Hubert Lacroix’s game: Sacrifice a pawn to save your king by Simon Houpt
Columnist says CBC President Hubert Lacroix seems to believe that the best defence is a good offence and is in the midst of transforming the CBC into a nimble model…
June 2012
Why Peace Of Mind Eludes Me
Conventional wisdom says that as we get older, we become more introspective, philosophical and mellow. This story and the following video are just two examples of why that tranquility has…
4815…Big Question For MP Dean Del Mastro
What country should our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, exile his Parliamentary Assistant to? Input please. I am partial to Mongolia. WFDS
Time to Cancel Via and the CBC
With few exceptions, Via Rail is always more expensive than the bus. Via is also slower. Worse, passenger trains cause congestion on the heavily used rail network. Via is subsidized.…
The Con Regime and the Harper Button
Some days when I look at the horror of the Con regime, I find it hard to decide which of their ghastly actions disgusts me the most. The absurd sight…
Friday night
I had a craving for voices and harmonies and stuff and I’m indulging myself. There’s not much more to it than that. I posted this first one once before but…
Two ‘Politicians’ Speak
Now frequently the new last refuge of the scoundrel, the passive voice is very popular with politicians far and wide, even if they don’t hold elected office. In response to…
Henry V (review)
A pivotal moment in Shakespeare’s Henry V is when Henry tells his army to kill their prisoners. Shakespeare has taken Henry through a long epic of personal change. In Henry…
Top Tory strategist new pick for CBC board
Longtime Conservative party strategist Marni Larkin is the newest member of the CBC board of directors.
Top Tory strategist new pick for CBC board
Longtime Conservative party strategist Marni Larkin is the newest member of the CBC board of directors.
Chores
How to Get Your Kids to Stop Bitching About Doing Yardwork: Ask politely. Ask politely again. Ask firmly, but politely, for the ungrateful turds to pitch in once in a…
Historic Ruling from the Nunavut Court of Justice Upholding Inuit Rights
This was the summary judgment case mentioned yesterday: Story here Coming home from hunting Sarah Arragutainaq Sanikiluaq,Nunavut History was made yesterday when Justice Earl Johnson of the Nunavut Court of…
Climate literacy is necessary but not sufficient
Mark McCaffrey is not happy with the recent trend of downplaying the importance of climate literacy: There’s a dangerous meme drifting through the climate community: that when it comes to…
Aristotle, Homer, Rembrandt and Joseph Heller
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn. (1653) Apparently Joseph Heller wrote his novel Picture This about this painting. The only Heller novel I haven’t read yet. Heller concludes…
Aristotle, Homer, Rembrandt and Joseph Heller
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn. (1653) Apparently Joseph Heller wrote his novel Picture This about this painting. The only Heller novel I haven’t read yet. Heller…
Aristotle, Homer, Rembrandt and Joseph Heller
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn. (1653) Apparently Joseph Heller wrote his novel Picture This about this painting. The only Heller novel I haven’t read yet. Heller…
Calgary, Shakespeare In the Park
Shakespeare in the Park in Calgary is back this summer with A Midsummer Night's Dream: After one summer’s hiatus, Mount Royal University’s summer offering, Shakespeare in the Park, is returning…
Calgary, Shakespeare In the Park
Shakespeare in the Park in Calgary is back this summer with A Midsummer Night’s Dream: After one summer’s hiatus, Mount Royal University’s summer offering, Shakespeare in the Park, is returning…
Calgary, Shakespeare In the Park
Shakespeare in the Park in Calgary is back this summer with A Midsummer Night's Dream: After one summer’s hiatus, Mount Royal University’s summer offering, Shakespeare in the Park, is returning…
Wow.
The job of a School Board Trustee must be frustrating indeed… what kind of fool would consider taking on such a task! Oh. Yeah. Thanks, Cathy. I reckon your experience…