It’s a Confidence Thing #nlpoli
The public utilities board is good. The public utilities board is bad. She said.. He said. Confused aren’t you? Well, there’s no surprise when Premier Kathy Dunderdale and natural resources…
November 2012
Video: Wise and Kowalski on the "Articling Crisis"
I had the pleasure of sitting down for a recent chat on the state of the legal universe with Mitch Kowalski, Toronto lawyer, Legal Post blogger and author of Avoiding…
Happy Thanksgiving: One Thing the US Accomlished That Maybe It Shouldn’t Be so Thankful for…
Always knew this, but videos of Hillary Clinton explaining how the US funded insurgent forces in Afghanistan in the late 1970s and earlyl 1980s to defeat the Soviet invasion have…
Pearson’s Despair
Like Chris Hedges, Michael Harris speaks truth to power. Today he takes on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians -- and the Harper government's Middle East policy:Question for Stephen…
Greenhouse gases up 20% since 2000: climate change likely ‘more severe than models predict’
A report by the UN Environment Programme warns that world governments are doing too little to meet the stated goal of limiting global warming to 2 C. In failing to…
Happy Thanksgiving To All My American Family & Friends
Have a great day and a great weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!
Dr. David Schindler: Tar Sands Science "Shoddy," "Must Change"
If you ask an Environment Canada media spokesperson about contamination resulting from tar sands operations, they will not tell you the federal government has failed to adequately monitor the mega-project's…
5368…Bosox Fan Murdered On Texas Biz Trip
49 years ago today life long Boston Red Sox fan John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald while on a pre elex swing through the Lone Star state.Changing…
Gaza ceasefire: local press reaction
Rashomon 羅生門StoryPalestinian papers are broadly supportive of the Gaza ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement, while reactions in Israel are more mixed.The Hamas-run, Gaza-based Filastin newspaper runs…
Going cold turkey in The Fridgularity
For some characters the sudden disappearance of the Internet in The Fridgularity frees them from their addiction. (For others, it’s a challenge recovering from their habits.) This is a scene…
National horserace numbers/basless speculation open thread
Nanos, a realpolling firm, has decreed that the Libs remain in second place – ahead of the NDP, and not so far behind the Reformatories. Wow! Now, yesterday’s events bummed…
The State Of Sun Media
Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor Rob Granatstein laments:When the latest victims of downsizing are gone, Toronto will be down to three general assignment news reporters, according to people in…
The Secret of Their Distress #nlpoli
Not content with just one round of fascinating public opinion information, NTV decided to unleash a second evening of news about how the public feels about Muskrat Falls. The responses…
“Buy local” Friday!
I am really tiring of the growing trend of Canucks close to the border to travel to the US for the so-called Black Friday sales at the various retail Meccas…
The imagination, art, and activism of Herman’s House
Last week I attended the Toronto theatrical premiere of Herman’s House, a thought-provoking documentary written and directed by Angad Singh Bhalla. This Canadian film tells the story of an artistic…
Oil Producing Countries Asked to Levy Carbon Tax on Exports
Oh this will go over well with Ol' Shifty Steve Harper.A gaggle of poor nations are asking major oil producers to levy a 3-5% carbon tax on oil exported to…
Two Cheers for Obamacare
{The following column will appear in the Anahim-Nimpo Lake Messenger in December} On November 6, I breathed a sigh of relief when Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term…
Well There Goes the Nativity Set
Apparently "we" (that'd be the Vatican) really doesn't know when Jesus was born but they're guessing it was somewhere between 7 and 2 B.C. Then again, how could he have…