Writing Again
I have 2 projects on the go–a fun idea and a serious one. However, from past experience, I know that fun can morph into serious and serious can take a…
September 2011
A Country For Old Men
On Tuesday, at the Museum of Civilization, David Frum argued in favour of the proposition that Pierre Trudeau was "Canada's most disastrous prime minister:"Pierre Trudeau was a spending fool. He…
The death of Troy Davis
On September 21, 2011, at 11:08 pm Eastern Daylight Time, Troy Anthony Davis was declared dead. Cause of death: lethal injection. Administered by: employees of the state of Georgia. Legal…
Own goals #nlvotes #nlpoli
Snappy comments help get news coverage. Some people call them sound bites. Like this one from the leader’s debate, highlighted by CBC: She did, however, have a feisty comment for…
High finance mumbo jumbo
They are known as the “bots”, short for “robots” obviously. Others more derogatively refer to them as ”pickpockets” . A bit more on what they do: High-Frequency Trading: Alpha Discovery…
Review: Earth Into Property
New Book Explores the Legacy of Colonization and Decolonization for Native American Rights by Scott Neigh (originally published at Left Eye On Books, a U.S.-based site, hence the use of…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 29, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Condom-piercing leads to sex assault conviction -http://goo.gl/TdVAo Ruling leaves lawyers exempt from money-laundering laws -http://goo.gl/Vew4F Judge Who Wrote ‘Kindergarten’...
Paging Martha Hall Findlay
Last year the federal Liberals were pleased to assist the Conservatives in pushing through a free trade agreement between Canada and Colombia. Any number of human rights groups, along with…
suggestions for movie season now being accepted, she says sadly
We now have an answer to the burning question: can a baseball team that wins seven games in September play in the postseason? The Red Sox walked the razor's edge…
Liberals offer 30% off school
The Ontario Liberals have concocted a great deal for Ontario students. You can take their offer of 30% off the schools tuition. That's right, whatever the school is charging you…
For liberals, to rebuild means to re-conquer Ontario
If there is anything I have learned in my brief time participating in local politics, volunteering for my local candidate and following both the provincial and federal liberals, is that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brian Topp highlights the fact that any shared sacrifice to address the Cons' carefully-fabricated federal deficit needs to include those who have the…
Ontario PCs stabbing each other with glee…
When I was a municipal pol back in the day, I didn’t have a whole lot of use for MPP Eves, but he did watch out for his constituents –…
New column day
Here, on how the Regina Food Bank's current crisis demonstrates the need for a social safety net that isn't so easily shredded. For further reading...- The Leader-Post has more about…
Green Shoots
Lately, I've wondered whether we Liberals are even capable of a real revolutionary spirit, whenever faced with stark- and to my mind irrefutable- realities we always fall back on some…
Survival of Israel is Dependent on Palestine
Firstly, I would like to thank my co-blogger, Vanillaman for having reposted the Avaaz video. This will help us bring our message of hope to the world. I will now…
Headlines snipped from mostly water today…
if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Testify, Brother Borys!
Some progessive bloggers has bemoaned the lack of youth, vigour and new ideas in the LPoC. The new candidates for leadership within the party seem too much like the old…
Green energy and the last week of the campaign
As we get closer to the election, the uncertainty that is being caused by Tim Hudak's opposition to both Ontario's Green Energy Act and the Samsung deal that brings renewable…
US Sacrificed Aid Agencies That Help Children To Kill Bin Laden
If you ever had any doubt that the hunt to locate and then kill Osama bin Laden was about anything other than vengeance and demonstrating to the world that Captain…