It’s a beautiful sunny Friday morning in northwestern Ontario, and I see out the window my daughter’s brightly coloured clothes drying on our clothesline. The fossil fools who steer the…
As a fan of the HBO TV-series Game of Thrones, I can't help but associate its medieval fantasy politics to those of Canadian politics. Most people wouldn't associate them together…
Holy Jeez, this summer is just whipping by. One moment is mid-July and 35 degrees, and the next is an early August morning and I’m freezing my butt off on…
This is the feel-good story of the year. A couple, and a rookie lawyer, kick BoA in the ‘holdings’. If it doesn’t play, you want The Daily Show with Jon…
Assorted content to end your week. - The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP's success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered…
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs - thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train - he found there…
Lately, Amanda Lang has been a regular on several CBC-News shows. She has her own show with Kevin O'Leary and quite often she hosts the National, the nightly news program.…
An unnamed person with some clue about economics: Pundits, Very Serious Politicians, and more have spent the past two years plus doing everything they can to make the deficit the…
Google is a strange beast. I awoke this morning to see that the phrase 'Michele Bachmann legs' has garnered a respectable number of hits overnight for this blog. Which is…
As more and more people adopt social media use its easier to connect to students, staff, and faculty at Mount Allison. That is evidenced particularly well when it comes to…
Join us for the first annual Policy Assembly of the Socialist Party of Ontario. SPO Policy Assembly Saturday, August 27th, 2011 10-4p.m Oshawa Public Library 250 Beatrice St. E. Oshawa,…
Back to working on the next novel, called River Music. One of the main characters is a Canadian woman pianist who becomes celebrated, in part because her version of Debussy"s…
Reading about the Republican debate last night, one thing has become clear: the Democrats need a primary challenge to Obama. Not for the obvious reasons as was so clearly and…
These musical swings (each one produced a particular tone) were around for a short period this spring, and I had hoped to try them out, but each time I passed…
Frequent readers will know there is no love lost between me and the professional media, but their treatment of the naval shipbuilding plan has been abhorrent even by their usual…
On August 7, candidate for president of the Liberal Party, Ron Hartling tweeted this: The opponents mentioned in the CKWS report are Mark Holland and Siobhan Coady. According to Hartling…
It's hard to imagine a world without Wendy Babcock. She died three days ago at the age of 32. After a truly horrible life including life on the streets as…
The vast majority of the 1100 people abused, assaulted and arrested as a result of the thuggish actions of the G20 police forces, apparently intent on suppressing Canadians' Charter Rights…
Remember correlation is not the same as causation. And the suggestion that treated depression is still a risk factor for stroke may be a further basis to suggest that depression…
Last month, I looked at ridings where the Liberals exceeded expectations. Today, a look at ridings where the Tories did better than we would have thought given what was going…
