Sorry, But Somone Has to Die
Oh, great! Another report on how science is on the brink of delivering human immortality. If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see…
2011
I’m sure there are lots of completely happy people all over the world celebrating in their own unique ways today…
they shall know you, speak of you and remember you by your collectively sanctioned actions...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes…
And while i’m at it with the nationalistic b-day wishes…
and no, i don't celebrate kkkanada day, either.if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you,…
I’ve never been a big fan of linkin park…
but this always makes me think of amerikkkans. "happy" 4th of july.if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you,…
Toronto Star Readers Speak Out On Police Abuses
I have written before about how much we are enjoying our subscription to The Toronto Star, one of the few newspapers that still seems to be doing the job that…
The End Of Cheap Oil: An Opportunity to Create A Better World
“As a species with the creativity, adaptability and opposable thumbs that enabled us to create an Oil Age in the first place, we can be pretty certain that there will…
Happy Independence Day, Americans. Now, Settle Down.
There are signs that 9/11 fever may have run its course with our southern cousins. A '4th of July' poll conducted by Time Magazine and the Aspen Institute reportedly concludes…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- John Crocker points out that the need for secure and sufficient pensions is only made all the more obvious by the abject failure of…
Rob Ford: It’s Safe to Come Back to Toronto Now
Rob Ford has nothing to fear. Pride 2011 is history. He can slink back to his office at City Hall. I can report to the Mayor that nothing untoward happened…
Chavecito’s BACK!!!
¡Qué tubazo! Look who’s ba-ack in Venezuela, right in time for his country’s bicentennial independence day celebrations tomorrow: Chavecito converses with VTV reporter Ernesto Villegas on his return from Cuba,…
Islam, Islamism, radicalism, terrorism and the other religious isms that we can’t seem to stop talking about
Islam, which according to a 2006 Statistics Canada poll is the fastest growing religion in the country, is associated, quite often by our youth, with oppression, terrorism and barbarism. I…
this week on tvo: "war of the mind", canadian documentary on ptsd
This Wednesday, July 6 TVO, Ontario's public television station, will broadcast "War in the Mind," a Canadian documentary about post-traumatic stress, depression and the rising suicide rate among soldiers and…
Arbitrate This!
Does anyone else find it odd that a free-market-worshipping government can happily leap into the fray to micro-manage a labour market outcome (deciding, for example, that postal workers must get…
New Dawn
Excerpted below is the portion of the Elections Act 1991, SNL 1992, c E-3.1 which essentially makes relevant portions of that Act applicable to public consultation of electors by way…
Gotta gloat…
… about seeing the greatest band in the world over the past 20 years or so - U2!!!! Yup! Heading to the Hippodrome in Montréal this Saturday to see Bono…
Canada Again
What Canadians Need to Know About Canada Canada is a country the world can be proud of. This is despite our numerous shortcomings and mistakes over our 144 years of…
Jackson Pollock, the science of art
At a glance, a painting by Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956) can look deceptively accidental: just a quick flick of color on a canvas. A quantitative analysis of Pollock’s streams,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 4, 2011
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely Canada Day long weekend! Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Macomb Co. inmate suing state over…
Was the Gordon Campbell Government Truly Corrupt?
Was the Gordon Campbell government corrupt? Does it matter? The answer to both questions is a resounding YES! For the purposes of this article I define corruption as “acting against…