago Cubs on Monday became the second professional sports team to join the "It Gets Better" campaign, a project intended…
It's hardly surprising that Stephen Harper is ahead -- I am surprised he has gained support since the election. There does not seem to be anything to propel him upwards.…
The Hooters Center (once known as City Hall)? Damn right they should reconsider.
Quite a read, Brian Topp's just in from Vancouver item in the Globe on Monday. I expected him to tell us more, given this opening: The New Democratic Party met…
The controversy over the provincial government’s bungling of the emergency response to Hurricane Igor got a bit more curious on Monday when labradore released a series of e-mails he obtained…
More government cuts have been announced, and these ones hold no less of an ideological odour than the last round. While previously, environmental scientists, National Gallery curators and now researchers…
I am always moved when I see the special bond between a homeless person and his or her dog. How they share what little they have with their pets. And…
