Where’s that Firewall?
Toronto needs to give its head a shake and throw out these university-educated, latte-sipping, cultural elitists, and tell them to stay out of Alberta's politics! Where's that firewall?A Toront...
October 2011
Ee-dee-ots
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Canadian Political History Prizes / Prix en histoire politique canadienne
A few years ago, I helped organize and launch a Political History Group within the Canadian Historical Association. One of the group's initial objectives was to promote the recognition of…
Ontario Votes
Hey people in Ontario, if you can vote you should vote! Things Are Good supports anybody you want to vote for except the Tea Conservative Party. Vote for the Ontario…
Occupy Wall Street
In search of some background on the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, I recently caught up with Rick Wolff. He is a progressive economist and rising alternative media celeb in NYC…
This seems backward
The public health region has begun, in the recent past, to provide vaccines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (or would that be ‘provide vaccines against HPV’?). HPV is a communicable…
4058…Shuddup Already
Everyone's favourite senior citizen anchor, Wendy Mesley, reported, or more correctly, introduced a report last night by her colleague Laurie Graham that indicated that the opposition is all in a…
Bye Steve, and bye-bye (maybe) Tim
Hard to imagine a world without Steve Jobs ... I'll always be a "PC" (personal computer) but I love iTunes ™ -- which made possible the podcast and the ability…
Canadians need to be aware
Barbara Yaffe, in a column in the Vancouver Sun, wants us to pay attention. Cash flowing from U.S. to 'green' initiatives not what it seems Canadians need to be aware…
4057…They Should Have Had A Chair Lead Them
Paint the chair blue.I have read a number of Progressive Conservative bloggers who are saying "You never know." regarding today's election in Ontario.Hillarious.Sometimes you do know and this is one…
Who owns our MPPs? Ontario has an ethical problem
Disinterested, despondent, fed up. All of these can be used describe my feelings at various points in this election. The NDP are pretending they are not socialists, the Conservatives are…
Who owns our MPPs? Ontario has an ethical problem
Disinterested, despondent, fed up. All of these can be used describe my feelings at various points in this election. The NDP are pretending they are not socialists, the Conservatives are…
Who owns our MPPs? Ontario has an ethical problem
Disinterested, despondent, fed up. All of these can be used describe my feelings at various points in this election. The NDP are pretending they are not socialists, the Conservatives are…
Who owns our MPPs? Ontario has an ethical problem
Disinterested, despondent, fed up. All of these can be used describe my feelings at various points in this election. The NDP are pretending they are not socialists, the Conservatives are…
Steve Jobs on Life & Death
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Adam Radwanski warns that Ontario's voters can't afford to stay home from today's provincial election.- Jim Stanford calls out the Harper Cons and…
Political Advertising #nlvotes #nlpoli
In the first of a two parter, John Sides (via The Monkey Cage) tosses out some observations on the impact of election advertising. This is relevant to the current general…
New column day
Here, on how the small-c conservative wave that was projected as a possible consequence of a majority federal government has instead given way to a tide of voters rejecting the…
Toronto’s Sacred Blue Cow
Toronto's entire budget deficit can be explained by its bloated police force budget. For all of the incompetence of the brothers Ford, going after the Toronto police budget is the…
Here They Come
The Occupy Wall Street Protests are moving north. Under the banner "Occupy Toronto," protesters are due to take to the streets on October 15th. It's easy to dismiss these folks…