America Died. . . .
One time Saturday Night Live cast-member, and well-known half-wit, Victoria Jackson took her desperation out on her twitter followers as she watched the Romney presidential bid slowly go up in…
November 2012
Going To The Same Place
Lawrence Martin writes this morning that, on Tuesday, the Neanderthals in the Republican Party were given their walking papers. And he suggests that Republicans should look to Canadian Conservatives as…
Nov. 8: well, lively…….
But let's warm up with the small stuff....On page A1 we find a story by Alan Cochrane that seniors are furious at companies which impose extra charges on people who…
Sandra…for a change
For the Ontario Liberal leadership, I’m supporting Sandra Pupatello. She announced her candidacy just minutes ago here in Toronto, and she’s heading next to her home in Windsor to declare…
New column day
Here, on how the Republicans' electoral strategy once again included a failed attempt to prioritize fossil fuels over mere people - and how the Harper Cons look to be on…
Is Chair of SIRC an honorary position too?
Chuck Strahl's name finally popped up! Five months ago he was named as the new head of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the agency that's supposed to hold CSIS to…
How Israel Misread America
In today's Haaretz, Rabbi Eric Yoffie considers how Israel got everything so wrong and what its leaders must do to make peace with the White House.Americans are resolutely centrist. Israel’s…
Getting Things to Work: It’s up to the Republicans
First question of the day: how will Obama convince the Republican majority House to sign on to his plans? Probably the only way that will happen is if the Republicans…
We get the message just fine, Jerome #nlpoli
“No, I don’t think that we have done a great job of communicating this,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told the Telegram editorial board last week.“I can give you a…
Councillor blindsided by inability to use very, very important Points of Privilege…
Did you watch Monday night’s presentation of the Why Can’t We Be Friends Of Central Park (updated story here)? Did you wonder why councillors were hopping up and down in…
Does Obama Have the Killer Instinct He Needs?
Will the United States and the world really have to endure "four more years" or will a new Barack Obama emerge in his second term?One sign to look for is…
Google Annoys Me with Birthday Greetings
How does Google know when my birthday is? I have very deliberately avoided listing it on Facebook (although apparently you can find it: a friend did yesterday) and in replying…
As The Republicans Desperately Seek A New Political Religion
...they would be well-advised to read what, in my view (and I know many would disagree) is one of the greatest American novels ever written, John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath,…
Will Republicans Accept They Are Their Problem
Barack Obama didn't help much but Mitt Romney was actually taken down by his fellow Republicans. The Guardian's Simon Tisdall says Romney's downfall came from within.By campaign end, Romney –…
American Television Stations Call For Fair Canadian Import Trade Practices
Coalition calls for equitable and nondiscriminatory consent and remuneration rights for American over-the-air TV channels imported and retransmitted in markets across Canada.
When cornered like a rat, blame the whistleblowers, blame women, blame anyone
Typical. But it won’t work. Never does.
My statement on the Ornge stories
Many media outlets are reporting on a lawsuit I have launched against Ornge. I did not provide my lawsuit to anyone. I had no intention to comment on the stories…
Running the Numbers on Climate Change
Pricewaterhouse Coopers figures that, from now straight through to 2050, we need annual, global carbon emissions cuts of 5.1% if we are to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.Efforts…