RIP Mike Wallace
A journalistic icon, a great loss. I always enjoyed watching his reports on 60 minutes, true investigative journalism.
2012
60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace Dead at 93
Veteran American broadcast journalist Mike Wallace has died at age 93. Best known for his four decades of confronting “leaders and liars” and making that a staple of 60 Minutes…
Alberta Votes Day 14: Party of One
Notes from week 2 of the Alberta election, as Alison Redford tries to resurrect her campaign over Easter Weekend. 1. Daveberta’s post on the Wildrose Party’s more controversial candidates has…
A novel use for eggs and yogurt
What happens when you host a neo-Nazi on your TV show in Greece? Nothing…for about a week. And then, you get THIS: According to Russia Today, here’s what happened: A…
Passover Dance: the Story in Silhouette
Filed under: Fun Tagged: dancing shapes
Capital punishment
The City of Ottawa—my home—could use a good Spring cleaning. Not only are we blessed with one of the most uncontrolled and brutal police forces in the country, we also…
Playing the identity card
Some 100 years ago, French-speaking inhabitants of this country had very few models to look up to. Poor and undereducated, they followed the path drawn by the Church... raising as…
Playing the identity card
Some 100 years ago, French-speaking inhabitants of this country had very few models to look up to. Poor and undereducated, they followed the path drawn by the Church… raising as…
Playing the identity card
Some 100 years ago, French-speaking inhabitants of this country had very few models to look up to. Poor and undereducated, they followed the path drawn by the Church... raising as…
Playing the identity card
Some 100 years ago, French-speaking inhabitants of this country had very few models to look up to. Poor and undereducated, they followed the path drawn by the Church… raising as…
Easter 2012
Happy Easter. One thing you may or may not know about me, dear readers, is that I’m a retired Catholic. Like many other people, I left because what some Catholics…
Ocean view #19
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, cloud, ocean, painting, seascape, water
James Murdoch: The Rise and Fall by Michael Wolff, Guardian UK
Columnist describes the demise of BSkyB and the resulting downfall of James Murdoch.
ConCalls: Pierre Poutine Revealed #RoboCon Prescott
Christian (Canadian) Conservative, Andrew Prescott, has been accused of being the flesh and blood of the aliases Pierre Poutine, Pierre Jones, by researcher Brian-Michel LaRue. LaRue gives his reasoning in…
Ezra’s Replacement?
MONTREAL – Sun Media has started using drone technology to enhance the quality of its reporting. “Live journalists simply aren’t cutting it anymore,” noted a QMI spoksperson. “A flying robot…
A New Progressive Narrative
Inthe spirit of encouraging progressive dialogue Democracy Under Fireis pleased to present this guest article by Jared Milne Inthe last couple of years, various Canadian commentatorshaveremarked on the new conservative…
Where Do Justice and Morality Reside?
On this Easter Sunday, when many turn their thoughts from the secular to the sacred, it is perhaps a propitious time to remember that the elusive goals of justice and…
Stephen Harper: International Statesman?
Over the next four years, the Harper government will cut $523.5 million from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rights and Democracy was only one of the victims of the cuts.…
"the greatest problem is we are afraid to offend our oppressors": john carlos, tommie smith, and a lesson about resistance
This is one of the most iconic photos in sports history: the Olympics, 1968, Mexico City. As the Star Spangled Banner begins to play, gold-medal winner Tommie Smith and bronze-medal…