Why you should register (by Feb 18th) to vote in the NDP Leadership Election
NDP Candidates at the Quebec debate February 18th is the last date for which new NDP members are eligible to vote in the NDP Leadership elections that will occur on…
February 2012
Whither scientific publishing ?
I come back to one of my favorite subjects, prompted by a recent comment asking for my opinion on the proposed boycott of Elsevier, a company publishing a number of…
Maybe B.C.’s Pensioners On A Fixed Income Should…
…Just Move To Cuba “In Cuba, they don’t have any income inequality because they are all poor. We want to have an economy that is giving the people the opportunity…
There is hardly a political question in the United States which doesn’t sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
Alexis De Tocqueville; true of modern Canada too
Lawrence Solomon’s Radiation Holocaust
I don’t pay a great deal of attention to National Post columnist and climate change denialist Lawrence Solomon, who, if you can believe it, is actually dumber than Margaret Wente.…
[VIDEO] Egyptian Journalist & Blogger Hossam El-Hamalawy On Workers & Egypt’s Revolution
This is an excellent talk on the role of workers in the ongoing Egyptian revolution and the state of the revolutionary struggle in Egypt today. Fascinating, inspiring – and sobering…
The Great Gatsby Tonight: A Story for Our Time, although It’s Unlikely That Jay Gatz Would Do As Well Today
It’s book discussion week, which kicks off with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby tonight in Pierrefonds. I had kept rereading the book to the last since the three others…
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Judge allows testimony from bullying victim who killed himself
This is not very surprising. Hearsay evidence that is necessary (here the witness is dead and so cannot speak) and reliable (here the police took a formal statement) may be…
Canada’s Environment Minister Warns of Danger of Climate Change
Peter Kent in 1984, before he got sucked into the bubble, that facts can’t penetrate.
Failure to obtain ILA will not always render a client’s mortgage for legal fees invalid
Hillsburg Stables Inc. v. Gardiner Roberts LLP, 2012 ONCA 95 deals with a case where counsel obtained a mortgage for fees but did not recommend ILA. Such was an error but did not,…
Purpose of written legal argument
Chief Mountain v. Canada (A.G.), 2012 BCCA 69 deals with an application to submit a lengthy factum (written legal argument). In giving judgment the British Columbia Court of Appeal explained…
Globalization, Literally Speaking
What is this thing called “globalization?” To be absolutely precise, it’s the word that took over discourse about the global economy and pretty much everything else for what seemed like…
Arab Dictatorships Want To Kill Syrian Revolution
The first thing that has to be said is that the Syrian people are bravely resisting and suffering under – first and foremost – the brutal Syrian regime. But the…
Republicans Aren’t the “Truth Party,” Mr. Santorum. They’re the “Certainty Party.”
225px-Rick_Santorum_official_photo.jpg Rick Santorum has been talking about the “politicization of science” a lot lately—although (a pet peeve of mine) he seems to have a problem with pronouncing the phrase. He…
Energy Productivity
Invest $21 million; save $128 million … really? That sounds a bit fantabulous given today’s marketplace. Nevertheless, a recent study by C3, Alberta’s independent climate change agency, demonstrates we can…
Politics, Re-Spun on COOP Radio Tonight at 6pm
Tonight at 6pm , Politics, Re-Spun teams up with The Rational on COOP Radio with an analog radio show at 102.7fm in Vancouver, which will be streaming live at COOPRadio.org…
A Taste of the Danforth By Election
The by election in Toronto Danforth (or, as it must be referred to in every article on the subject, “Jack Layton’s old seat”) has been called for March 12 March…
Fox News unleashes torrent of racism in response to Whitney Houston’s death
Little Green Football’s Charles Johnson put on his waders and protective gloves to visit the Fox News website, peering into the comments section of a report on Whitney Houston’s death.…