August Muskrat Round-up #nlpoli
First up, there are lots of ways to make bad decisions. The Telegram’s Russell Wangersky did a fine job on Tuesday of pointing out that natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy…
2012
Why White Supremacists Should Be A Concern To Everyone
Last month, two shooting incidents landed Toronto in the national news because of the links to gangs (including this in which two people, including a child, were murdered). These two…
Securitized Influence
Today I am writing two posts as a brief exchange on Twitter has inspired some thoughts. @Min_Reyes, Samara’s top #cdnpoli participant was approached by a Twitter user apparently from The…
Alberta’s Expensesgate scandal: Just saying it’s over doesn’t mean it’s over
Transparency, Alberta style, with Gloria Stuart as Alison Redford, William Harrigan as Dr. Chris Eagle and Claude Rains as Fred Horne. Below: Don Scott, yesterday’s Invisible Man. Alberta’s mainstream media…
A little Air Time on CBC
So, Rob Ford is in hospital with “Asthma and swallowing issues” according to CBC and other news sources, and I just happened to be wandering the farmer’s market outside Toronto…
And now the next stage of life
Apart from a brief but wonderful stay at my aunt and uncle’s cottage this past weekend, my life has been consumed by the bureaucracy and mechanics of death.
Underlooked Stephen Harper quotes P4: Harper is an eloquent polemic.
Part 4 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two and three here. One party dictatorship and our fleeting Parliamentary democracy There’s a semi-famous paper written by Stephen Harper and…
CFRC: A debate on community radio in Kingston
This past February, I wrote an article for the Queen's Journal on a proposal by the the AMS Board of Directors (the student government body at Queen's University) to restructure…
CFRC: A debate on community radio in Kingston
This past February, I wrote an article for the Queen’s Journal on a proposal by the the AMS Board of Directors (the student government body at Queen’s University) to restructure…
CFRC: A debate on community radio in Kingston
This past February, I wrote an article for the Queen's Journal on a proposal by the the AMS Board of Directors (the student government body at Queen's University) to restructure…
CFRC: A debate on community radio in Kingston
This past February, I wrote an article for the Queen’s Journal on a proposal by the the AMS Board of Directors (the student government body at Queen’s University) to restructure…
CFRC: A debate on community radio in Kingston
This past February, I wrote an article for the Queen’s Journal on a proposal by the the AMS Board of Directors (the student government body at Queen’s University) to restructure…
A policy of benefits and doubts
The drums of war are beating louder and louder each day and the credibility of those calling for more death and destruction, on all sides, quietly dwindles. Large and (what…
Using Metrics to Measure Interest in an Open Source Project
David Boswell has a couple of interesting posts (here and here) about how he is using metrics to measure how effective Mozilla is at attracting and engaging people express an…
Is the toughest guy in Canadian sports a woman?
In June of last year, I wrote this tribute to Christine Sinclair, Canada’s greatest ever soccer player of either gender. I think, in light of her Olympian performance, it deserves…
Unidentified Liberal strategist makes Sun News debut
…looks like I should start packing my bags!
5006…Regina Priorities Don’t Include Indians
At least if they are poor and live in North Central, which is quite possibly the worst neighbourhood in North America. Drug wise, mortality wise, get your ass killed wise,…
Comings and Goings – the overdue edition UPDATED x2
Oh, Faithful Legion, it has been so long. Too long, really. I will make no excuses for the light blogging of late. Life took over, and the twitters are an…
Comings and Goings – the overdue edition UPDATED
Oh, Faithful Legion, it has been so long. Too long, really. I will make no excuses for the light blogging of late. Life took over, and the twitters are an…