Earth photo from 11 billion miles
This tiny dot, amid a band of coloured rays, is our planet, as seen from staggering distance of 11,100,000,000 miles away, and pictured in 1990.The picture was taken by Voyager.…
2012
A New Warning About CETA
While much has already been written about the economic threats to Canada inherent in the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement currently being negotiated in secret by the Harper regime,…
Great article from CBC on law in Nunavut
Somewhere between tales of judges bunking with strangers and pushing airplanes out of the mud it becomes clear Nunavut's court system works a little differently.In the provinces, new courthouses are…
Michael Healey on the nation-building role of the CBC Transcribed by Simon Houpt
Playwright and actor Michael Healey says a public broadcaster’s mission is the acquisition and maintenance of nationhood.
Trouble Sleeping? This Works for Me.
There are nights when the brain just doesn't seem to want to shut down. Just too damn many things racing around and you really can't put a finger on any…
Pupatello on homophobia
One of Kathleen Wynne’s senior campaign folks, Milton Chan, has a very important statement on his Facebook page, here. What he is describing is completely, totally unacceptable in any modern…
Soldiers as personal servants, 28-vehicle motorcades to parties, and other glimpses into the military life
We go from day to day having a certain sense of what our world is like: that all people are created equal, that strong class distinctions don’t apply anymore. And…
5350…Penashue And Dean Del Mastro Are
Hiding in plain sight.If this was the States the uber competitive media, especially the TV, would be camped on their front lawns here, there and everywhere.In Canada everyone wants to…
Redefining Dementia – Let’s All Go to Denmark
Very recently, I came across a UK award-winning initiative for people with Alzheimer's that I thought was, well, 'barmy'. The social enterprise is called "Dementia Adventure" and aims to connect…
Liberalism In Crisis
As the Liberal leadership races heat up -- in both Ottawa and Ontario -- those who consider themselves liberals should read what Chris Hedges wrote following the American election:The ineffectiveness…
Why Do Those With So Little Prize Democracy So Much?
As I am sure is the case with most passionate political observers, our increasingly dismal turnout at electoral polls is a source of great personal dismay. While our political 'leaders'…
Good to see Warren Kinsella disqualifed himself for the Liberal leadership…
Because as one of those individuals unable to actually get elected, he’s in the same boat he lumps other Liberals like Martha Hall Findlay, Deborah Coyne, Karen McCrimmon, and David…
Nov. 18: I was slow to catch on…..
A reader sent me the editorial below from yesterday's Telegraph-Journal. As I read it, I realized something I should have figured out much earlier. I should have figured it out…
Democracy, the Charter and Ontario Teachers
Here in Ontario there is currently a 'dispute' between the teachers and the government as to what the teachers unions want and what the taxpayers can afford, the government has…
in mississauga: a people’s history of the war of 1812
The Harper Government has spent nearly $30 million promoting The War of 1812, all part of its overall effort to re-brand Canada as a "warrior nation". History is always worth…
in toronto: a fundraiser for iraq war resisters, featuring noah richler
The War Resisters Support Campaign presents "TELLING OUR STORY: A Fundraiser for U.S. Iraq War Resisters", at Innis College Town Hall in Toronto, Friday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m. This…
And now for yet another post on the Israeli/Gazan conflict
It's been a tough debate the last few days for me on whether or not I would write a post on this conflict. I have a lot of thoughts and…
He’s not that into you, either #nlpoli
Some reporter decided to ask Paul Antle if he was interested in the Liberal leadership now that Dean MacDonald has decided he had better things to do that try and…