Aw the south, Florida in particular. Mmm, smell the get away with murder, or at least beating one’s wife, aroma about the place. Judge John Hurley handed down this ruling…
Check out this clip of Ellen DeGeneres utterly destroying a bizarre, anti-gay lobby group’s logic—schooling them on what real family values are. And she’s so cheerful while doing it; it’s…
IN THE MATTER OF the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11, 2012 SCC 4 holds the terms "broadcasting" and "broadcasting undertaking", interpreted in the context of the language and purposes of…
Six and a half years ago, I co-chaired an evaluation of K-12 schools operated by First Nations (FN) on reserves. We concluded that FN education was significantly under-funded and lacked…
What is the best NHL hockey jersey? What is the best NHL hockey logo? I’m glad you accidentally clicked here and found me writing this, for I will tune you…
Billy Graham warned evangelicals AGAINST the formation of a Religious Right! “I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding…
It is wonderful to be proven right. Sometimes being wrong is nicer. In this case, wrong would be the prediction from this corner that the Great VO Muskrat Falls debate…
Talking to yourself is a good way to reason through problems, so there’s no reason to feel awkward about your big debates you have with yourself while walking down the…
Don’t have much time today to go into this in detail because I’m involved in setting up an interesting conversation about jobs and the economy, “Working in Canada Today: A…
Ever wonder what kind of person leaves all those disgusting, ill-informed comments on blogs and news sites, mostly it seems at least in North America, in support of the Conservatives…
It was a text-book case of misdirection. Like snake-oil salesmen of old warming up their marks with a shell game, Prime Minister Harper and Joe Oliver accused radical environmental groups…
You recently suggested that Israel has no better friend than Canada. So perhaps you would be the best one to have a chat with our friends and suggest that this…
…or non-issue… depending on where you stand. I had an extensive back and forth with some conservative friends the other day on FB. I was referring to a piece by…
A must-read for the week is the two-part interview featured at Gay Star News of Khaleed, a 31-year-old LGBT activist in Libya who gives us some perspective on being gay…
When I first bought my new winter bike in October I wrote “It’s a bit small for me, but was about the largest they had in stock and with some…
The outcome of the NATO intervention in Libya has been touted as a “political victory” for Stephen Harper and a vindication of his foreign policy. In a ceremony held last…
One of the organizers of PRRO (PEI Reproductive Rights Organization) has been nominated to become an Active-8 Ambassador, one of 8 young adults from Atlantic Canada working to bring about…
My inbox is flooded with action alerts from all different groups, which I feel obligated to pass on, even though many (most?) people who read this blog probably get these…
It’s-uh gas, gas, gasAn 824 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine electricity generator plant would cost roughly CDN$950 million. The gas to power the plant is readily available from the local…
Today’s CP story about pro-lifer Trifon Haitas’s bid to represent the LPoC in Toronto-Danforth is particularly interesting for the connection it draws between Haitas and the Campaign Life Coalition, who…
