Columnist says unchecked media concentration over several decades has allowed some groups to accumulate vast amounts of revenue and influence, with disastrous consequences for ethical journalism and democracy.
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 24, 2012: Verdict due in trial of Norway killer of 77 John Lennon’s killer denied parole…
I wonder if Coyote knows his mugshot is plastered all over that new coffee roasting place on Anderson Street? The last thing he needs is a bunch of heavily caffeinated…
R v Poon, 2012 SKCA 76 deals with an unusual situation. After the start of trial information came to the court in a jury trial that a juror had been…
Anders Behring Breivik: Norway court finds him sane And my first reaction was “only 21 years for killing 77 people?!?!?!” But, this made me feel a bit better: “He was…
I’ve been wearing @lancearmstrong’s LiveStrong bracelet since my Dad died, eight years ago. I plan to keep on wearing it.
I’ve been avidly following the strange tale of Julian Assange, Ecuador, Sweden, extradition, the lying UK media, and people who suddenly care so much about prosecuting sexual offenders. (This has…
Respondents were given information about BC Premier Christy Clark’s conditions for supporting the Northern Gateway Pipeline. The most contentious, that BC receives its fair share of tax revenue for the…
My family and I, along with some good friends, are spending the week in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather! Here are some pictures from…
I wondered about that question as I read Ric Salutin’s op-ed on the United Church resolution to encourage their members not to buy goods produced from Israeli settlements in the…
From a Toronto Star editorial on refugee health care cuts on Wednesday: Daniel Garcia Rodriguez has experienced some of the best, and worst, that Canada can offer. The best includes…
“As a lawyer,” natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told reporters on Thursday,” you’d often hear the phrase that the best predictor of past behaviour is future behaviour.” This is not…
From the land o’ Facebook. Greg MacEachern love this tweet from @morgan_murphy: Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger have requested that in lieu of wedding gifts, everyone stop laughing uncontrollably at…
Breaking Science News: Guilty! Old Dads convicted of causing children’s autism disorders, all charges dropped against environmental toxins! Once upon a time the medical community accepted without critical analysis the…
This post explores the link between climate change and extreme events, and argues that the summer of 2012 is poised to become a record-breaker.
Oh Muse, why must you be so catchy? Have a good late night!
Holy Moly. For a moment I thought Stephen Harper was playing the good nun again in the Con version of the Sound of Music. You know, the one where Jason…
My, my, it’s been an interesting August, hasn’t it? I took a vacation from Sixth Estate to get married. A highly accomplished Sun News reporter decided that although my “patronage…
I have been going over the arguments I have presented why it is hypocritical for the PQ to want to eliminate religious symbols in public areas, but yet still keep…
