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Thank you very much to everyone who answered my social bookmarking survey. If you have not already done so, could you please answer two questions? It’s research for a paper…
March 2012
The Cost of Social Engineering
The economic ‘miracles’ sweeping emerging ecopower giants like India and China were always more apparent than real. In large part that happened because we were distracted by the bright, shiny…
Trayvon Martin murder by George Zimmerman
This is one of the saddest stories. Poor young man was shot dead because he was black. I have no doubt about Zimmerman’s motives – he is a racist bastard…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 21, 2012: ACLU files torture complaint against US on behalf of Afghan, Iraqi detainees Air Canada…
Police more forgetful after chases or altercations
Important research: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/cops-more-forgetful-after-chases-or-altercations/?hpt=hp_bn10 Police officers who engage in at least 60 seconds of intense physical energy while involved in a combative encounter may suffer memory loss, according to a newly…
The Growing Industry of Green Cement
Cement is a very popular building material for a lot of good reasons, the problem though is that the process of making it requires a ton of energy. This problem…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Another day, another set of NDP leadership campaign stories. – Niki Ashton won the support of the NDP’s Socialist Caucus. – Nathan Cullen expanded on his joint nomination proposal with…
Part Two of Three Part Series: What progressive groups must do to defeat, or stymie the Harper regime
Canada’s progressive community needs to make some significant changes if it hopes to slow down the assault being carried out on the country by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and their right-wing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Gardner writes about the Cons’ backup plan of answering their own wrongdoing with criticism of anybody who dares to investigate it –…
Swiftboating His Opponents
The central problem the opposition parties have with Stephen Harper is that he defines the terms of the debate.He does that, first and foremost, by conducting an eternal campaign. His…
TED speaker looks at the Internet and reimagines government
This is a great video on how the Internet can be used to reimagine the role and process of government so that it’s more open, transparent, engaging and responsive to…
Senator Rick Santorum race for the Whitehouse
When my kids were very young I used to watch Bugs Bunny Road Runner with them. Poor coyote was never able to catch the Road Runner. Santorum has the same…
Leaders, leadership and the NDP
My piece in iPolitics: At some point this coming Saturday, all the debates will be over, and the NDP will have a new leader. Disclosure: I’m rooting for Paul Dewar.…
My debate teacher told us that…
… ad hominem attacks were cowardly and used only by those of inferior intellect. And I agree. Yet the CPC doesn’t see it this way. Politics over policy. Attacks over…
Toronto Library Strike
As a lifelong user of public libraries (I can still remember the very first book I took out as a child) and one who aspires to practise critical thinking on…
david suzuki fights back: he needs our help
If you have not already done so, please take a moment and send a letter to the Canadian Senate, calling on them to tone down their offensive rhetoric, and stop…
More Sackings At Sun TV?
Their full schedule page shows this: First Look was Neelam Verma; Newswire was Jacqui Delaney. Couple that with this tweet from Lorne Gunter (National Post): …and I think we have…