Funny, Dana doesn't mention that Fox News sponsored the whole Tea Party, with producers cheering on crowds behind the scenes and 24/7 coverage by not just Fox but by Dana's…
Here is a Globe and Mail commentary I wrote after attending the wonderful Occupy Toronto protests on the weekend. The media keep going off about how this movement has no…
It is no secret that times of high unemployment and precarious work are especially tough for new and recent entrants to the job market, notably young workers and recent immigrants.…
R. v. Moss, 2011 ONSC 5143 has a good summary of the law regarding when an appeal will be allowed as being “unreasonable”: When considering unreasonable verdict grounds o...
HideTheDeclineShirt.jpg There has been much reaction to this weekend’s Elizabeth Rosenthal New York Times piece—“Where Did Global Warming Go?” Clearly, the issue has falle...
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…
Assorted content to start your week.- Dan Gardner eviscerates the Cons for their stubborn insistence on mandatory minimum sentences in even the most ridiculous of cases:Imagine a university student living…
Shorter Tasha Kheiriddin:It's utterly unfair to protest the leaders of the cult of short-sighted corporate greed. After all, they couldn't have done half as much damage if they hadn't attracted…
I have updated the list of declared and nominated candidates standing for the next Alberta provincial general election. By my count, the parties have now nominated the following number of…
While at work this past weekend, I spent some time reading comments and posts written by people who dislike the Occupy movement. Most of these comments were angry, or cynical,…
Al Capone's mercurial career ended on this day in 1931 when he was sent to prison for tax evasion.WFDS
...spend it on people. That is the thesis of a brilliant editorial in today's National Post by Dr. Bruce Foster and Dr. Bruce Ravelli, professors at the Mount Royal University…
That being the main drag in Windsor. And, yes I am pretty sure I spelt it wrong so I saved you the trouble of pointing that out Mr. Spelling Policeman.The…
I spent this weekend with half a dozen families that I know very little and at the same time very well. We meet every year, our bond based on the…
Paul Krugman writes that the Masters of Wall Street are beginning to whine: "The modern lords of finance look at the protesters and ask, 'Don’t they understand what we’ve done…
Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to…
On Sunday, the always provocative labradore dissected the NDP performance in the last general election. The NDP gains in votes, and seats, came almost entirely at the expense of the…
At the very least, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2011 playoff hopes ended in a game where the team started to show what it could accomplish under the right circumstances.After three weeks…
FRIENDS says CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein's independence and dedication to do what certain acts of Parliament demanded him to do speaks well of him.
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