On incomplete pictures
One might think that an expose into Nycole Turmel's political involvement would go back further than the past five years. But surely Daniel Leblanc wouldn't have cut anything important out…
2011
Putting The Children In Charge
Joe Nocera's column in today's New York Times will be quoted often in years to come. He and a few others -- like Paul Krugman and Robert Reich -- have…
Connection with the Universe Re-established, the 400 Plus Boxes are Opened…
but the stuff hasn't been put away yet. The house is nearly as big a mess as the state of the world.I'll be back with before- and after pix as…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 2, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:BC courts divided on Islamic divorce law - Vancouver Sun -http://goo.gl/BtrRYThe horrible crime of incivility - Globe and Mail -…
Watch: Pink Balls in Montreal’s Gay Village – Summer 2011
This is a fantastic video highlighting landscape architect Claude Cormier's "Les Boules Roses" (The Pink Balls), 170,000 pink resin balls fastened to wires strung out at different levels and through…
Conspiracy Theorists Rally to Oslo
Not surprising, when you think about it. First there are obvious anomalies, such as the police taking such a long time to get to the island where the massacre took…
Know what we celebrate on Aug. 1? You should
Monday, August 1, is a holiday in Canada. Everyone knows that. But what is the name of the holiday?This name is deeply rooted in the Canadian past. It commemorates one…
Watch: Jamaica launches anti-homophobia PSA campaign
In arguably the most homophobic place on earth, Jamaica, a new anti-homophobia video public service announcement (PSA) campaign debuted Monday on television and the Internet. The campaign, "Unconditional Love," features…
Only more immigrants can save Canada’s economy
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/news/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/01/steve-lafleur-only-more-immigrants-can-save-canadas-economyThe adventures of a Franco Ontarian Viz Min Woman in Ottawa.
Tax value
This piece in the Globe today by a Toronto architect, Jack Diamond is worth a read because it's the kind of case that's not often made these days for what's…
The so-called “bipartisan” agreement in the U.S…
… is only putting off the inevitable unless something more substantive can be done to alleviate the unfathomable levels of American debt. Americans are going to have to pay now…
Charles Monnett And The Polar Bears
Back in 2006, US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Enforcement and Regulation biologist Charles Monnett published a brief paper in which he described, apparently for the first time, a number…
Egypt, Revolution & Islamism
Secular protesters retake Tahrir Square after Islamist's depart. They chant for a secular state and against the military leadership. While outside commentators have repeatedly suggested that Egypt's revolution has stalled…
New International ordered IT firm to delete emails
This looks like a story until you read it and then you realize... it isn't: thestar.com mobile: article http://bit.ly/nDbUsH LONDON—News International asked to delete a large number of emails from…
Dunderdale tops in senior management churn
Kathy Dunderdale has the distinction of making more changes to the public service than any of her predecessors as Premier in the past 15 years. Since taking office in December,…
More crumbling infrastructure
A section of a tunnel in Montreal collapsed over the weekend, which I’m sure will reignite the debate over the Champlain Bridge and other crumbling infrastructure in that city. In…
High Functioning Autism fMRI Brain Scan Study Misrepresented to the Public
"research in ASD has tended to use overwhelmingly White, middle to upper middle class samples, and has often excluded children with multiple disabilities and/or severe to profound intellectual disabilities". [underlining…
Krugman loses hope – without cause
The US has just gone through one of its periodic bargaining sessions, involving the President, the House and the Senate. Much ado about nothing occurred, and then a deal was…
A half dozen harsh truths about Alberta politics in the summer of 2011
Alberta political analysts discuss the results of the latest Environics poll of voter intentions, although perhaps not exactly as illustrated. Below: Brian Mason, as likely to be Opposition leader as…
Obama and the Satan Sandwich
Well I see the ghastly game is finally over, and many progressives are accusing Obama of caving in to the fanatical teabaggers. Settling for a Satan Sandwich.Democrats had no shortage…