Presidential Election: Is this what happened?
Demonized Mitt The article in the Washington Post summarizes a plausible scenario for the dynamics of the race so far, and highlights the dangers of not having a Plan B…
2012
Oct. 14: Questions on a Sunday
I would assume that most journalists in New Brunswick got their training from the journalism school at St. Thomas University. That’s a small, but pretty good school, with some instantly…
Climate Change In Our Own Backyards
When global warming impacts come up, it’s often focused on vanishing Arctic Ocean ice or retreating glaciers or tropical islands inundated by sea level rise. But global warming at home?…
Fairness in Policymaking for Family Caregivers – Part 2
Continued…. this is Part 2 of a reflection on fairness in policymaking for family caregivers. So, what are the roles of families and governments in supporting society’s most vulnerable citizens?…
Rebalancing The Economy
The Globe and Mail reports that former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge suggests that the bitumen from the Tar Sands be routed to Eastern Canada. Because energy is the…
Our Political Legitimation of Bullying. . . . .
In the wake of the tragedy of the suicide of Amanda Todd, blogger are understandably talking a lot about the question of bullying. What do we do? How do we…
we like lists: list # 19: more eponyms, subcategory edition
Eponyms everywhere! Who knew? Our most recent list of eponyms was a smash success. It gave rise to at least three subcategories, as I wrote here: – Inventor/creator/discoverer, not genericized.…
Democratic Decline: Death by a Thousand Cuts.
This week the text of Allen Gregg’s speech at Carleton University went viral, in it he outlines many of the concerns that a lot of bloggers, myself included, and some…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe *
Same Old New Energy! #nlpoli
Thanks to the Telegram’s James McLeod and his Twitter feed from Gander, take a look at two of the resolutions from the Progressive Conservative. Here’s the one on fiscal responsibility.…
Kevin Goudreau Threatens to Kill Mark Zuckerberg
Original, uhm…. "art" by Patricia Manignal who also gave us this. It's been a while since we've written about, "the Goudreau" pictured on the right (well, sort of…. she really…
The XL Foods E. coli Crisis: Is the media asking the right questions?
The Edmonton Journal’s front page on Friday. Below: Brian Nilsson apologizing, Lee Nilsson, the Mannix brothers, Fred and Ron. All photos grabbed from the Internet. Postmedia News, owner of Alberta’s…
Excellence in Blog Commenting
via Comments thread at Butterflies and Wheels: I’ve been accused by atheist men of not caring about Muslim women when talking about a completely unrelated subject, it’s happened so many…
Excellence in Blog Commenting
via Comments thread at Butterflies and Wheels: I’ve been accused by atheist men of not caring about Muslim women when talking about a completely unrelated subject, it’s happened so many…
Excellence in Blog Commenting
via Comments thread at Butterflies and Wheels: I’ve been accused by atheist men of not caring about Muslim women when talking about a completely unrelated subject, it’s happened so many…