Harper to balance books on the backs of provinces
The Harper Government was pleased with a recent report from the PBO stating long term federal finances were “sustainable” with “substantial fiscal room.” But Harper didn’t seem to mind that…
September 2013
Adrian Dix Does It Again
{An edited version of the following post has also been submitted as a guest op-ed in the 100 Mile Free Press, Anahim-Nimpo Messenger, and the Omineca Free Press–MC} Shortly after…
Vatican: Jesus was the original tweeter
Jack Dorsey, step aside — you may be Twitter’s first registered user (and hey, founder), but in the eyes of the Vatican, Jesus Christ is the original tweeter. “Christ used…
what i’m reading: man’s search for meaning by viktor frankl
I’ve just finished reading Man’s Search for Meaning, a classic written by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl in 1959, republished with various forewords and epilogues in 1984, 1992, and 2006. It’s…
Beauty of the Nature
Sometimes I try to forget the troubles of the world and enjoy nature on my long hikes. Here are some pictures I put together in a video format and added…
Why Spelling Matters
Sometimes I despair when I surf through the social media. Technology has empowered everyone to be able to comment, to post their stories, to share their opinion. Yet it has…
Babel’s backward burghers blunder on.
Babel-on-the-Bay knows that our readers are not very interested in parochial items about our modest little city here on the shores of Kempenfelt Bay. We are only telling you this…
On Going Negative
You say you aren’t going to do it, and then you do it and say you didn’t. Kathleen Wynne knows this. At least I hope she does.
The International Gasbag
Bob Rae writes that Canada now conducts its foreign policy using a megaphone. It didn’t used to be that way. And it doesn’t have to be that way now: Imagine…
Stephen Harper and the Dirty War on Canadians
Well I see Stephen Harper and his ghastly Con regime have stepped up their dirty war on Justin Trudeau. Now he’s not just a junkie, he’s selling pot to kiddies.…
Old Haunts of the Heritage Front
We're currently waiting for some information regarding a couple of upcoming articles, but we thought that we would revisit our project concerning documenting the history of the Canadian racist movement.…
Campaign Diary Volume 9: Sidewalks, snow, public transit & Adlai Stevenson
A sidewalk snow removal machine in Ottawa. Below: Better a hole in the shoe than a hole in the head, as the slogan said. Adlai Stevenson in ’52, campaigning in…
Shall, Dickson Booth Lake loop: trip report posted
I do this every year. Disappearing for four days in early fall. And yet, my partner, the lovely and talented Irene Jansen, puts up with me. I am a lucky…
Stephen Harper “won’t take ‘No’ for an answer” on Keystone XL pipeline
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this story from the Associated Press on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s bold statement on Keystone XL at a talk in New York. Harper’s true climate…
Pennsylvania’s fracking boom goes bust
Fracking operation in southwestern Pennsylvania (photo: Mark Schmerling) Read this Sept. 12 story from Philly.com describing how Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is going bust. Meanwhile, The Common Sense Canadian reported recently…
I Care About What’s in Your Head, Not What’s on Your Head
So there’s this thing in Quebec which I’m sure my Canadian readers have heard of and maybe also a few of my American readers, which involves the Quebec government devising…
Who are Freeman on the land
“Freemen on the Land” claim that all statute law is contractual, and that such law is applicable only if an individual consents to be governed by it. By avoiding such…
Sept. 29: just a short blog for a Sunday….
‘Newsrooms’, the total number of reporters available to a news medium, are generally far too small, and getting smaller. The result is that it’s not possible to have enough reporters…
In Sunday’s Sun: the author, reviewed
Authors often complain that reviewers critique them, and not their books. It’s often true, too. I’ve written seven door stoppers. Whenever I break the solemn promise I earlier made to…