On Vulnerability
This is a fabulous talk, worth the time to listen: funny and inspiring. I took notes. Filed under: Uplifting Tagged: Ted Talk vulnerability
2011
On Justin Trudeau
Love the passion, hate the beard. Like my stylist used to say: you’re gorgeous; you shouldn’t be covering that face with hair. I went to that guy for years.
Hockey team sale changes game in Canada by Brendan Kelly
Columnist says Bell Canada and Rogers Communications’ purchase of the Maple Leafs puts the future of hockey on CBC in doubt when its NHL contract ends following the 2013-2014 season.
Punishing the Young
At Durban two weeks ago, a young woman rose and addressed the delegates: I speak for more than half the world’s population,” declared Anjali Appadurai of Maine’s College of the…
Remember The Western Standard’s "Conservative Cruise"?
I thought not. It was cancelled when guests realized it meant being trapped on a boat with Ezra Levant and Colby Cosh. Well, Erzra’s trying again. This might work a…
Dunderdale leads from the rear #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale wants everyone in the province to get involved in the fishery debate. Doesn’t matter who you are. Doesn’t matter what you want. Get in and have your…
Where Are The NDP In Quebec?
A steady flow of polls for Quebec this week, with widely varying results, but consistent on the trend front. The Harris Decima offering earlier this week stated the NDP were…
Rick Salutin on Democracy
We live in time when the Harper government seems to be doing everything in its power to persuade Canadians that democracy is meaningless and that we, the citizens, have no…
The Traffic the Grinch couldn’t Steal #nlpoli
Muppets, lawyers and politicians. Problems in the fishery, bad grammar and blatant political patronage. Just another week in the live action edition of the National Midnight Star, otherwise known as…
Signs of Conservative independence in the Senate
While the Commons may have risen on Thursday, the Senate was still hard at work on Friday morning. And lo and behold, Conservative Senator Pierre Claude Nolin spoke out against…
First impressions: NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash in Edmonton
NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash at last night’s “kitchen-table talk” in Edmonton. Below: Marlin Schmidt. There are only three or so of the nine candidates for the leadership of the…
In Memory of Christopher Hitchens
A Worker Reads History by Bertolt Brecht Who built the seven gates of Thebes? The books are filled with names of kings. Was it the kings who hauled the craggy…
Free Speech For Me, But Not For Thee: Part II
Is there a bit of a trend going on here? This past week a federal court heard arguments for and against Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Although…
Globe & Mail demonstrates what the press can be
Instead of being handmaids to the rich and powerful – the usual role of Canada’s media – the Globe and Mail offers Gerald Caplan’s commentary; Be very afraid: Stephen Harper…
CAW and CEP talking merger? Wow
So this is me talking from a great distance, I hedge. I remember when CEP was formed in 1992. It was, itself the product of a merger of three unions:…
If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging 2011-12-16 22:19:00
Chantal Hebert plays the harridan today chastising the media for abrogating their responsibility by not truly reporting on the seriousness of Jack Layton’s cancer. But this last sentence makes me…
Equality before the law, maybe not
News item from the streets of America: Due to harsh sentencing, a disproportionate number of young Black and Hispanic men are likely to be imprisoned for life under scenarios in…
Prairie Bible Institute picks Calgary church to investigation abuse allegations
Centre Street Church in Calgary has not confirmed they have accepted the Prairie Bible Institute offer, nor has the church made an announcement or provided further information such as what…