The Gradual Unhinging of the Harpercons.
The central political question in Canada has lately become “just how far off the rails will the Conservative Party go?” For a long time political watchers have predicted the eventual…
May 2012
Can Religion Save Capitalism?
Our modern system of Democracy has been established via a long history of trial and error. Religion like war has been with mankind from before anyone can even remember and…
A Scientist’s Perspective: On Blogging, Comments … and Online Civil Discourse
Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.png This is a guest post authored by John Abraham, cross-posted with permission from the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.…
Free Dominion and JT Ready: Missing the Point. Again.
It didn't take too long for one of our most faithful readers to report back to our friends at Free Dominion regarding our post on their reaction to the JT…
Walking With Conor After IMFAR Autism Research Convention
IMFAR was quite an experience. Very intense. Learned lots, saw lots and met some interesting people. Spent a lot more time indoors then I usually would at this time of…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – While some of us may recognize that there’s little reason to lend much credence to the talking points spewed out by any…
On Mandel’s ‘What, Me Worry?’ attitude, and the ex-Capital Ex.
The city of Edmonton continued its arena tease last week, releasing the latest renderings of the new hockey pleasure palace. It took exactly one day before it was declared “world…
It is dangerous to ignore repeated letters of counsel
Cook v. Cook, 2012 ONCA 333 shows how dangerous it is to ignore letters from the other side: Given the history of the proceedings, the motion judge was entitled to exercise her…
Molly’sBlog 2012-05-20 13:58:00
CANADIAN LABOUR:RIO TINTO OFF THE PODIUM: Over in London England the international mining company Rio Tinto has been awarded the position of the metals necessary to make the award medals.…
Parliament in Review – April 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 24 saw a day of debate focused on a relatively non-contentious piece of legislation: a citizen’s arrest bill which largely reflected Olivia Chow’s work after charges were laid…
Krugman: End This Depression Now!
I am an enthusiastic reader of Krugman’s columns and, especially, his economic blog. And I certainly side strongly with him in the intellectual and political struggle against “the Austerians” and…
Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government's proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated…
Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated…
Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government's proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated…
Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated…
Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling…
Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling…
Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling…
Cat with soup for brains
A drawing in progress. Filed under: comment Tagged: 100 cats