Stuck in Traffic in Transportation City
“Send in the clownsDon’t bother they are here.”– Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical ‘A Little Night Music’ As a transit rider and taxpayer, I write of our right to…
2011
Stuck in Traffic in Transportation City
"Send in the clownsDon’t bother they are here."- Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical 'A Little Night Music' As a transit rider and taxpayer, I write of our right to…
Stuck in Traffic in Transportation City
“Send in the clownsDon’t bother they are here.”– Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical ‘A Little Night Music’ As a transit rider and taxpayer, I write of our right to…
Online Voting, Good For Voters, Better For Democracy
Online voting is the next evolutionary step in our democracy, as it evolves so too will our political system, and we will all be the better for it.In the BC…
Walks Like A Duck, Talks Like A Duck, Statistically: Chicken
I turned on The Agenda on TVO last night and saw U of T prof David Hulchanski talking about his much publicized report on what he perceives as a growing…
Afghan Reality
The Tentacles of American Power: Afghan RealityBy Vijay Prashad, from CounterPunch, January 12, 2011. Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in…
Afghan Reality
The Tentacles of American Power: Afghan RealityBy Vijay Prashad, from CounterPunch, January 12, 2011.Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in the…
Afghan Reality
The Tentacles of American Power: Afghan RealityBy Vijay Prashad, from CounterPunch, January 12, 2011. Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in…
North American Anarchist Studies Conference: January, 14-16th 2011
This weekend is the 2nd North American Anarchist Studies Conference, to be held in Toronto, Canada. i'll be tabling there on behalf of Kersplebedeb and PM Press - please do…
We can recognize Lebanon!
Hey, now that the nasty terrorist organization, Hezbollah, has resigned from the Lebanon government we are finally free to recognize the country.; ) .
China: Fear of its Rise is Fear of Ourselves
A recent Economist article, The dangers of a rising China, leads a 14 page report loosely discussing the dangers posed to the world by China’s eclipsing of the USA’s international…
BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership…
BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party's new leader - who will be elected April 17th - must sign up for membership…
BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership…
On Being a Teacher, or Why Merit Pay Stinks.
I’m taking a course on organizational theory right now and the readings have caused me to reflect on an issue that is getting a fair deal of play in education…
New York Times for January 4, 2011.
I am not "a reader". Fiction rarely catches me, websites and blogs too, and boring non-ficton, never. But there are a few things I do love reading. I loved harry…
Blogging Tories in their Own Words
When it's become clear that it's time to review our words and avoid demonizing our political opponents, I am thankful for sites like Blogging Tories in their Own Words to…
"As long as they kill Muslims, I don’t care"
BCL’s post on today’s JDL rally for the neo-Nazi English Defence League and Ron Banerjee’s promise to bring out “security” for the rally got me rememberin’… About a year ago,…
"As long as they kill Muslims, I don’t care"
BCL's post on today's JDL rally for the neo-Nazi English Defence League and Ron Banerjee's promise to bring out "security" for the rally got me rememberin'...About a year ago, I…
"As long as they kill Muslims, I don’t care"
BCL’s post on today’s JDL rally for the neo-Nazi English Defence League and Ron Banerjee’s promise to bring out “security” for the rally got me rememberin’ About a year ago,…