Obama’s War, the Divided Left, and the Syrian Apocalypse
It will be about a week before we know whether Obama will get to fire his missiles at Syria. But what already painfully obvious is that just his threat to…
September 2013
School’s Started…
This is the kind of thing you’ll be seeing around you this week as kids go back to school–this one is near where our kids did elementary school. But what…
Sloppy reporting on unions from Globe and Mail & Canadian Press
The Globe and Mail (regurgitating the Canadian Press, apparently) gets it wrong about unions in a story in today’s print edition. They claim that “Union membership has declined in Canada…
You Aren’t Sufficiently Critical of the #Media
You need to trust the media less. Almost a year ago, and before the last US presidential election, Gallup determined that there has been a stunning decline in citizens’ mistrust…
On family ties
Laura Ryckewaert’s report on the Cons’ Senate strategy has already received plenty of attention. But I’m more interested in a senior Conservative’s excuses for Stephen Harper’s actual appointees than what…
Vancouver Sun Letter
A letter of mine in the Vancouver Sun today, this one about the “Disappearing Palestine” ads on public transit here in the city. I try to defend the ads against…
Another look back #2
Hmmm… Some bad Impressionism, a poor Group of Seven… A mountain in the north of Italy near Piossasco, from a photo out the train window. More than just a little…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato points out that important inventions tend to come from public financing aimed at the greater good – while noting that…
It Sounds Like a Japanese Sci-Fi Movie – An "Ice Wall" to Sequester Fukushima
The Japanese government claims it will build a wall of frozen soil to surround the Fukushima nuclear plant and, it’s hoped, prevent radioactive cooling water from leaking. Shafts will be…
The Fountain of Youth contains….water?
GC and I marched in the Pride parade last weekend! First time for both of us. I was working there and GC volunteered to pitch in. It was a terrific…
Economists for Linda McQuaig
Forty economists, including many Progressive Economics Forum members, have signed the following statement (PDF version): We write to endorse Linda McQuaig’s candidacy for the upcoming federal by-election in Toronto Centre.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 3, 2013: ‘Sovereign citizen’ movement worrying officials as 30,000 claim they ‘freed’ themselves from Canada’s law…
Anyone still making fax machines? I found a buyer for you
Microsoft. I don’t usually comment on technology stories but this is Onionesque. Surely if Microsoft wants to regain its position as a technology leader/force to be reckoned with/etc etc it…
A Protest Song About the NSA Reading Your Emails
The band YACHT has gone back to the glory days of Dylan and the like by writing a protest song. The song is about the NSA illegal spying the USA,…
In breach of trust cases, restitution is proper even if repayment unlikely
R. v. Castro 2010 ONCA 718 holds: 28 Insofar as the nature of the offence is concerned, in cases involving breach of trust, the paramount consideration is the claims of…
A Restaurant To Avoid
Were I a Toronto resident, Richtree Market, a restaurant located in the Eaton Centre, is a business I would refuse to patronize. Its union-busting tactics should appall anyone who cares…