Loss of Arctic Sea Ice … and of a ‘Giant Parasol’
via the YALE forum on CLIMATE CHANGE & THE MEDIA
September 2012
Way past normal
Back in February, the Globe and Mail reported on a memo from the Treasury Board to “all federal departments and agencies” instructing them to omit details of spending cuts from…
A Celebration of Literacy
Despite its rather lengthy history, yesterday was the first time my wife and I attended Toronto’s Word On the Street, a celebration of books, literacy, and the dispelling of ignorance.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – The Economist adds a noteworthy voice to the chorus calling for greater tax enforcement to ensure the corporate elite pays its fair share:…
Peter Kent’s Doomed Lemonade Stand
Aaron Wherry generously debunks Peter Kent’s latest farcical spin only within the climate change debate, rather than fitting it into a general governance framework. But while I’ll stick with my…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, September 24, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 24, 2012: Cases put RCMP policy on paying for Mounties’ legal bills under scrutiny – Brandon…
Psychological Study Reveals Why Misinformation Is So Effective
An intriguing new study released last week in Psychological Science in the Public Interest reveals why people are more apt to believe false information being fed to them by the…
We Are Star Dust, We Are Golden
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his…
So Much Amazing is Coming! – Movie Monday
So, just like our first Movie Monday six months ago, I think that this week I’ll just let the video do the talking for me. As always, our esteemed videographer…
Adjournments
St-Jules v. St-Jules, 2012 NSCA 97 is a useful source for the principle that adjournments are peculiarly within the purview of judges at first instance: As set out by Saunders,…
Oh, look
A hardcore conservative declaring that (a) progressive cooperation won’t work and (b) giving progressives advice on what they should do instead. In other news: wolf starts providing strategic counsel to…
I did a bunch of things
I’m taking a brief break from the Ask Me Anything series to tell you that at 7:50 this morning, my favourite son will turn 30 years old. (He’d still be…
Film Review: Transfer
Like all good science fiction, Transfer takes one technological change and hypothesizes what that would mean for society. And it does so very well. The new technology is a process…
A coooooool morn’!
(4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Coming Soon?
Once you start, who knows where it ends? And in Canada, naturally, it will start in Quebec. Original story here.
Australian Parliament Votes Down Equal Marriage Rights
I’ve always thought that Canada and Australia are similar in a lot of ways. It’s kind of like a parallel Canada with a warmer climate, more poisonous animals, and a…
38! #nlpoli
This will be a record year fort changes in the senior ranks of the provincial public service. On Friday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale announced change number 38 for 2012. That puts…
Stephen Harper and the Great Betrayal
Well I suppose it was inevitable eh? First Stephen Harper started clinging to the Queen like a fridge magnet. And going gaga over everything Royal. Then he spent gazillions to…
OpenMedia joins Freedom Not Fear in fighting surveillance measures that threaten Internet freedom
We at OpenMedia are proud, this year, to be a part of a coalition of more than 150 organizations that share a common goal: freedom, not fear. Every September, the…