Thomas Nagel, Darwin, God, And Other Boring Shit
Dr. Dawg has a post up where he discusses Thomas Nagel’s new book, Mind And Cosmos, and the alleged persecution of Nagel over his “heretical” views re Science, Darwin, God,…
April 2013
Rob Ford: arrives at work at lunchtime, stays four hours, leaves
If I had an employee like that, I’d fire them. So would you.
Political Will and Public Policy #nlpoli
The SIDI simulation of government spending that we’ve run this past week might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but these sort of thought exercises are always useful. The most…
As much as anyone, Liberals hurt themselves
“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.” ― Judith McNaught Underwear mfg is prime…
The Harperland Spring and the Partisan Nightmare
When I woke up today, the sky was blue, the sun was shining, and for a moment I thought that Spring had arrived in Harperland. Finally !!!!!But then I stepped…
Climate change is simple
Sometimes it helps to remind ourselves of the basic science of climate change and why scientists are so certain that the planet is warming and humans are to blame. David…
5819…Culture Shaper Dies
Roger Ebert, who was only 70, died yesterday of a bunch of stuff. This is the pic that The Huffington Post had. He and his late partner Gene Siskel really…
Spreadsheet: Tracking Alberta political party fundraising from 2004 to 2012.
TweetFollowing yesterday’s release of political donations disclosure reports submitted to Elections Alberta, I thought it would be interesting to look at the recent history of political donations in Alberta. The…
Eight Years of Wise Law Blog
Hard to believe, but it’s now been eight years of Wise Law Blog. Yes, it’s our 8th blawgversary blogversary. And clearly, that means I should write something to mark the…
Sorry for Hiatus
As regular visitors will have noticed, I haven’t been up to my usual feisty self lately. The truth is, real life intervenes some times, and I’ve been hellishly busy lately…
Wilhelmina Jansen, 1924 – 2013
Wilhelmina Jansen, my partner Irene Jansen’s mother passed away today after a short illness. She was 88.
Fraser Institute Sunshine List
On Monday, Andrew wrote that we need a Bay Street sunshine list. Today, we got something almost as good: a Fraser Institute sunshine list, courtesy of US tax filings and…
Canadians respond to Big Telecom spin
To help us counter a campaign by Big Telecom lobbyists to suppress our voices and paint a rosy picture of our dysfunctional telecom market, we asked the pro-Internet community to…
Poll: Massive support for Proportional Representation
Hat tip to BluntObjects for the LeadNow poll of Canadians’ views about the need to fix our broken electoral system. The poll shows massive support by Liberals, Dippers and Greens…
Award-winning McGill Prof to bring climate-change lessons out of the lab
Researcher to share environmental insights through video series By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: McGill University Biology Professor Catherine Potvin, a renowned expert on climate change and tropical-forest ecology,…
Labrador By-Election Poll: Yvonne Jones Wins All
Forum Research just released a new poll they did in the riding of Labrador for the upcoming by-election. Its not even close, not even close. Forum Research (Labrador – March…
Bring Your Boomers: How BC Candidates Fare on Climate Change
Although the writ for the upcoming BC election won’t be dropped for another two weeks (yes, this campaign has been going on forever), I had the pleasure yesterday of attending…
On the Leadnow Co-op Poll…
Democratic reform advocacy group Leadnow, one of a couple of organizations to have endorsed Joyce Murray over the co-operation issue, decided to pay for a poll to be conducted on…
National Post: the Harper Conservatives are “jerks”
Mother, fetch me the smelling salts! I think I’m going to faint! “But with the economy growing slowly, and even Alberta’s oil wealth underperforming, the Tories must now confront the…