I Heartily Endorse This Column By Gerald Caplan
...and wish it had been written three years ago. My favorite bit:Similarly, it would be interesting to know why the Canadian Christian College and the International Free Press Society Canada…
August 2011
I’m Sure It Is Just A Coincidence, But….
WhenBloggingMetTheMediaAlmostVille ....I couldn't help that the following two items were published within 48 hours of each other. The first item, from Alex Tsakumis, showed up in the Bloggodome on Wednesday.…
CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC's report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on…
CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC's report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on…
Clement issues a statement re public outcry over Gazebogate
And that folks pretty much sums it up.
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. H. L. Mencken
Maybe this is true for the web too???
Friday miscellany…Twitter edition – Hudak and junk food too!
Things I am learning about Twitter. Don’t try to engage those who are so blinded by dogmatism that they can’t even wish you a good morning without first judging your…
How homosexuality is destroying the English-speaking world
Cultural anthropologists have observed that a language and culture are keenly intertwined – language being a centrepiece and primary medium of culture – and that as one decays, so too…
Canadian Conservatives & Their Fascist Connections
While Conservatives continue to attack Pierre Elliot Trudeau for being interested in communism when he was younger, they ignore that their Conservative Leader at that same time was funding anti-semitic,…
Looks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago
It appears that hundreds of health professionals are now putting Harpercon MP for Simcoe-Grey, Kellie Leitch on the hot seat in an open letter, basically reminding her of that pesky…
Thich Nhat Hanh and David Suzuki on How Individual Frame of Mind Has Everything To Do With Saving the Planet
tnh ds.jpg Getting people to believe that they really can make a difference in the struggle to the save the planet from human folly can be just as important as…
Mount Allison University Video Project Featured in Academica’s Top Ten
This morning the video project I've been working on this summer was featured on Academica's Top Ten list. If you're not familiar with the list here's a little snippet from…
Lockheed’s Lame Ducks
Lockheed Martin represents the bleeding edge of American military airpower. Lockheed produced the F-22 Raptor stealth super fighter and is struggling to churn out the F-35 Lightning II stealth bomb…
Battle of lightweights: Bush vs. Perry
Well, not Bush personally. He's too busy sitting back in his La-Z-boy or clearing brush from his porch. But Karl Rove, Bruce Bartlett et al. are waging a battle royale…
The Muskrat Falls Loan Guarantee Memorandum of Agreement
From the NRCAN website: In its June 3, 2011 Speech from the Throne the federal Government expressed its commitment to support the lower Churchill River hydroelectricity projects, as an important…
Traffic offences matter – they are relevant in sentencing on criminal matters
R. v. Regier, 2011 ONCA 557 deals with a case of a sentence of six years' imprisonment on two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily…
Did I mention I’m running for School Board?
If you’re not following me on Facebook or my personal blog, you may have missed my initial announcement that I’m running for one of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE)…
PostMedia admits failure of privatization
Granted, this is from the editorial board of the Nanaimo Daily News, and not the Calgary Herald (or even the Vancouver Sun), but still, someone get the devil some ice…