Stephen Harper the warrior on Iran
What the hell were Harper and Baird thinking to cut diplomatic ties with Iran? What does Harper know that the rest of the world does not know? Even Britain is…
September 2012
5 Ontario hospitals abandon fight against superbug
Some Ontario hospitals are giving up on trying to control the superbug VRE. No doubt the hospitals a re responding to government funding squeeze on hospitals. Below, infection control experts…
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society
Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100
Obama Receives The "Bounce"
I’m not sure what is worse news for Republicans, the fact their convention delivered ZIP in the way of bounce for Romney, or what appears to be a marked uptick…
Congrats To Erin Weir
…progblogger with The Progressive Economics Forum, who is running for the leadership of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. Eric, does Sask. have a provincial Senate? If so, I would be…
5142…Time Begins On Opening Day
That’s what The Washington Post’s Thomas Boswell says about opening day of Major League Baseball. This is what the WFDS says about opening day of the National Football League. As…
Quebec election and electoral reform
To follow up on my earlier post about the Quebec election, here's a link to an article in the Montreal Gazette, where I speak a bit about past elections in…
Quebec election and electoral reform
To follow up on my earlier post about the Quebec election, here’s a link to an article in the Montreal Gazette, where I speak a bit about past elections in…
Quebec election and electoral reform
To follow up on my earlier post about the Quebec election, here's a link to an article in the Montreal Gazette, where I speak a bit about past elections in…
Quebec election and electoral reform
To follow up on my earlier post about the Quebec election, here’s a link to an article in the Montreal Gazette, where I speak a bit about past elections in…
The Assault on Reason
Yesterday I wrote a post on the important role education plays in the development of critical thinking skills, skills that are crucial for anyone who aspires to being something more…
Warren Kinsella – You Get What You Pay For
And given that I’m unfortunately forced to have Sun TV on my cable box, I feel more like he and his lot should be paying me. But, this is besides…
New From Kersplebedeb – Divided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism
Divided World Divided Class, just published by Kersplebedeb (the books finally arrived on friday!), charts the history of the ‘labour aristocracy’ in the capitalist world system, from its roots in…
Participative Democracy in Canada
A few weeks ago I became aware of the Online Party of Canada, a new political party which attempts to introduce ‘Participative Democracy’.to Canada. Their mission is “to create a…
Trans Mountain Vs. Northern Gateway
Generally speaking, the expansion of Kinder-Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline has been regarded as an easier sell than Northern Gateway. But this is because there has been an assumption that the…
The End of Men?
The Globe and Mail on Saturday devoted two pages of its Focus section to a discussion of Hanna Rosin’s book, The End of Men. There are a few interesting anecdotes…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Our true home is in the present moment. The miracle is not to walk on water. the miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment. Peace…
Benny and Steve and the War with Iran
As you know I'm a real romantic eh? And I'm usually a sucker for movies about two men in love. Especially if they're R-rated.But I think it's safe to say…
Canadian Politics- A Significant Shift Is Underway!
Quebec Premier Elect – Pauline Marois The old saying that a week is a long time in politics was never more true than what we are looking at in Canadian…
Confrontation over language on the streets of Montréal – Video
I wasn’t sure whether or not to share this particular video. It shows a confrontation between a French Quebecer and his girlfriend with a group of Asian Canadians who had…