Sept. 25: Missing the point….
All the comment I’ve seen on l’affaire Professor Lapierre has missed the point and only one group has reacted with any credit to itself. The rector of UdeMoncton has expressed…
September 2013
Mountains Out of Molehills, or Harbingers of Doom?
That is the question I pose as to the impact of four NDP MPs from British Columbia deciding that a jump to the rough-and-tumble and far-from-a-sure-thing world of provincial politics…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Today is of course voting day in Regina’s wastewater treatment plant referendum – and you can get voting information here. And Paul Dechene…
Know your branches of economics
This comic does in one cartoon what the first chapter of Debt, the First 5000 Years does (pretty well) in one chapter. Alltop is a macro-humor generator.
Employment Insurance Claims in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2003 – 2013 #nlpoli
Every day, in every way, things are better and better. No, that wasn’t Inspector Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies. That was one of the key messages Premier Kathy Dunderdale…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 25, 2013: Nominations open for 2013 Canadian Blog Awards Ohio man pleads guilty to sex with…
They Tell Us It’s About Principles
Tim Harper writes that the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto are a political odd couple: Harper would treat a meeting with a voter in an unscripted moment as…
Gary McHale: crowd-sourcing a lawsuit
Gary McHale is suing me. McHale, who you can read about here and here and here, is suing me because I wrote a Sun Media column describing him as “an…
More Thoughts On Muzzled Scientists
Last week I wrote a post on David Schindler, the retired scientist who wrote about the pernicious effects of the Harper regime’s muzzling of government scientists. These letters from today’s…
The challenge in Toronto-Centre.
It is something of a dry run. If Justin Trudeau is going to make a difference as Liberal Party leader in the federal election expected in 2015, the Liberals have…
"Golden Dawn’s rise signals breakdown of the Greek state’s authority." – Richard Seymour
Reblogged from Pluto Press – Independent Progressive Publishing: Richard Seymour, author of the upcoming Against Austerity (Pluto, 2014), has written an article for the Guardian about the emergence of the…
What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the U.S.
A trade agreement being secretly negotiated by the Obama administration could allow an end run by the oil and gas industry around local opposition to natural gas exports. This agreement,…
Important Issues, Sound Science, Real Change
I was asked at a talk I gave at Leeds Skeptics in the Pub on Monday what lesson I would import to the UK from Canadian skepticism. My answer was…
Note to Self: Canadians Really Like First-Past-The-Past Voting
Truth be told, I was a political activist that worked for about ten years trying to get the voting system changed so that each and every vote cast in an…
The Beast #nlpoli
This week, people across Canada who are interested in the public right to access government information mark a thing called Right to Know Week. It’s a time to “raise awareness…
The Incredible Shrinking Steve Harper
Golly. If Stephen Harper's stature on the world stage keeps shrinking we're going to have to swap that magnifying glass for a microscope eh? Yesterday we found out how low…
A/V Club: Edmonton Election Videos
TweetWith Edmonton mayoral candidate Kerry Diotte stirring up controversy over a YouTube video which his campaign has now removed, I thought I would take a look at some of the…
Dr. Goldenberg – God’s Role in Government -Liveblog
At the Filmpool , where an overfull crowd has gathered for a UofR religious studies lecture. 7:06 introductions are done by Luther College and another. Luther HS students present for…
On sucker’s bets
As the old saying goes, if you sit down at a poker table and can’t spot the sucker, you’re it. And there shouldn’t be much doubt that when the City…