5957…Say Hey To 82 Candles
Happy birthday to the Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays. You went to college; you figure out how old he is. WFDS
May 2013
Re-reading Hirschman
Since I was a graduate student in the last millennium, I’ve been fascinated by the role of the cotton textile industry in recent economic history, beginning with that momentous event…
Re-reading Hirschman
Since I was a graduate student in the last millennium, I’ve been fascinated by the role of the cotton textile industry in recent economic history, beginning with that momentous event…
Hungry in Canada: One-in-Five Skip Meals to Help Make Ends Meet
By: Food Banks Canada | Press Release: TORONTO, May 6, 2013 – Today, food banks across the country are asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement from May…
Leave to appeal
Tomic v. Tough, 2013 BCCA 212 deals with the criteria for granting leave to appeal The criteria for granting leave to appeal were addressed by Saunders J.A. inGoldman, Sachs &…
5956…National Post, The, Down On 10 Per Centers
10 per centers are political pamphlets, usually very partisan, that MPs are allowed to send free-to-the-MP to 10 per cent of the households in their riding. It usta be, back…
Stand up for affordability and choice in Canada’s cell phone market
Did you know that the high prices in our cell phone market mean that you can own about four phones in Portugal for the same price as having one device…
Why Justin Trudeau May Be More Dangerous than Harper
The thing that has always bothered me about Justin – ever since his entry onto the public scene at his famous father’s funeral – is that he’s never appeared to…
Canada’s Nate Silver weighs in on B.C. ’13
Here. Dix didn’t have a great debate performance, Clark did. Also, going neg has worked for the latter – while refusing to do so hasn’t helped the former. That all…
Canada’s Nate Silver weighs in on B.C. ’13
Here. Dix didn’t have a great debate performance, Clark did. Also, going neg has worked for the latter – while refusing to do so hasn’t helped the former. That all…
Boston and Venezuela: Terrorism There and Here
Two major terrorists’ attacks took place almost simultaneously: in Boston, two Chechen terrorists set off bombs during the annual Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring 170; in Venezuela, terrorist-supporters…
Faker Than Ezra?
So far, I’ve unable to find anyone with a higher percentage of fake twitter followers than Ezra Levant. In fact nobody even comes close. The wannabes include some notable names,…
May 6: Poor Loblaw’s…it didn’t know…
…that women supplying it with clothes were working under deadly conditions for a dollar fifty a day. How could they know that conditions were so bad and pay so terrible?…
Squeaky clean Conservatives
Little noticed amid the hoopla surrounding Stephen Harper’s announcement of new dollars for clean energy initiatives last week was Heritage Minister James Moore’s corresponding promise of significant funding for clean…
The Toronto Star Facebook page: honesty that’s so honest, you’ll want less honesty
Apparently for real. Man, someone at One Yonge is having a bad Monday morning.
Justin Trudeau, Boy King
There is no accounting for political judgment when it gets caught up in irrational euphoria. The overwhelming victory of Justin Trudeau in the Liberal Party’s leadership race demonstrates just how…
Patient Zero
Turns out the tale of Patient Zero – the Canadian flight attendant – was, as with many things, a lie. Story here. Reading this story reminds me of my Dad…
The Edible Urban Gardener: Ron Finley in South LA
Okay, how do you bring gardens to the city? Here’s one man’s crusade. Ron Finley gardens in South Los Angeles, and if he can do it, you can do it.
why focus on inflation when there is little evidence of a inflationary trend while there are abundant statistics revealing just how bad things are for both the unemployed and the underemployed.
One of the official goals of central bank monetary policy is supposed to be low employment fostered through what is known as an expansionary policy by lowering interest rates with…
why focus on inflation when there is little evidence of a inflationary trend while there are abundant statistics revealing just how bad things are for both the unemployed and the underemployed.
One of the official goals of central bank monetary policy is supposed to be low employment fostered through what is known as an expansionary policy by lowering interest rates with…