An Eye On The Future
In today's Globe and Mail, Micheal Ignatieff offers a response to those despicable attack ads that Conservatives ran from the day he became Liberal leader until the day he resigned…
June 2011
Pope Benedict XVI is tweeting: Praise Jesus is the first tweet
Wow! Jesus must be very proud. Read the story here.
Why now
Why now? Why like this? You’ve had ample opportunity, and you’ve taken none of it. So you hid for a while behind the pseudonym, knowing only I would know who…
More on Asbestos
The other day I wrote a piece lamenting the ongoing immoral Canadian export of asbestos and the fact that Canada was the sole country that recently prevented it from being…
If my friends could see me now!
Last night I had some friends over for dinner. I did well with the mix of people, from 24 to 64, we sang songs from Broadway. It was to borrow…
Winners And Losers
In the minority on the political ramifications of the whole postal dispute/filibuster, I argued the Liberals didn't "lose", and the NDP weren't the big winners most assumed. Not a question…
Wednesday drive-by blogging
From some American links that caught the eye and offer a mirror to things Canadian in their own respective ways...First, a brilliant post, "Democracy and Gay Marriage" by Ta-Nehisi Coates.…
His name was Donald Gennaro, btw
Returning to the food chain would suck. You can watch the poor man get consumed at YouTube, of course, but why would you want to watch a lawyer get humiliated…
From the cheap seats
Someone just forwarded this to me via Twitter. Alec Baldwin (@AlecBaldwin) ranting about the state of politics, or, more to the point, politicians in America.This isn't exactly ground-breaking, inspiring stuff.…
Hack Pundit Of The Week: David Warren
David Warren uses his latest column in the Ottawa Citizen to plead to keep his job at the paper. There really is no other cogent explanation for his ramblings. His…
A Majority Has the Authority!
A new poll shows that 51% of Americans support recognizing gay marriage in the U.S.A . Now there is no reason that more states should allow Gay Marriage. In 2008…
Jim Flaherty and the Tea Party Abandon the Arts
It was once suggested to Winston Churchill that he cut funding to the arts to pay for Britain's war, to which he responded "Then what would we be fighting for?"A…
"Homosexual" not the friendliest of words
Words can be like people. Once you get to know them, you can enjoy a friendship or move on and find others with whom you are perhaps more compatible. With…
Gouging consumers on gas
So the gas pumps in the province are prone to error in favour of retailers, as CBC reports. Well, sort of. We don’t know how many gas pumps there are…
Fox News North Death Spiral Continues Spiralling Towards Death
..but perhaps a wee bit more slowly.Looks like Theo Caldwell (who?) is out and Michael Coren is in at Sun TV. Once thing about Michael Coren: while I can't stand…
Gay Man’s Bank Card Cancelled Because Of His Voice
A gay man found that his bank card was cancelled last week for a very unusual reason: His voice has a higher than normal pitch. Jeffrey Hare phoned TD Bank…
Dundernomics 101: Dazed and confused
There’s a Tellytorial - editorial at the Telly – that is worth reading if you missed it already. It’s the one from last Saturday that began by noting that the…
The inevitable court challenge awaits
In case you were wondering, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers does plan to challenge the back-to-work legislation in the courts and the Human Rights Commission (for discrimination where newer…
Jesse Brown: Police Could Automate Online Spying
By Jesse Brown for Macleans When I caution people about the coming Lawful Access spying laws, there’s often some confusion. Many assume that spying on the Internet is like putting…