Chow for mayor?
She’s no longer doing a Sherman: “…on Wednesday the Opposition transportation critic, former councillor and widow of former NDP leader Jack Layton acknowledged that Torontonians are begging her to run…
September 2012
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 27, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 27, 2012: New Zealand admits illegally spying on Kim Dotcom Biographer Doesn’t Pull Punches, Calls Rehnquist’s…
News That Gladdens My Heart
Despite its oft-proclaimed demised, print journalism seems to be alive and well, at least in the GTA. As reported in today’s edition, The Toronto Star is enjoying record readership: The…
Following In Nixon’s Footsteps
On the day Stephen Harper will receive the Statesman of the Year award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Yves Engler writes a Swiftian op-ed, suggesting that Harper should really…
Harper? The worst PM since 1968?
Shurely, the respondents to the poll must have interpreted this as a rhetorical question! I mean, who even comes close??? And forget about “since 1968″. How about “ever”??? The biggest…
Party Policy more important than ever in Canada – M312
I would very much like to stop posting about M312, it has been a horrible and fantastic alarm. But I’m awake now. We’re all awake now. Here is what I…
When a man loves a woman very, very much…
This cartoon on SMBC reminded me of this Dudley Moore, Peter Cook sketch: The Facts of Life. (Sorry, YouTube wouldn’t let me embed it.) Alltop still believes in storks.
Obama Campaign Day 7: Do You Want Obama Swag?
There is a steady stream of Obama supporters who drop into the office to ask for a lawn sign or a bumper sticker. If I had a dollar for every…
Obama Campaign Day 7: Do You Want Obama Swag?
There is a steady stream of Obama supporters who drop into the office to ask for a lawn sign or a bumper sticker. If I had a dollar for every…
203-91
The video above is the National’s report from last night on the incredible Commons vote on Motion 312 that would have put a woman’s right to choose on the legislative…
Tories Invite, Then Boot, Racist Group
CBC has the general story, but more can be gleaned from cireport website: Earlier today, the webmasters of cireport.ca were scheduled to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee…
Labrador Mining and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale is bothered enough by his detailed critical analysis of Muskrat Falls that she has been known to single him out in fundraising speeches in the province and…
The big news
Should probably say a lot more about this at some point but not right now, it’s been a busy week. So I go with Bruce Anderson’s last paragraph yesterday on…
UnSkewed Polls Shows Totally Skewed Nature of US Conservatives
The most recent buzz going on right now south of the border is the attempt by… lets call them right-leaning politicians, organizations, and zealots, far more polite terms than I…
Canada…The Bank Country?
I happen to just get the blogger app for my android, when I noticed that the first thing you get when you search Canada in the app store is a…
Considering plagiarism? Just forget it! Nowadays you’ll be busted for sure!
Peggy Wente gets ready to write her next column. Globe and Mail columnists may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below, the real Ms. Wente, looking like she’s in a mug…
Yes, but he was right about Powerpoint
So the Politico piece about how Ryan is going rogue and using PowerPoint now was just a joke though perhaps one that cut a little too close to the bone.But…
Justin Trudeau & The Ibbitson Question: Lessons from George Lakoff
John Ibbitson questions whether Canadians will follow the values that Justin Trudeau represents, and concludes that there is much mushiness which bodes ill for the Liberal Party under the younger…
What the Quantified Self Movement Says and Tech and Gender
Over the past year or two I’ve been to a couple of unconferences sessions about how people are increasingly measuring different parts of their lives: how far they run, how…