If Tim Hudak goes, who do you pick as Ontario PC leader?
One of my old university political classmates (and still a friend) Michael Taube, who once worked on the staff of Stephen Harper, has a guest op-ed column in the Star…
August 2013
On The Margins No More
John Ralston Saul writes that scientific experiments to starve our aboriginal peoples should come as no surprise: When Canadians learn that malnourished aboriginal children were used for nutritional experiments, they…
Elections Ontario VS. WCO
From Parker Gallant; the last couple of sentences (which I have bolded) are the coolest bit: A letter dated August 8, 2013, which Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) received from Elections…
Jason Kenney and the Octopus Monster
OMG. Run for your lives. It's the octopus monster from outer space, or the Creature from the Con Lagoon. And it seems like NOTHING can stop Jason Kenney !!!!Two weeks…
Travel packing rules
1) no books 2) no books 3) no books 4) fewer clothes 5) more money 6) no books 7) no books 8) no wheelchairs 9) fewer clothes 10) more money…
The Pantheon 2
The 1700 year old part. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome
The Pantheon
Raphael sleeps here. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome
The wall outside Vatican City
All the secrets are inside. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome, Vatican, wall
The Sistine Chapel roof
Just about the only reason, really, to see the Vatican. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Vatican
Rome Vespa girl
Filed under: art Tagged: girl, Rome, scooter, Vespa
Why our voting system is broken and how to fix it
Unlike most developed countries, Canada uses a primitive method of voting called First-Past-the-Post. This simple system awards a seat (in Parliament) to the candidate with the most votes. This sounds…
A Saturday Evening Thought
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I grow old
Tomorrow, I get even older. So, I sit on the dock – and the cursing we’d been hearing has stopped, for now, thank God – and I’m here with new…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne comments on the biggest of the Cons’ many lies about the role and capacity of the federal government: Canada’s $18.7-billion deficit…
6317…Best Comment On Hudak’s Problems
You are aware of course that Buffalo Tim Hudak is on the ropes with the party he leads, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives. Something bothers his followers. That something is the fact…
Maybe What Vancouver Island Needs Isn’t Provincehood but Sovereignty Association
There’s been some talk lately about why Vancouver Island isn’t a Canadian province in its own right. The argument is that, if you look at the maritime provinces, we’re bigger,…
It’s First Nations, Surfers & Loggers Versus Those Damned Dirty Hippies
A confrontation is brewing on the north island where remote Raft Cove Provincial Park is bracing for a flash mob of 2,000 hippies planning to stay there for up to…