Family Coalition Party Focuses On Bathrooms
Let’s do some quick word association. When I say “gender identity,” say the first thing tha—OMG TOILETS!!!! I’m not exactly sure where Ontario’s fringe Family Coalition Party gets its funding,…
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A Vet, A Radiologist, And An Anaesthetist Walk Into A Scientific Controversy…
A new “peer reviewed” paper, purporting to show that living in proximity to wind turbines has a negative effect on sleeping habits, has received some attention both locally and internationally.…
Hurricane Sandy “More Scary Than 9/11,Because You Get The Feeling It Could Happen Again & Again & Again”
Colin Beavan, aka “No Impact Man“, lives in New York City and wrote this thoughtful response to experiencing Hurricane Sandy last week (bold type added): Dear friends, I don’t say…
Panda Cub Exam 11
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Family Coalition Party Focuses On Bathrooms
Let’s do some quick word association. When I say “gender identity,” say the first thing tha—OMG TOILETS!!!! I’m not exactly sure where Ontario’s fringe Family Coalition Party gets its funding,…
Kathy Dunderdale, give-aways, and the resource curse #nlpoli
Ontario has been interested in Gull Island since at least the 1990s. We didn’t need Kathy Dunderdale to say that again as part of the advertising show she is mounting…
Time to reform government advertising
We’re presently bombarded with slick political advertising from two senior levels of government. Add industry advertising promoting natural gas as so marvellous a fuel that we should export it to…
The Fifth of November returns once more #nlpoli
“I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? … There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you…
THIS, THIS, A THOUSAND TIMES THIS!!!
THIS, THIS, A THOUSAND TIMES THIS!!!
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Question
Lordy. I must admit that I didn't think Mitt Romney's deep involvement with the Mormon Church should be an issue in the U.S. election campaign.For compared to all his other…
Justin Trudeau & The Middle Class: Justin, read Winner-Take-All Politics if you are serious
My advice to Justin Trudeau and his team if he is serious about standing up for the middle class, is to buy a copy of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made…
Beyond Question Period: Debating Bill 1.
TweetIf you pay attention to political pundits or follow the #ableg hashtag on Twitter, you will have read about how nasty and partisan the fall sitting of the Legislative Assembly…
Email marketing is not a membership perk
Your email newsletter can be one of your most powerful marketing tools. Why a few arts organizations still think newsletters are an exclusive benefit requiring paid access completely stumps me.…
Guest Blogger – Politics Plus …preparing for the US Election
(My friend TomCat blogs in the USA at Politics Plus. As our American friends prepare to vote .. I want to share some of Tom’s wisdom and perspective ….) Trickle…
The slow death of special education
The last decade has been bad for special education – services for those students with identified disabilities (learning, intellectual, or physical). In response to court victories requiring inclusion – the…
Social Boxes…Political Boxes…They All Look Just the Same…
. Here at the Political Road Map, I try and incorporate a continual theme that reflects on three fundamental questions: Where did we start? Where are we? Where are we…
The Obama Second Term
Tomorrow the Americans vote for their next president. I expect President Obama to be re-elected, and have a few thoughts about the shape of his second term. President Obama It…
Liberal problems come from their turn to the right
As two Liberals on the (presumed) left of the party declare their intention to run for the leadership, it bears recalling that almost all of the major problems the Liberals…