From The Salamander
Lately, I guess as a response to the rhetoric that comes pouring forth every year as Remembrance Day approaches, I have made several critical posts directed against those who find…
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Technology in a 21st Century Learning Inc world
Not surprisingly, technology is almost always identified as a component of 21st Century Learning. But this isn't simply adding new technology to aid in the delivery of curriculum or to…
America’s Other Civil War – the One Breaking Out Within the GOP
Do moderate Republicans now wish their party had chosen Santorum or Gingrich instead of Romney to take on Obama? Some, weighing up their bitterly divided G.O.P. in the wake of…
America’s Virtual Civil War
Robert Reich sees an America increasingly divided into two distinct camps steadily withdrawing from each other.It’s almost a civil war. I know families in which close relatives are no longer…
There are now 2000 candidates for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership.. what are their policies?
Ok.. so I’m exaggerating.. but it sure seems that way. It also seems like the entire provincial cabinet has resigned so they can enter the race. Two more have entered…
On questionable advice
Shorter Zach Paikin:In order to avoid the fate of the Ignatieff Libs, the NDP should totally abandon any principles and re-run Ignatieff's "we stand for nothing, but at least we're…
5314…Speaking Of Tim Hudak
Perhaps the correct term would have been writing about the failed leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontariario. Which is what Christina Blizzard of the Suns did in the…
Nov.10: de Adder has…..
...a first rate editorial cartoon. Always a good artist, he has this time brought in a serious topic (the failure of our prime minister to do much for veterans); and…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Andrew Jackson takes a look at the UK's strong movement for a living wage, and notes that it's long past time for a…
Self-massaging the message #nlpoli
The Telegram’s Pam Frampton has a neat column this weekend on Jerome Kennedy, Muskrat Falls, and the provincial government’s problems with explaining to people in simple terms why Muskrat falls…
America’s Top Scientists Warn America’s Top Generals
America's top scientific research group, the National Research Council, has warned that nation's military and intelligence agencies that global warming will be placing new strains on the way they operate…
Follow Charles Sousa’s campaign on Facebook and Twitter!
Really excited that my local MPP Charles Sousa is about to enter the OLP leadership race this morning. Charles has decades of experience in the private sector, knows how to…
Saturday Photo: The Burning Bush
Don't know the name of this shrub, but it has been spectacular over the last week or so. The leaves are falling now, but for a while they blazed.Gorgeous, and…
US–Finally, Perhaps–Becomes More Secular, But What Does That Mean for Science?
The results of Tuesday's election seem to show that the appeal and influence of the Christian right wing, both Catholic and Protestant, is waning. Maybe not a lot, but enough…
Waterloo Record: Pupatello is the Ontario Liberals’ best chance
Quote: “The next Liberal leader has a mess to clean up, for sure. And if I were a member of the party, I’d be supporting Sandra Pupatello from Windsor. Here’s…
Armchair Warriors
For Stephen Harper's Conservatives, war is a big deal -- as long as it generates good ad copy. This government is spending $28 million to commemorate a war that happened…
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When It Comes To Our Veterans
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Dennis Gruending On The Oppression Of Canadian Mennonite Magazine
Quite a bit more detail here than in the CBC piece. The most interesting bit, though, is not even about the magazine per se. Its about the financial costs associated…