Quebec Students: “Faire Leur Juste Part”
Simon Tremblay-Pepin, an emerging social policy scholar, has recently blogged here (in French) about Quebec tuition fees. He points out that, when one adjusts for inflation, Quebec tuition fees are…
April 2012
New Global Landgrab Study
Picture a map of the United Kingdom. Now picture eight United Kingdoms. That’s how much prime farmland has been “land grabbed” by investors at rock bottom prices from the world’s…
Israeli Spy Chief Slams Netanyahu, Barak as "Messianic"
The recently retired chief of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency is warning his countrymen not to buy prime minister Netanyahu’s and defence minister Barak’s justifications for bombing Iran. Yuval Diskin…
Corner Brook hospital: follow the money talk #nlpoli
Let’s get something clear up front. The provincial government will build a new hospital in Corner Brook. That much shouldn’t be in doubt. The existing Western Memorial Hospital is long…
Mockery Has Set In
Thomas Mulcair rose in the Commons on Thursday and asked the prime minister, “Will he keep our troops in Afghanistan past 2014, yes or no?” Stephen Harper hasn’t answered a…
Alien ship near the sun?
“Anything getting close to the sun — with temperatures estimated at 9,900 Fahrenheit — would surely burn up. However, if that object were an alien spacecraft it could be equipped…
Why The Star Is The Real ‘Newspaper Of Record’
Those who regularly read The Toronto Star will hardly be surprised to learn that it has just won five National Newspaper Awards for the excellence of its reporting, reporting that…
Saturday At The Movies
Today is our Earth Festival and the 2nd Annual Leap in the Lake For Climate Action. While I’m busy with those activities, here’s something to enjoy: Ryan Gosling and Rachel…
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again
So, as you may have heard by now, the new line from the Harper regime is that we can’t trust the NDP because they voted against World War II. Even…
Never mind the CCF! Perfesser Dave shows how the shadow of Stalin looms over the Harper Conservatives!
Gerda Munsinger: More proof if it were needed it that the Harper government secretly loves the Soviets. Below: Perfesser Dave; Pierre “Woody” Sévigny; the Avro Arrow, which we could have…
EbertFest Dispatch #3: The Rules
I'm starting to get the hang of this whole 'Ebertfest' thing. The first house rule I had to learn was the 'saving your seat' protocol. People will grab the best…
EbertFest Dispatch #3: The Rules
I’m starting to get the hang of this whole ‘Ebertfest’ thing. The first house rule I had to learn was the ‘saving your seat’ protocol. People will grab the best…
EbertFest Dispatch #3: The Rules
I'm starting to get the hang of this whole 'Ebertfest' thing. The first house rule I had to learn was the 'saving your seat' protocol. People will grab the best…
EbertFest Dispatch #3: The Rules
I’m starting to get the hang of this whole ‘Ebertfest’ thing. The first house rule I had to learn was the ‘saving your seat’ protocol. People will grab the best…
Friday Night
Liza Minelli and Joel Grey explain the surprising results in the 2012 Alberta Election. Also, the Toronto Star won five National Newspaper Awards.
In today’s Sun (inexplicably): Him Campbell
Not sure why it’s out early, but it is. Linkage here: Question: What does Kim Campbell have in common with Michael Ignatieff? It’s a riddle, of sorts. The answer comes…
Going Godwin
When the Harper Conservatives talked about a law and order agenda, I didn’t think they meant Godwin’s law about bizarre Nazi analogies too.But nobody escapes the Spanish Inquisition, nobody can…
Musical interlude
Tiesto – Chasing Summers
4546…Mom Says Thank You R. C. Duncan
Coz on this day in ’65 R. C. Duncan patented Pampers. WFDS
Is Stephen Harper Losing His Marbles?
I told you last night I've never seen Stephen Harper look so weak and so vulnerable. So wonderfully insane, so beautifully SCARED. Well, that's the photographic evidence, and this is…