With only one Liberal (I agree) and one Dipper, this list is plenty funny, if you don't choke on your cookies first.The illustrations tasty, the descriptions delectable, the subjects nauseating.Guess…
Boy Scouts are always prepared and the outgoing grand poobah for the Toronto Maple Leafs says in this morning's Ottawa Sun that they are ready.For riots.In Toronto.After they win the…
How about a bit of totally nonsensical speculation of the order of “Hitler is alive and well living in Argentina”. Something utterly absurd. I bring to this speculation a very…
Since the 2010 midterms, the dominant topic in American domestic politics has been on deficit reduction. The rhetoric built up for a while and then culminated in the twin crises…
Restoring $107 million into the provincial Education budget, committing to hold an inquiry into the intimidation of doctors, promising increased consultations on water management, and halting (after some fumbling) the…
A friend of mine recently sent an email to his MLA, which I adapted and sent to my MLA, premier Christy Clark. Her office (or potentially her personally) responded below.…
I went down to the Occupy Toronto campground yesterday, just as the protesters were setting off on a march to City Hall. So naturally I followed them, and had a…
It is an interesting and many times dangerous world we live in. The West has destroyed Somalia by dumping radioactive waste near the beaches and hence has more less ended…
Sadly, due to the 'Riders' choice to play most of their veterans in Friday's loss to Calgary, we didn't get to learn much about the team's prospects. But if nothing…
Before Archie Bunker made bigotry just another endearing trait of old white guys, like flatulence or Republicanism, there was Joe.While Archie Bunker was eventually redeemed and learned to think past…
According to conventional wisdom John Tyndall was the first to measure the variation in absorption of radiant energy by atmospheric gases and the first to predict the impact on climate…
An unsigned editorial in yesterday's Toronto Star argues that it's not Canada's place or Canada's problem to take someone like George W. Bush into custody and put him on trial…
'My name is Gus Johnston. I'm a writer, art director, filmmaker, and a hockey goalkeeper. And I'm also a gay man—and that's something that I never thought I would say…
Economist, Erin Weir lays out the fiscal impact of platforms put forward by the two main parties contesting the current Saskatchewan Election:"Saskatchewan’s two major parties have unveiled their election platforms.The…
One of the best guitar intros ever, and probably my favorite of all their songs.
Whenever I'm in the company of progressives, and the topic turns to Barack Obama, the question quickly arises: "What went wrong?"Warren Kinsella recently had a similar conversation, albeit with someone…
The Energy Act 2011 was granted royal assent in the United Kingdom on October 18, a move that will pave the way for the Green Deal to come into effect…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Erin compares the numbers behind the NDP and Sask Party platforms, with the one major difference being the windfall potash profits the Wall…
The host of a US National Public Radio programme of opera, Lisa Simeone, has been fired by NPR for involving herself in #Occupy demonstrations in Washington. That’s right, opera. Her…
My first journalistic piece in awhile — written for and published at the site of the Grassroots Sudbury Media working group affiliated with The Media Co-op. Sudbury’s 99%: Day 1…
