Upon the Roof: The Place on a Summer Evening
The last couple of weeks on the Plateau, as the house near readiness. It is very hot, and the apartment is hotter, but at least we can get up on…
July 2011
Muslim writer speaks in favor of equal protection for all
In an article published in Al Arabiya, Melody Moezzi, an Iranian-American Muslim writer and attorney from Chicago has come out in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, stating:The…
The World They Made
If you want to know the state of the relationship between democratically elected governments of the West and the multinational corporations, all you have to do is look at the…
Come, Let Us Reason Together
I have always thought that Churchill was right when he said that, "the United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative" I was a graduate…
Toulouse Le Grandfig’s Summer Vacation: Birdman
January 22, 1978 It appears that in the future, the world is inhabited by a strange race of bird people. I am a happy fellow indeed! Lok-laach-do is my boon…
Lindsay Blackett Out As Alberta Tory Leadership Candidate
Apparently, his decision was made last month, but done in so low key a fashion that nobody in the MSM noticed. Meanwhile, Mr. Blackett has issued a ringing defense of…
Wakefield, Ratajczak and Vaccines
Are vaccines the cause for a spike in autism? Recent research from an independent physician shows that there might be a link.
Help Put an End to Rupert Murdoch’s Criminal Empire
The ongoing scandal in the UK involving media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is making waves everywhere.His stock prices are on the decline and citizens are beginning to mobilize against him.AVAAZ has…
Viva Riva! revives Congolese filmmaking – A review of the crime thriller by director Djo Tunda Wa Munga
“In making “Viva Riva!,” I wanted to find a new way to talk about life in Kinshasa today to describe how my hometown works and how it doesn’t work."
A world of their own
Kathy Dunderdale showed up in the province again to talk about the wonderful reception her Muskrat Falls megadebt project got from the New England governors. Two things stood out right…
The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – A Primer
If you think NAFTA is bad, just wait until you see what is being proposed in negotiations for The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). CETA is a far-reaching…
Ways not to avoid a panic
I know we’re all playing the Champlain Bridge drinking game at this point, but here it goes. The government received a report on the state of the bridge – which…
Will & Kate: Helping to keep ‘The Firm’ in business … barely
Three generations of The Firm’s directors, in their boardroom. (Grabbed from the Internet, obviously.) Below them: The unfortunate King John, the even more unfortunate King Charles, and Wallis Simpson, an…
3925…If I Were Rodney King
I would not be in every newspaper in the world this morning.KTLA News 8:55 p.m. CDT, July 12, 2011MORENO VALLEY, Calif. -- Police in Moreno Valley say they have arrested…
Could the vote on the Jarvis Bike Lane be a turning point for Ford’s support on council?
Fighting for Bike Lanes at Toronto City Hall: Pt. I « the reeves reportEarlier today, Mayor Rob Ford voted against all the community grants, while council voted unanimously to continue…
3924…Apparently The Ottawa Blues Fest Is
Like every other musicial performance in your capital: the best ever.A zillion acts and all of them have been the best ever according to the two English papers, well, more…
Boneheads Fight the Law and the Law [Might] Win
First, we learned that yet another W.E.B. affiliated (perhaps formerly so) bonehead is in jail. Marcus Gamble (who turned 18 just a few days ago apparently) was in jail for…
Talisker and rock and roll
When I lived on my own, it was pretty much a certainty that if I was home, there'd be music playing. Not necessarily loud but it was playing. When first…