Postmedia’s Ham-Handed Assault on Mulcair
Postmedia has posted Michael Den Tandt’s latest column, which will presumably appear in print tomorrow. He presents recent comments about Dutch disease as a departure from Tom Mulcair’s previous position:…
2012
4635…Toughest Job In The World
Delivering pizzas in Kabul. Reuters reports that in the capital of Afghanistan, a village of about four million, the streets have no names. Or numbers. Local delivery only I guess.…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Fight The Right!
Here it is – the official cover to the new book, out in September! Plan to share it with some DNC and former Chretien folks at a dinner tonight, here…
Parliament in Review – April 4, 2012
After the Cons refused to listen to the opposition parties’ proposed amendments, Wednesday, April 4 saw a day of debate on the main budget motion in the second-last day before…
A Message From Mother
Found on Facebook today: * Get your MOM the BEST present ever for mother’s day… steward your soil, nurture nature, compost your waste, remediate local contamination, share with the innocent…
Chris Landsea Dumps Heartland
As readers might know, I have been contacting scientists/academics on the Heartland Institute Expert list and asking if, in light of the Institute’s billboard fiasco, they intend to remain on…
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day was mostly just another day. My mother never let me attempt breakfast in bed. Chances are, she cooked breakfast for me. Mom’s right arm was never the same…
Rafferty Appeal Likely
An appeal is very likely — why not? The situation for the accused will not get any worse and generally speaking there will be legal aid available for an appeal…
The Star’s Reader Reaction to Bill C-309
As promised in my previous post, I am reproducing letters from yesterday’s Star in which readers offer their own trenchant insights on the implications of the abhorrent Bill C-309: Re:…
Hydro’s Overflowing Dams, Huge Losses Due to Private Power
This is neither a complicated nor a long story – but it’s a tragic vindication for a hell of a lot of people who have been telling the story, ignored…
Hydro’s Overflowing Reservoirs, Huge Losses Vindicate Our Criticism of Private Power
This is neither a complicated nor a long story – but it’s a tragic vindication for a hell of a lot of people who have been telling the story, ignored…
The Quebec Students: If You Can’t Beat Them Cane Them
Well I suppose it was inevitable eh? Ever since the Quebec students began marching, the Con media has been attacking them like a pack of rabid hyenas. The Con liberal…
Parenting, The Unpaid Work That Powers The World
My Mother hates Mothers Day. Her assertion has always been that many of these so-called feel-good holidays are just constructs of card companies and retailers designed to make people part…
To those who think free education means lower quality,
In Finland, Denmark, and Sweden, post-secondary education is free, and in the 2011 Global talent index of 62 countries, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden finished in second, third, and eighth positions…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Joan Bryden reports on the Cons’ latest abuses of majority government power, this time in allocating and shuffling around the few opposition days…