Suddenly I have reason to like the pop queen. Or at least her Israeli fans. In a newly launched Facebook page, Israeli fans of U.S. pop megastar Madonna are pleading…
I guess the ideological apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. While contempt for democracy is egregiously evident in the behaviour and pronouncements of Stephen Harper and his minions, it…
Per cents are not people. Per cents don’t hold jobs, buy products or pay taxes. People do. Yet it seems that most of the conversation about the 2011 census report…
Sometimes I feel bad about how hard it is to change the world. It seems that change for the worse happens so much more quickly and easily than change for…
Lordy. Fan me with a feather. It look as if Rob Ford has really done it this time. Not only has he been totally humiliated. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has…
Trying to make a decision about your life and how to spend the time you have? Well don’t thinking about spending time, in fact don’t let the idea of money-…
Steve Harper likes to boast how Canada and our NATO allies saved Libya by bombing the hell out of Gaddafi’s forces. It sounds nice but it’s hogwash. As the United…
The Afghans have figured out a way to produce a history textbook that everyone can accept. Make sure it stops at 1973. Afghanistan’s newly approved history textbook is free of…
…Holy crap edition! *********************************************************************************************************** Holy crap! What a great cause! Bullying hurts. Bullying wrecks lives and families. Stand up to it! There are many anti-bullying groups out there. Ottawa’s own…
Michael Ignatieff referred to it as the “beating heart of the Canadian economy in the 21st century.” Prime ministers, Liberal and Conservative alike, have dared to dream of Canada as…
Saikaley (Re), 2012 ONCA 92 deals, among other things, with the standard of review of a tribunal or administrative tribunal. The Court holds: Deference will generally be accorded to a…
Empires vary: of conquest, of settlement, of trade; contiguous and maritime. Empires abound: a long list, longer even than many books on empire admit to. Wikipedia lists over 200 empires…
Notions to small for a blog post, all in one place, a.k.a. the periodic link dump. Giving all aid short of actual help. First, some words from the American Nurses…
There’s been some good public debate about the need for changes to the Investment Canada process in light of Caterpillar’s incredible actions in London. They showed up uninvited in 2010,…
Amidst all the palaver over the past few weeks about US foundations investing in environmental advocacy groups which have lambasted Canada’s oil sands, I find myself decrying both the overwrought…
Well, I’m sure many Liberals can rest easy, for now–the fetus fetishist, Trifon Haitas, lost the nomination to advertising exec, Grant Gordon last night. There was concern that the Liberals…
Harper blasts foreign money in oil sands debate while welcoming China Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted “foreign money and influence” behind critics of Canada’s oil sands even as he welcomed…
News of a Colombian FARCe: The chief prosecutor’s office obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s longtime peace commissioner for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a column…
LD_ComputerChains_120203.jpg Public Outcry Heats Up Against Legislation That Threatens Internet Freedom February 10, 2012 – Today, public outcry will grow to new proportions for what many are calling “the Internet…
Jeanne’s around today which makes life exciting. Here is her current video favourite–and at not quite 18 months she recognizes “4” in a number of contexts: And here’s a music…
