Rob Ford’s 911 problem
Classy! (Photo from Dammit Janet.) There’s something wrong with Rob Ford. We all know he’s trash. But there’s an undercurrent of violence and abuse that’s almost Alec Baldwinish. This man…
2011
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeffrey Simpson manages to write an entire column on important political developments he managed to miss in 2011 without uttering the words “NDP”…
What could possibly go wrong?
Another news story in the “What could possibly go wrong?” category — WHO “deeply concerned” by mutated birdflu research: The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to…
The Trouble With Margaret Wente
…is that she doesn’t have enough original ideas to carry a column; so she pieces them together from the ideas of other writers. Which is fine. Failing to attribute these…
If You Are What You Eat …..
Many thanks to my son for sending this link to a story that may give pause to those who are eager consumers of burgers from McDonald’s. Makes me also wonder…
Lights Going off in US Cities in Order to Save Money
In this season of long nights and festivals of lights, The New York Times has a story about some municipalities which are turning off streetlights (and in some cases pulling…
A strategy for Alberta
Some have spoken about Alberta as being a permanent wasteland for Liberals. I disagree – and here’s why. Richard Nixon and his Southern Strategy. In a generation Nixon took the…
Paul Summerville For National Policy Chair
In doing some research on
As Fossil Fuel Interests Sway Politicians, The Political Will To Act On Climate Change Disappears As Fast As Arctic Ice
This excellent interview with Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, discusses the huge influence that the fossil fuel industry, with…
Rick Salutin on The Decline of Deference to Authority
As is so frequently the case, The Star’s Rick Salutin has written a thoughtful and original piece, this time on some of the factors involved in our increasingly dynamic resistance…
NC family group uses crosshairs graphic to attack same-sex marriage
Rev Mark Harris is one of the leading voices calling for a ban on same-sex marriage in N. Carolina. He heads up the state’s Baptist Convention this year and will…
In the US, ‘progressive’ is the king of all political labels
Here is some good news for you progressives in Canada and elsewhere in the world. Americans dig the term “progressive”. A new poll from the Pew Research Center for the…
Flanders Leaves The Blogosphere
John Pacheco shuts down Socon or Bust, and the on-line world becomes a saner if less hilarious place. My favorite Flanders story was when he ran provincially for the Family…
The Scribbler’s Picks for 2011 #nlpoli
National Political Story: The Conservatives finally won a majority government in 2011. They turned out to be not-so-scary after all for enough Canadians. Provincial Political Story: OCI’s unilateral start to…
Too much of a centrist
After all of the pleasantries and violent agreement that has thus far marked the NDP leadership, Brian Topp has duly criticised Thomas Mulcair for being too much of a centrist,…
Signing Off for 2011
It’s been quite a year, and with this, our 400th post of 2011, let me simply thank our readers for joining us here at Wise Law Blog, via RSS, on…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for December 30, 2011
It’s our final edition of 14o Law for the year! Here are our leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 30, 2011: Lawsuit settled over Elly…
Asperger’s Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-5: Why the Concealment?
One of the great DSM-5 puzzles to this father of a severely autistic son is the use of the label Autism Spectrum Disorder to describe what appears to be little…
The Fisking.
MoreFactsLessDriveBys SpinoramalamadingdongVille Of Keith Baldrey’s latest continues over at the very fine ‘Tidal Station’. In my opinion, the most important bit of deconstruction goes as follows: Perhaps the most egregious…