How Artists Talk About Caregiving
I used to be an actor… and a director. In fact, when Nicholas was born, I was working for a horse-drawn theatre called The Caravan Stage Company (the Caravan has…
2012
Canadians oppose drug patent extension in Canada-EU trade deal: POLL
A new poll by Ipsos Reid, released today by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Health Coalition, shows that what would otherwise be high support for a Canada-European Union…
The Weight of People
Behind the questions that people ask are assumptions that are often more revealing than the questions themselves. One of these revealing questions appeared in “Collected Wisdom”, a weekly newspaper column…
Private insurance: no solution for long-term care
As part of its turn from care in facilities, the Ontario government has let the wait lists long-term care facilities explode. This problem has been around for several years now,…
Mitt Romney’s failure: The Recession is Not Enough
Seems American voters want more than simply I am not the other guy from their presidential contenders, even when the country is suffering from a deep recession with high unemployment,…
A polar bear goes into a bar and says, "May I have a gin . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . tonic, please?"
The barman begins to serve him but asks, "Why the large pause?" The polar bear says, "Don't know; I've always had them!"
A Voice of Sanity on Iran
Journalist and columnist Joe Klein offers some calm and sane commentary while others are clamoring for war against Iran: H/t Roger Ebert Recommend this Post
Netanyahu and McCain sing together “Bomb, bomb Iran”
Benjamin Netanyahu is currently visiting America. He is very angry that Obama is not joining him to bomb Iran. He got together with John McCain and sang “bomb, bomb, Iran”.:)…
Angry Benjamin Netanyahu gives interview to NBC
Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview with David Gregory of NBC,”Meet the Press,”. A very angry Netanyahu. “Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran Containment Supporters ‘Set A New Standard For Human Stupidity’.” It looks he is…
Harris-Decima Poll: Has Thomas Mulcair’s waffling cost NDP support?
Has Mulcair’s waffling caused voters to start a fresh appraisal of the Mulcair-led Dippers? That just might be the case according to the latest poll showing slippage: Waffling Thomas A…
China & Japan: Just where are those islands in the sun?
Turmoil still bubbling up in China with the USA voicing concern and trying to avoid taking sides: Islands in the Rising Sun On Sunday, hundreds of Chinese protesters again faced…
Romney’s Russia Blunder Backfires Again
Another Russian leader has responded to Mitt Romney’s labeling of Moscow as America’s “Number One geopolitical foe.” Earlier in the week it was Vlad Putin using Romney’s slur to justify…
Questions from students at Vancouver Island University
I received a flurry of questions on some articles on my website yesterday, questions from students at Vancouver Island University. Rather than attempt to answer them individually, I’m grouping there…
An Avaaz Petition Against Harper’s World Statesman Award
I recently wrote two blog posts expressing my dismay over the naming of Stephen Harper as World Statesman of the Year by The Appeal of Conscience Foundation. An Avaaz petition,…
Four words…
… for you if you want your child removed from the public school classroom if something is being taught that somehow offends your sensibilities: “Home schooling” and “private schools”. Ontario…
Cowichan Voters Deserves A By-Election And Democratically Elected Trustees
Call a By-Election now, or refund my School Taxes! The shutdown of elected representation on the School Board has gone on long enough and it is time that Premier Christy…
Lougheed’s Legacy
{A version of this posting appeared as a letter to the Editor in the Edmonton Journal on September 18, 2012 }Last year I had the good fortune of meeting Peter…
There is no BC Liberal Party..
…there is apparently just a party pretending to be Conservative-lite using that particular name. Faced with continuing dreadful poll numbers, BC Premier Christy Clark has decided to postpone the Fall…
GOP worried and they want Romney to wake-up
“Republican lawmakers are grumbling about the direction of Mitt Romney’s campaign and say he needs to change course. The complaints come as polls show that Romney lost ground on President…