April 2013
Strengths and weaknesses
The ever-charming Bea Vongduangchanh of the Hill Times asked me to assess the various federal parties’ strength and weaknesses, for next week’s paper. I decided to share them with you,…
Appropriate Dress Required
Sometimes you feel like putting on a pretty little sundress, and prancing around in a meadow with the butterflies. Other days, you wake up and think: rubber dress … fishnet…
140Law – legal Headlines for Thursday, April 18, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 18, 2013: Ontario to crackdown on debt settlement company abuses: Roseman Top 10 Annoying Clichés Lawyers…
No "There" There
Taking his cue from Andrew Coyne’s recent column on the utter vacuity of Canada’s three major political parties, Zack Paikin writes that the Conservative Party has replaced values with venom.…
New column day
Here, building off of my previous analysis on the current positioning of Canada’s federal parties. For further reading, see:– Bob Hepburn and Carol Goar on the purpose and effect of…
You Have No Rights – Because you are Breaking the Law Right Now
For those who missed it, which I suspect is most people, there is a fantastic Op-Ed in the New York Times by Peter Ludlow of Northwestern University. Titled Hacktivists as…
There’s something wrong in Nova Scotia
“Support the boys.” That’s what a flyer says that is being distributed in and around Halifax this week. “Support the boys” who gang raped Rehtaeh Parsons when she was just…
Incoming Editorial Cartoon
Oh, I do so savor The Toronto Star. Recommend this Post
New Homes in Lancaster, California Required to Produce Solar Energy
Lancaster, California has nearly half a million citizens and they want to reduce their carbon footprint. Their most recent step to being a green city is a world’s first as…
How CBC and others torque ratings by Robert Gerst
Columnist says CBC rankings in “Rank My Hospital” are fairy tale products of an elaborate con game and that statistical techniques were misused to manufacture phony findings while giving the…
Taking control of the second screen experience at CBC by John Moulding
Tessa Sproule, Director of Digital at CBC, wonders whether the jury is still out at CBC on how important second screen apps are.
Boston: when silence improves the debate
Harper looks bad for recklessly politicizing a terrible tragedy. Trudeau looks bad for being completely out of his depth. Advantage: Mulcair, for knowing when to keep his mouth shut.
A Green BC seats
In this post I will explain the possibility of a green seat in BC in this coming election May 14th. Jane Sterk Green party leader will be running in Victoria…
A Green BC seats
In this post I will explain the possibility of a green seat in BC in this coming election May 14th. Jane Sterk Green party leader will be running in Victoria…
A Green BC seats
In this post I will explain the possibility of a green seat in BC in this coming election May 14th. Jane Sterk Green party leader will be running in Victoria…
A Green BC seats
In this post I will explain the possibility of a green seat in BC in this coming election May 14th. Jane Sterk Green party leader will be running in Victoria…