AllTheExpectationsThatCan BeLoweredVille Ords O’ The Day…. Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs Meeting No. 30 Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Allegations of Wrong-Doing during the…
As you may know, I’ve written a novel in which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is alive and well, and supporting himself by writing “lost” Mozart pieces. Another one was discovered earlier…
Briefly this morning: I’d like to give some props to the newly redesigned Liblogs , which is an aggregator for Liberal blogs and/or Liberally-inclined blogs. You have 2 new administrators…
Not surprising, the first post-convention poll gives the NDP a sizeable bounce in support: A survey done this week had the NDP tied with the Conservatives in public support at…
… première journée. ‘Nuff said… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
rwos.jpg For a while now, I’ve been aware of a powerful new paper that directly tests the central argument of my 2005 book The Republican War on Science—and also validates…
From a CBSC (Canadian Broadcast Standards Council) complaint I hadn’t even heard about: The CBSC has traditionally recognized that hosts of public affairs programs are entitled to hold and express…
The big budget circus happens today. The big item, not to be lost sight of among all the other baubles that will be in the window, is in the headline…
Last December, your humble e-scribbler told you about the Liberal party’s renewal committee. Well, it’s back, or it will be back according to an anonymous source quoted by the Telegram…
It’s budget day! To send the signal this year, Jim Flaherty took reporters out to the Aldo in Rideau Centre for a new pair of shoes, apparently to say that…
Boy and girls, one and all, austerity is here! Tighten your belts and head to the clearing house, because there just isn’t enough money for that. No seriously, there isn’t.…
Alberta PC campaign tactician Stephen Carter, left, illustrates for Premier Alison Redford and Deputy Premier Doug Horner how he plans to counter recent Wildrose Party gains. Alberta political operatives and…
The Conservative Party of Canada could use better people to back it, and its ideology. The current support crowd online has some pretty obvious, and significant flaws: threatening lawsuits (both…
OK. So let me get this straight. The Con stooge Christian Paradis is stumbling though an ethical mine field. The opposition is calling for a fresh ethics probe following new…
PC leader Premier Alison Redford, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, NDP leader Brian Mason, and Liberal leader Raj Sherman. The televised Leaders’ debate for Alberta’s 2012 election will be aired on…
You know it’s bad in Tory town when their candidates start to throw the central campaign under a bus. Ms. Kennedy-Glans, running against Bruce Payne (Lib) in Calgary-Varsity, has called…
Crushed bugs in my coffee? Eyuwwee-yuck!
Banjo legend Earl Scruggs dies at 88:
Next Generation Open Data: Personal Data Access
This post matters. If you’re involved in the healthcare sector or a energy utility, please read. Background This Monday I had the pleasure of being in Mexico City for the…