Permanently Unemployed
Paul Krugman writes in The New York Times that America is creating a new social class — the permanently unemployed: Now, some unemployment is inevitable in an ever-changing economy. Modern…
April 2013
How not to sell the Oil Sands
If you haven’t read Tzeporah Berman’s Daily Kos piece – My Government Doesn’t Believe in Climate Change – go check it out. It’s amazing to see how out of sync,…
How not to sell the Oil Sands
If you haven’t read Tzeporah Berman’s Daily Kos piece – My Government Doesn’t Believe in Climate Change – go check it out. It’s amazing to see how out of sync,…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 22, 2013, Earth Day!: Pakistani Court Orders Musharraf Detained for 2 More Weeks Stream the High…
In today’s Hill Times: is the federal NDP doomed?
Quote: “There’s very little vote that I can see that will bleed from Harper to Trudeau. But, from Mulcair to Trudeau, there will be plenty of voters shifting allegiance. The…
earth day 2013: one million comments against the keystone xl pipeline
Nancy Zorn’s Direct Action To mark Earth Day 2013, I hope you will submit a comment to the US State Department opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline. The form is properly…
earth day 2013: one million comments against the keystone xl pipeline
Nancy Zorn’s Direct Action To mark Earth Day 2013, I hope you will submit a comment to the US State Department opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline. The form is properly…
Wedding, penis, knitting and fine arts
I wrote down all my thoughts about my visit to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and it was a big fat mess of contradictions, so I will continue to think on it…
The loneliness of the long distance rabbit
The stats were daunting. The average breeding season for rabbits is 9 months (10 in Newfoundland). Gestation time is 30 days. Each litter produces somewhere between 4 to 12 kits…
Dumb commentary in more than 140 characters
Really? Except: The attack ads are working. Twitter “teaches” nothing; mostly, teachers do. Obama lost the gun control vote. Question Period changes nothing. Twitter circulated an avalanche of false information…
Like Lobsters Caught in a Trap, Americans Are Held Prisoners By Their Procedural Republic
The news coming out of the USA last week was pretty bleak: another senseless act of indiscriminate violence at the Boston Marathon, where two home-made bombs were detonated amongst the…
Autism and the Natural Environment: Conor Celebrates Earth Day Every Day
Today is Earth Day! Conor celebrated yesterday with some Run, Jump, Fly fun on the North Riverfront Trail here in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. We try to get outdoors and…
Some free advice #nlpoli
The Premier’s daughter tweeted this comment last Wednesday night. Few people consider the impact that political life has on the families of politicians and political staffers. Steve Paikin’s book The…
The Bloody Battle for Gay Marriage in France
I can hardly believe what's been happening in France.Riot police battling homophobes, religious fanatics, and neo-Nazi groups. Gay people being attacked over their right to be married. In the streets…