On special treatment
Shorter Brad Wall: Based on my close personal connection to Stephen Harper developed through years of shameless toadyism, I alone can assure you that he won’t be playing favourites among…
2012
Red Squares in Sudbury
This is my first journalistic piece in quite some time, about last night’s “casseroles” demonstration by students and supporters in downtown Sudbury. It was original published at the Grassroots Sudbury…
Notes on the Quebec election
Greetings from sunny Calgary, Alberta, where I am getting set to talk about French-as-a-second-language education policy at a language policy conference. This is in some respects a peculiar venue from…
Notes on the Quebec election
Greetings from sunny Calgary, Alberta, where I am getting set to talk about French-as-a-second-language education policy at a language policy conference. This is in some respects a peculiar venue from…
Notes on the Quebec election
Greetings from sunny Calgary, Alberta, where I am getting set to talk about French-as-a-second-language education policy at a language policy conference. This is in some respects a peculiar venue from…
Notes on the Quebec election
Greetings from sunny Calgary, Alberta, where I am getting set to talk about French-as-a-second-language education policy at a language policy conference. This is in some respects a peculiar venue from…
5136…Jean Charest Moving To Ottawa
I shoulda put a question mark at the end of that sentence. It has been widely reported that Jean Charest, leader of the PLQ for the last 14 years and…
let them stay: action alert: what you can do to help stop the deportation of war resister kim rivera
See below for actions you can take to help US war resister Kimberly Rivera. We had an amazing community meeting in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto last night. More than…
Embarrassing moment at DNC Convention: Changes to platform to add God, Jerusalem
“The embarrassing reversal was compounded by chaos and uncertainty on the convention floor. Three times Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the convention chairman, called for a voice vote on the…
Kinsey Reporter App lets anyone kiss and tell
Indiana University has launched the Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for reporting anonymous data about sexual encounters. The free app is available through Apple iOS and Google Play…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership rules (PDF) are nicely set up to encourage a broad outreach effort by candidates. For further reading…– The NDP’s leadership page is here.…
5135…They May Have A Parade In Cleveland
ESPN reports that the man who stiffed the city of Cleveland, Art Modell, has died at 87. Susan Faludi, the third wave feminist author, actually devoted a chapter in her…
K-W and Vaughan take note: Ten reasons not to vote for Andrea Horwath’s Ontario NDP
She wanted to force an election months after the last one. She isn’t supported by her own party when it counts. She lets nutcases run for her. She isn’t honest.…
As the mind ponders… #nlpoli
labradore takes a unique look at the results of this week’s Quebec general election and wonders what might have happened if a few votes shifted around. “What if”can be a…
K-W and Vaughan take note: Ten reasons not to vote for Tim Hudak’s Ontario PCs
His own party doesn’t like him. He has crazy policies. He was prepared to force an election months after the last one. He is prepared to put politics before peoples’…
Rob Ford’s Bizarre Defence Is Undemocratic
Update: This is now also cross-posted up at Huffington Post Canada. This is just bizarre: “Like I said, for the last 13 years, I’ve always defined a conflict of interest…
Rob Ford’s Bizarre Defence Is Undemocratic
Update: This is now also cross-posted up at Huffington Post Canada. This is just bizarre: “Like I said, for the last 13 years, I’ve always defined a conflict of interest…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 6, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 06, 2012: Human Rights Report: Bush Admin. Used Waterboarding on Libyans in Afghanistan A primer on…
Holy cats! 100 cats is live on the iTunes bookstore!
100 cats: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/100-cats/id559121901?mt=11 What a fast turnaround! I thought I would have some time to set up a page for the book before then. Filed under: art, book, comment, digital,…