While corporations continue the arduous task of union-busting and contract-gutting, their efforts are being amply rewarded. Not only has a beneficent and ideologically-driven Harper government cossetted them with a record-low…
Here I am back in Toronto after travelling to the Okanagan and then back to the Toronto airport to jump in the car and drive to Erie Pennsylvania to enjoy…
I watched Chris Matthew’s Hardball yesterday, where the media panel was asked about their New Year’s resolutions, speaking of them as a whole. Most gave the obvious. Invest in hard…
Assorted policy and punditry from the NDP leadership campaign. – On the policy front, it’s looking like time to give Nathan Cullen full credit for being well ahead of the…
The Republican field in the presidential race is becoming more and more transparent. By that I mean their racism, intransigence, ignorance, lack of ethical and moral clarity, is becoming harder…
To recap from here and here, we are reminded of the crippling, self-destructive idiocy of one Patrick Ross who: made up defamatory crap about me bragged about making up defamatory…
The big news down in this area the past few days – specifically in London – is that the big company Caterpillar decided to lock all of its employees out…
…has passed away suddenly. He specialized mostly in painting the ancient beasts that swam The Oceans Of Kansas (Western Interior Sea). If you ever find a copy of the book…
The lead story in the New York Times today is about the U.S. reducing its military budget by at least $450 billion over a decade, part of the agreement reached…
“A democracy only works really well,” according to Kathy Dunderdale, “when people are asking questions.” Opposition Leader Dwight Ball told a Western Star interviewer that “my job is to ask…
A new poll by PPP shows that Ron Paul is still in the fight for Iowa and is currently at the top of the pack. Ron Paul has 20%, Romney…
Brian Topp says that a boring leadership race could hurt the NDP, which explains why he’s been the only one to really go on the offensive against Dewar and Mulcair…
Dr. David Schindler, University of Alberta “Every year that you can get away with lack of regulation, is a few billion more bucks in your pocket. After 40 years, I’m…
When last we left Patrick Ross, the Wonder Mullet and U of A frat boi, his months-long campaign of virulent smear and defamation had finally culminated in his pulling out…
My plan for this year is to read at least 50 books – just about one a week, which for me shouldn’t really be a stretch provided I don’t get…
Are the BC Liberals a coalition of federal Conservatives and Liberals or are the Conservatives and Liberals just a federal party not yet united? There’s an answer to that question…
Your blogger with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Calgary-Fort MLA Wayne Cao, the best singer in the Legislature. Below: Sun columnist Ezra Levant. Demagoguery is not an accusation that stings…
Fresh back into the new year, it would be easy to assume that January would be a slow month for most of Alberta’s elected officials as they ease back into…
Not that it needed to be said, but here’s more proof: We will remind our readers that Jane Creba was 15 years old when she was killed, and Tomasz Winnicki…
