Earthgauge wins 2013 National Community Radio award!
Earthgauge Radio is currently on a summer break but I am thrilled to report that we were recently awarded a 2013 National Community Radio Association (NCRA) award as the best…
June 2013
Campaign Diary Vol. 1: The actual dark secret of democratic politics
The front page of Saturday’s St. Albert Gazette. A good first week of campaigning. ST. ALBERT, Alberta Well, I reckon the first week of my campaign for city council here…
Clean Tech Trade Wars: US, European Union vs. China and how FIPPA Hamstrings Canada
Canada is shooting itself in the foot with the China-Canada trade agreement – the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA). Specifically, a little known stipulation in the China-Canada trade…
6181…Silvio Berlusconi Gets 7 Years
They don’t play in Italy; former Prime Minister or not if you get convicted you are going down. Hard. Reuters breaks the news that “A Milan court sentenced Italian former…
Berlusconi Now Officially a Sex Offender
Sylvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to 7-years in prison for paying for sex with an underage prostitute. He’s also banned for life from holding public office. Sly, you old dog,…
Shouldn’t America Be Bombing Somebody? China? Russia? No, I Suppose Not.
America does not abide insubordination and the defiant often find themselves on the receiving end of U.S. firepower. Washington is practically seething over the ease by which fugitive Edward Snowden…
Dear Tim Hortons,
You don’t know how to make iced coffee. You say you do. It’s on your menu. But you don’t. Because it isn’t iced coffee that comes out of your taps.…
June 24: What’s to say?
“Seismic testing not new in N.B.” That’s a “read it while it’s hot” front-page story in today’s TandT. And it flunks Journalism 101. 1. Nobody has ever said seismic is…
Is This "Two Strikes" for Calgary?
Sorry, Calgary, but when once-a-century floods begin turning up once-a-decade (or even less) you need to realize that either climate change is very real and here to stay or that…
One Dime Short and a Day Late…BC Ferries Sucks
BC Ferries refuses woman 10 cents short on ferry fare Company spokesperson says the rules are the rules CBC News Posted: Jun 24, 2013 8:46 AM PT Last Updated: Jun…
The 2013 Alberta flood: I am puzzled, as usual
In researching tomorrow’s Sun column, I came across a number of photographs of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper touring my flooded…
Reinventing Progressive Politics
We are so accustomed to the connection between political parties and democracy that to question the relationship between the two might seem absurd. But for those who recognize the multiple…
Reinventing Progressive Politics
We are so accustomed to the connection between political parties and democracy that to question the relationship between the two might seem absurd. But for those who recognize the multiple…
The clash of cultures
Specifically, that of (a) a nameless turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata methinks, and (b) Roxy, Canada’s best-loved political dog. Wish I had filmed this encounter up by the cabin; it was…
La St-Jean souillée par les séparatistes
La chroniqueuse dans Le Devoir pose une question intéressante: À qui appartient la Saint-Jean-Baptiste? La fête rebaptisée «la Saint-Jean» a une connotation sociopolitique très particulière au Québec depuis les années…
Canadian Infrastructure Not Ready for Climate Change. Calgary Gets Two Once-a-Century Floods in 8 Years.
Decades of neglect have left Canadian infrastructure vulnerable to severe weather events of the sort now ravaging southern Alberta. The World Council on Disaster Management kicked off its annual conference…
Plants Which Clean the Air
Ever wanted to have really fresh air in your place? This TED Talk by Kamal Meattle provides some insight into which plants you should have in your home and what…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Chris Lehmann discusses the destructive impetus behind the ever-present austerity scolds: In their new book The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills, Stuckler and…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, June 24, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 24, 2013: Beware the perils of using unpaid interns – Canadian HR Reporter (blog) Justice at…
my journey to palestinian solidarity and the myth of the self-hating jew, part 2
Part 1 here. For a while I had been reluctant to write this story, because it seemed so baggy and shapeless. The best essays are crisp, with a clearly defined…