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…
January 2012
Digging Deeper on Keystone XL
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…
Blowing Hot Hair
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…
Take "Third Party" Advocacy Out Of Canadian Politics
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…
"Obama’s white half tries to sing"
The latest from the wonderfully transparent Kathy Shaidle, as noted by Alicublog.
Should the National Citizens Coalition Lose Its Tax Exempt Status?
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…
We can’t fix the CBC if it doesn’t exist
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.
Saturday At The Movies
Just for fun: what news anchors do during commercial breaks.
Why don’t sea gulls fly over Frobisher Bay?
Because then they’d be Bagels (Bay Gulls). Hahahahahahahahaha
A drug addict steals $21,000 a week to feed their habit
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…
A drug addict steals $21,000 a week to feed their habit
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…
We’re Number 9!
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.…
Mitt’s problem? Bigotry
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…
Muskrat Falls: The Kennedy Tweets #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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…
Dr. Doom on Canada
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…
Totally not muzzling the RCMP – really!
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…
OC Transpo greediness…
…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