Enforced relaxation
It's amazing how long I can spend sitting on a dock staring out at a lake. I suspect Irene will find this a bit disconcerting, but I could almost get…
July 2011
Credit rating agencies as courts of international finance
As I am writing this, President Obama announced a deal to avoid default on US government debt. If lawyers think in terms of courts, then what would be the legal…
The purpose of blawgs
More than a year ago I wrote a post entitled “How lawyers think.” Its basic idea is that a lawyer’s job is to maximize legal protection of his client’s rights.…
The Summer of Love 2011
Five years after your humble e-scribbler first wrote about it, the world pretty much accepts the notion that the governing Conservatives time their communications to coincide with polling done by…
Heather Mallick Has a Message for Tim Hudak…
You can run but you can't hide.Hudak thinks it’s sufficient to promise he won’t reopen the debate on abortion rights, although such a debate is not occurring in Ontario and…
Is Walking Autism Therapy? No, Just Fun for Conor and Dad
In the space of two days Conor and I went on several walks together. Nothing makes me feel better than going for a good walk, preferably along a trail or…
Imagine…
…a world where Democrats didn’t always fold like cheap card tables at a trailer park bingo hall.
How to Give Toronto a Touch of Class Again
Well now we know that when he's not flipping the bird at people, or belching loudly, Rob Ford can shake his massive butt in the street. As long as it…
Paul Krugman: Pretty Much a Tea Partier
... in the sense that it doesn't seem compromise is on his agenda, much like the Tea Partiers to the south: Many pundits view taking a position in the middle…
Senate Democratic Leader Reid Agrees to Debt Deal With Republicans
I dislike paying taxes but taxes pay for services. It's like dinner at a restaurant -- I like the eating and don't like the paying ... but I know there…
Ottawa: Proud of It’s Municipal Water Supply and It’s Pathways – The Disconnect
Ottawa is very proud of the quality of it's municipal drinking water supply and goes to great lengths to assure people they do not need to buy bottled water.Ottawa is…
Attention Bob Rae
Bob Rae, the apostle of centrism, should read Krugman's latest. In particular, he should cut the following out and paste it on his desk for future reference: Which brings me…
Quebec or Bosnia : who has safer public infrastructure?
Honestly, after reading this, I think I’d take Bosnia over one of the Montreal bridges, overpasses or tunnels… What a shame. And disgrace. But look y’all, before we in the…
The Real Reason Kids Today Don’t Remember That Which Is On The Web…
....Isn't just because they know it's stuffed up The Tubez for easy and instant access.In addition, I think its got a lot to do with the fact that everything is…
six clouds in progress
<br>I think the bottom two and the top left are done. Certainly better, more accurate colour, better detailed photos will be up when the things are done. Filed under: art,…
On friendship, crowdsourcing and blogospherical possibilities
The other day Rod MacLean (“croghan27”), a beloved participant on the Bread and Roses board, and a frequent commenter at my place, was found dead in his Centretown Ottawa apartment.…
Conservatism: not a politics
…but a diagnosis. Here is conservative stalwart Debbie Schlussel, channeling Michael Coren: the victims of neo-Nazi ally Anders Breivik, she avers, were “hateful, privileged brats.” And despite her earlier attempted…
Cover your ears
Sounds like the US Congress is working on a debt ceiling bill that might actually pass their disfunctional political system.Cue the right-wing hysteria and the left-wing flip-out in three, two,…
A Musical Interlude
Just because we like to remind our readers, who truth be told need no reminders, that antifa music is far, far, far superior to RAC and/or WP crap. Okay, we…