King Arthur and Lancelot
British author Sarah Luddington's series The Knights of Camelot may be burning up the Amazon Kindle charts but this historical fiction collection has also caused a firestorm of controversy. After…
2012
Suppressing Dissent #nlpoli
One of the hallmarks of the Conservative political method since 2003 has been the suppression of public dissent. Anyone who wants to raise a problem for public discussion is attacked…
Hospital cuts in the new gilded age
We’ve heard it all before – there’s no money and cuts have to be made to some of our most cherished services, including hospitals. But is it true? The Chatham-Kent…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, August 14, 2012: Is a judge compromised by blogging? UK Judges Threatened With Disciplinary Action For Blogging…
from the archives: paralympics integration with olympics, the athletes’ perspectives
Oscar Pistorius’ historic run as the first double-amputee Olympic athlete has revived the ongoing discussion of whether or not to integrate the Paralympics into the Olympics. (Stories in The Guardian,…
5028…Helen Gurley Brown RIP
90. If it wasn’t for Helen Gurley Brown some of us would not be here. She was one of the driving forces, primarily through Cosmopolitan, behind the sexual revolution. Later,…
canadian health care professionals still protesting cuts to refugee health care
Canadian doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals continue to mention refugee health care at every public media opportunity. In this case, a student nurse takes advantage of Lisa Raitt’s…
All That Outrage
It’s interesting to see what’s happened to the Party of Moral Outrage. When the Sponsorship Scandal broke, the Conservatives were in high dudgeon. They had a right to be outraged.…
Gun ownership and violence towards the RCMP
At the risk of sounding like the NRA, the possession of guns standing alone does not lead to violence. If you look at world statistics, some countries with very high…
To address health inequalities, look beyond the role of individual responsibility
A new report by the Canadian Medical Association provides a timely reminder that money buys better health, even in a country with a universal public healthcare system. A poll commissioned…
Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to…
Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to…
Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to…
Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to…
In today’s Sun: the death of Big Media
A while back, I gave a talk at the University of Toronto. My topic was how big institutions — governments, unions, corporations, associations and (particularly) big media — are completely…
Marshall’s release doesn’t match DBRS public statements #nlpoli
Simply put, Tom Marshall’s most recent news release about the report by Dominion Bond Rating Service doesn’t match what the bond rating agency said in a news release about the…
It is to laugh
So CIBC thinks we all should have an emergency fund. Pale finds the very idea is vastly amusing and I would agree.If they had asked me, I would have said…
Ethical Oil charity complaint sparks Alberta corporate complaint
Commentator Ezra Levant lets go a broadside at Tides Canada on his Sun News Network program. Below: Researcher Tony Clark; Jamie Ellerton, executive director of Mr. Levant’s Ethical Oil Institute;…