What Now?
This is hardly the first, and won't be the last, post on the future of Canada's New Democratic Party after the loss of its most popular and successful leader in…
August 2011
And so it begins…
What is “it”? The speculation, naturally. Olivia Chow is just newly widowed, and already there is talk of whether she’ll run for the top job in the NDP. The one…
Number One Lesson *Not* To Take Away from Hurricane Irene
800px-Atlantic_hurricane_tracks.jpg I was watching CNN this morning. I don’t know why—except that it was on in the gym at the hotel where I’m staying. Pretty soon, I was arguing...
The Alternative
No one delivers a speech the way Stephen Lewis does. His diction is crisp and clear and his passion is absolutely authentic. But a Lewis speech is more than just…
O Why O Why Did I Pick Up The Phone?
Phone rings. I look around. There is no ward clerk in sight. Damn. I answer. “Emergency, Charge Nurse.” “Can I ask you a question?” The voice on the other end…
An Internet Explorer Tip
For all the people out there using Internet Explorer, here’s a tip on how to block specific websites that could harm your computer, or, in this case, hurt your brain…
Nalcor Royalties: yet more information
Part 1: Resource give-away Part 2: Nalcor Royalties – more information Nalcor estimates the company will pay anticipated royalties to the provincial government totalling $2.06 Billion dollars. That’s…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 29, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:First Circuit upholds right to record public police action -http://goo.gl/b3RVSConferences for judges and JPs cost $590000 0 - Toronto Sun…
Good Sense from The Gazette, for Once: Leave the Car at Home
We've not been readers of The Gazette on a regular basis for years (long story, having in part to do with a class action I'm involved in against it) but…
Where do they go from here?
After a week of tributes and mourning, the talk in Ottawa is sure to turn to "what now" this week, as the NDP begins the process of replacing Jack Layton.…
And They’re Off!!
If anyone thought it would take a few days to build up a NDP leadership lather, you would be mistaken, because the race has begun in earnest today. The apparently…
Fox News reporter in the crap
Fox News broadcasts a lot of crap and finally one Fox reporter got deep into it. He is covered in feces from head to toes. How appropriate and kudos to…
Canadian Government Funded Study Advice for Parents of Children with Autism: ABA Doesn’t Work, Set Your Children Free and They Will Prosper!
A study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has found, surprise, surprise, that ABA is of limited effectiveness in treating autism. The Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorders…
Messages ignored
Loving. Hopeful. Optimistic. UR doin it wrong. Though from Thomas Mulcair's standpoint, I'm not sure the anonymous back-biting can't be turned into a plus: what better way to dispel questions…
The Economy: Stealing The Future, Selling it In The Present, and Calling It GDP
In this TED talk from last month, futurist Alex Steffen shares a vision of the way our cities offer the key to addressing climate change. Cities, Steffen says, can help…
celebrating jack: "one should always have a dream that is bigger than a lifetime"
Nothing remains to be said about Jack Layton, the man and the leader. I certainly can't say anything that hasn't been said so many times already. I can only continue…
The Politics Of Immortality
If we grant that aging is, like other pathological conditions, a matter of molecules out of place - though perhaps considerably more complex than "simple" and singular diseases like cancer…
Tim Horton’s Orders You To Drink More Plonk!
Reminds me of this movie. Anyway, no thanks; I'll stick with the gay coffee from Satanbucks. Or go to Coffee Crime, where the toilets are revolting but they have free…
Vancouver’s Gay Housing Discrimination Problem
Housing discrimination has always been a little difficult to measure. Yet, even in a city as diverse and vibrant as Vancouver, it’s reported to happen. While it’s illegal to deny…