A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada Neoconservative doctrine was written by academics and based on the writings of scholars, from Plato to Aristotle, Locke to…
For all the opinion polling we're bound to see in the years to come, this may be one of the more important surveys in determining the future shape of Canadian…
...or Terry Milewsk learns that to Harper and his followers, the only balanced reporting is that which parrots the propaganda put out by the PMO. Now I don't think that…
Nortel’s patents sold for 4.5 billion dollars–a true indictment of the many dollars and years of R&D investment. Some of Canada’s top scientists worked there–it truly was an innovative company…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Ian Welsh serves up some tough commentary as to whether Canadian voters saddled with unrepresentative and downright destructive governments are merely getting what…
I had some fun last fall comparing the elections of Naheed Nenshi in Calgary and Rob Ford in Toronto. Fairly or unfairly, it appears the two will be forever linked.…
OK, I’ve been negligent; I’d be the first to admit that. Also, a bit of a procrastinator, which is part of being in the journalism business (if they never gave…
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Two Canadians linked to Gaza flotilla arrested - http://goo.gl/MIiCRWal-Mart Launches Medical-Legal Partnership to Aid Low-Income Families - http://goo.gl/sT4VRupert Murdoch's UK…
Remember the Air Farce joke a few years back about the aftermath of World Youth Day in Toronto in 2002? How several hundred thousand people decided they needed to go…
One thing that I have noticed about the far right, and I think this applies both to those in the United States and in Canada, is that they have a…
I have been asked to write the final report for my portion of the research project that I've been working on this summer. There's a strict deadline - the grant…
While many members of the chattering class have heralded Stephen Harper's election as the beginning of a bright and beautiful future, Linda McQuaig has always seen it for what it…
A short animation by by Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham which details the efforts of billionaire oil barons Charles & David Koch to undermine belief in climate change and prevent legislation…
Epic ignorance from India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, was displayed Monday when he told delegates at a Delhi HIV/AIDS conference, "Unfortunately, there is this disease in the world and…
We may need to check with Ray Kurzweil on this one, but it looks as though we might expect the technological singularity sooner than anyone expects, based on your razor.…
...Naresh Patel and Ron Banerjee, so their promise to erect "massive pickets" outside Valley Park Middle School, which brings in an Imam for Friday prayer services , can safely be…
Well this seems strange: "Federal departments to propose user fees hikes despite government promises."The Harper government may have vowed that cutting the deficit would not lead to higher user fees,…
Natural resources minister Shawn Skinner is writing more letters to the editor of the Telegram these days that the former Open Line hydro queen sends tweets. The government must have…
The Hill Times digs through the entrails of the filibuster that was here. Andrew Coyne weighs in, considering it fighting yesterday’s fights while Parliament ignores the challenges of tomorrow (like…
