Two juries for every murder trial?
Richard Dawkins has a very interesting piece in the current New Statesman. He says, if trials really require proof beyond reasonable doubt, there would seldom is ever be any question…
Richard Dawkins has a very interesting piece in the current New Statesman. He says, if trials really require proof beyond reasonable doubt, there would seldom is ever be any question…
We are seeing a lot of headlines concerning pipelines these days. Here are some articles that should help shed light on what is actually happening with respect to the XL…
Tom Walkom has a way of pricking the hot air balloons which the Harper Conservatives keep trying to launch. In today’s Toronto Star, he writes that Canada’s current international swagger…
Andrew Coyne’s thoughtful piece on political contributions, third party inputs, offers a compromise solution between a purely libertarian view and the interventionist, managed model. I see a disconnect between the…
The latest from the wonderfully transparent Kathy Shaidle, as noted by Alicublog.
When it was learned this week that Bob Rae is now polling 24 points ahead of Stephen Harper, many of us wondered when the Harper attack ads would begin. It…
Columnist says taxpayers will continue to pay for the CBC, not just because they have no choice, but because they still care and hope that it will get better.
Although I have a somewhat jaundiced view of the intellectual capacity of many Americans, one who I consistently hold in high esteem is Chris Hedges. Please watch the following video…
Just for fun: what news anchors do during commercial breaks.
Because then they’d be Bagels (Bay Gulls). Hahahahahahahahaha
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said drug addicts sell stolen goods for about 10 cents on the dollar; "add up how much they have to steal in order to feed…
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said drug addicts sell stolen goods for about 10 cents on the dollar; "add up how much they have to steal in order to feed…
Nine of the ten hottest years on record have been since 2000. 2011 was the ninth hottest year on record, and those records go back 130 years. Just a reminder.…
Why is Mitt Romney facing such an uphill battle again GOP candidates who would self-evidently give President Obama a second term? Bigotry. Romney was born and remains a Mormon. His…
Here’s a string of tweets from natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy on Friday night: Jerome Kennedy @jerome_kennedy Let me try and simplify Muskrat Falls. First question, do we(NL) need the…
Nouriel Roubini in the Globe today: What’s your assessment of how well Canada is doing in the current global environment? It’s a mixed picture. The overall fundamentals are better than…
Vic Toews denies that he is muzzling the new commissioner of the RCMP, and points to similar practices by Anne McClelland when she was Minister of Public Safety. None of…
…and indefensible position on the use of bus GPS data is getting more print space. Good article. C’mon Mercier! Get with the program! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario