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I thought I had a shot at being Pope!
I thought I had a shot at being Pope!
The news that Marc Garneau is quitting the federal Liberal leadership race is bad news for the Grits, and good news for the Conservatives. How’s that, you say? Well, the…
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is the first Jesuit ever elected as Supreme Pontiff and the first from the Americas.
Tomorrow on Earthgauge, we’re discussing food (in)security. From the geopolitics of global food security to the benefits of eating locally, this special program will consider how the food choices we…
I was taught by Jesuits. So was my Dad. Jesuits taught me about social justice, trade unionism, liberation theology, the power of words, fighting intolerance, and real liberalism. The new…
Cardinal Bergoglio
Cardinal Bergoglio
Cardinal Bergoglio
Holy Smoke is white!!!! Update: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina is the new Pope.
DeSmogBlog has found that Environmental Resources Management, the consulting firm behind the Keystone XL Pipeline environmental impact assessment, has been at the center of controversial pipeline projects in the past.…
First, I’d like you to go to Netflix and watch a documentary called “Head Games”. It’s about brain damage due to contact sport. It talks about concussions in football, hockey,…
While much has been written of late about the proliferation of precarious work and unpaid internships, the latter the perfect opportunity for employers to exploit the desperation of young people,…
Marc Garneau, the person and MP I was supporting as my first and best choice to lead the federal Liberal Party of Canada, has decided to drop out because Justin…
If you want to see the face of progressivism, take a look at Elizabeth Warren. If you want to understand what progressivism in the 21st century is about, listen to…
From Tuesday’s Hansard comes this chilling reminder that even the Premier has no idea what is going on with the province’s finances. Mr. Speaker, I again have to implore the…
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has asked Health Canada to delay licensing of three new clinics that would pay donors for blood plasma. This new clinics represent a fundamental change…
The Asia Pacific region faces enormous freshwater challenges triggered by overpopulation, industrialization, and climate change. What’s coming is bad enough if only Asia wasn’t starting so far in the hole.…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, I pondered about whether or not I should put Michael Moore’s latest up on the blog this morning. It is not pretty but it is…
The sort of warfare the West has been waging this century is largely without heroes in the connotation of that word in previous wars. There have been some to be…
How Hackers Will Blow Up The World: China, Cyber-Warfare and the Cuban Missile Crisis
I have a piece on TechPresident I really enjoyed writing about how certain technologies – as they become weaponized – can in turn become highly destabilizing to global stability. The…