March 2013
Pope Francis and the Complicity of Silence
Even though he belongs to the most conservative wing of the Catholic Church, and is a fierce enemy of the equality of women and gay people. Even though he is…
Nixon Was Scum
Win at any cost. That seems to have been Nixon’s election campaign strategy, and it worked. Had LBJ notified the public of information the FBI illegally gathered from an ambassador…
Doug Christie: The Truth Will Out (Prologue)
We wrote earlier that we will not speak ill of the dead, but that doesn’t mean we will be complacent when many in the media whitewash Doug Christie’s history, portraying…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
We saw Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers perform, and later attended a Liam Clancey concert when the group had broken up — a memorable evening because afterwards we were…
Weekly roundup (ending Mar 16 / 13)
First and biggest news of the week was the upset election of 76 year old Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who interestingly has taken the name Francis I.…
In Sunday’s Sun: in politics, timing is everything
In politics, as in comedy, timing is everything. On Wednesday morning, Liberal MP Marc Garneau announced he was withdrawing from his party’s leadership race and offering his support to Justin…
5749…Here Is The Definition Of Poverty In Canada
A man at 10 pm on a Saturday night standing in front of the Metro, a grocery store, in the Island Park area of Ottawa. Island Park, West Wellington, Westboro…
Florida, defined
This, plus a lot of shuttered businesses still.
The Real world of Electoral Politics: Coming soon to a Liberal Party near you!
Every time I think about the long decline of the Liberal Party, I recall vividly a conversation I had over coffee with my local Liberal counterpart back in 2007. We…
Rafe Mair Calls on Christy Clark To Do The Right Thing-Resign!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger When the BC Liberals went to such pains to build up the ‘in house investigation’ it was highly suspicious and now we are finding out…
Good News – Dead Pigs in the River
One of Shanghai’s main sources of drinking water, the Huang Pu river, has had thousand of dead pigs removed from its waters. Recent reports put the total at 8,300 and…
Papal PR: Welcome to St. Francis with The Sword
Pope Francis Right from the start, Pope Francis has set a new tone in the Vatican for the Catholic Church under his papal rule. Gone are the trappings of power;…
It’s Time that Canada Found a New/Old Economy
By the time you’re in your 60s you’ve developed a sense of a certain cadence to life, something like a master Circadien rhythm that regulates life on our planet. Every…
Rachel Corrie’s parents speak on 10th anniversary of her death (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she tried to block the demolition…
Justin Trudeau on Proportional Representation
I am afraid that this may be the most significant result of the Liberal leadership contest: a leader who is not committed to changing the electoral system. As a young…
"I’M EMBARRASSED TO BE A REPUBLICAN"
Interesting headline and picture in The Huffington Post. To read the story click here.
March 16: Trivia day
There isn’t much to say about the TandT today because there isn’t much in it. So let’s start with an editorial blunder on p. A1. Imagine a headline which said…