Why democracy is not enough to protect liberty
Preparing for a class this week I was researching the many cases involving freedom of religion and speech arising from persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and came across this passage from…
October 2012
Berry & Bickers: Obama will lose; say hello to President Romney
Berry & Bickers electoral map forecast Two professors who have a forecast model with an accuracy rate of 100% for the past 8 presidential elections believe that the next president…
we like lists: list # 18: words that were once people
I really enjoy learning about the origins of words and expressions. (I included this in our last list.) Several words now part of ordinary vocabulary started out as proper names.…
Golden Dawn Petitition
Our friends with Toronto SHARP are commenting on the Golden Dawn problem now as well so we invite our readers to take a look at their most recent post concerning…
Kid Paiken Talks Like Hippy
He says: Another very important development emerged from the Party’s 2012 biennial convention this past January, however. Liberal delegates overwhelming approved a policy pushed by young Liberals in British Columbia…
Snow in north Toronto
Melting on landing but still!!!
Arab artists withdraw from Salam. Orient Festival due to Israel embassy sponsorship
From top left: Malikah, Lena Chamamyan and DJ Sotusura Electronic Intifada reports that Arab artists have withdrawn from Austria’s government-funded Salam.Orient cultural festival because one of the sponsors is the…
The Republican Party: SS Titanic and the coming iceberg
SS Republican aka Titanic The Tea Party is winning the battle to be captain on board the good ship Republican, but just as they are about to grasp the wheel…
An odds and ends blog, with an SCTV bonus at the end.
It’s odds-and-ends blog time, a fallback position for guys like me who suddenly realize that it’s been a while since they’ve written a blog. Can’t disappoint the followers, can I?…
Saturday Photo: The Season Advances
It’s not even the middle of October, but the Halloween decorations are out, and Reno Depot already is showing some Christmas decorations. But the colour are nice, so I suppose…
walmart workers issue ultimatum, threaten to walk on busiest shopping day of the year
Walmart workers have been trying to reason with their employer and get better working conditions for many, many years. Walmart doesn’t ignore their pleas and demands: it punishes them. Retaliation…
Angus-Reid BC Poll: 49% NDP, 26% BC Lib, 16% BC Con
There’s a new poll out for BC’s provincial scene and its not showing good news for the BC Conservatives, currently wrapped up nice and tight in infighting. Angus-Reid (BC Provincial…
Mr. Coyne
Andrew Coyne’s Dad has passed away. I didn’t know Andrew’s Dad. But when my own Dad died – eight years, three months and 28 days ago – I was drowning…
Who in US Congress support the arts?
Barack Obama by Tyler Streeter Other than the outrage caused by Mitt Romney’s promise to fire Big Bird, there’s been virtually no discussion on arts issues leading up to the…
FDA Approved Stem Cell Autism Treatment Preliminary Study
I was surprised to see that a preliminary study of stem cell treatment of autism disorders is proceeding with FDA approval in the United States. Stem Cells as possible treatments…
How cute! Young Zach Thinks The LPC Will Actually Do Something About Cannibas Decrim … Don’t hold your breath !!
“Another very important development emerged from the Party’s 2012 biennial convention this past January, however. Liberal delegates overwhelming approved a policy pushed by young Liberals in British Columbia advocating the…
Oct. 13: Oh, Brent…..
….it’s at the top of the oped page. Brent Mazerolle’s column. For a moment – alas! just a moment – I thought it was going to be about the contamination…
Hockey Dad lamentation
I am a hockey dad. Forget about this book tour stuff, or politics: I was with Son One at a game on West side of town to almost midnight (we…
No There There
In his review of Thursday night’s debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, Hendrick Hertzberg — in The New Yorker — draws his readers’ attention to the following exchange between…
Thomas Walkom: Harper’s Strategy Behind The Foreign Workers Program
Yesterday, over at Northern Reflections, Owen Gray wrote a post entitled A Lost Generation, a reflection on the discouraging prospects our young people face in establishing themselves in gainful employment,…