5 Questions: Omar Alghabra
Omar Alghabra was the Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Erindale from 2006–2008. He ran again in 2011 and parliament is a worse place without him in it. Omar is a strong…
2012
4607…Piracy Is Destroying Hollywood
The Avengers grossed more its first weekend than any film in history. Am I the only one that sees a contradiction here? It is either or sports fans, either or.…
4606…Goober Pyle Is Dead
George Lindsey was the man’s name and the character he invented, Goober Pyle, dies with him at 83. Funny guy who was a big enough factor in the world of…
PMO boss, 1; Biggest Asshole in Canada, 0
This is awesome. As someone who regularly tells trolls and twits to piss off (or worse), I heartily applaud young MacDougall’s retort. Well done! Pip pip! It reminds me of…
4605…Another Testicle Ticket In South Carolina
Another. Meaning that this is an ongoing problem in Steve Spurrier’s home state. WMBF news and The Associated Press report: For the second time in a year, a South Carolina…
Experts and Empowerment
We all, as David Wiley writes, want to empower learners. While we read a great deal these days about education as job training and workforce readiness, what we really want…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda McQuaig is hopeful that Quebec’s student protests against tuition hikes might remind many Canadians that we can do more than just…
4604…Carleton Grad Rob Ford Snubs The Press
The mayor of Toronto,the most self important city on the third rock from the sun, is a funny, confusing and hypocritical man. Yesterday was another one of those days for…
Lose Weight the Geeky Way
Weight Hacker is a website and book that focus on losing weight in a very geeky way. The creator of weight hacking writes about geeky things all the time and…
Another National Post Letter
This one is about the Harper government’s crackdown on the charitable sector despite its important contribution to our democracy. Please see today’s National Post for my letter.
Could Someone Bring Down e-Commerce?
Is it possible to prevent technology from running out of control? Is it already out of control? It may be that we won't know the answers to those questions before…
Could Someone Bring Down e-Commerce?
Is it possible to prevent technology from running out of control? Is it already out of control? It may be that we won’t know the answers to those questions before…
Could Someone Bring Down e-Commerce?
Is it possible to prevent technology from running out of control?Is it already out of control?It may be that we won't know the answers to those questions before it is…
Could Someone Bring Down e-Commerce?
Is it possible to prevent technology from running out of control? Is it already out of control? It may be that we won’t know the answers to those questions before…
How to Make Policy That Serves Us, Without Hurting Us
Everyone that cares about politics, should have an understanding of economics. Irwin Schiff’s cartoon, How an economy Grows? provides an easy to understand basis for economics, that doesn’t make the…
Brad Wall: Oil Sands is a great stuff
Thomas Mulcair of NDP calls oil sands Dutch disease. Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall is very upset. His interview with Evan Solomon of CBC:
An update on all the people MAYBE running for Liberal leadership
The expectation is that rules for the Liberal leadership race will come down in June, setting the stage for a summer of getting to know the men and women wanting…
An update on all the people MAYBE running for Liberal leadership
The expectation is that rules for the Liberal leadership race will come down in June, setting the stage for a summer of getting to know the men and women wanting…
The slow (whimpering) decline of democracy. . .
One obviously need not be an expert in ‘political science’ to understand that things are reaching a rather difficult point in political history. Almost every country in the world now…
The politics of logic and history #nlpoli
“Government does not work on logic,” a wise man once told your humble e-scribbler. “It works on the basis of history.” When faced with a new problem, people tend to…