And Justice For None
You'll have to forgive my late commentary on the issue that has been percolating this entire week, and promises to take up as much time next week as well. I…
October 2013
And Justice For None
You’ll have to forgive my late commentary on the issue that has been percolating this entire week, and promises to take up as much time next week as well. I…
Conservatives Need To Come To The Realization That Harper Is The Problem …
OTTAWA — The Conservative Senate caucus will meet Monday morning to discuss possible amendments to three motions that would suspend embattled senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau without…
Video: Fracking in Manitoba
Winnipeg, Oct. 26, 2013: Retired scientist Dennis Le Neveu spoke at a forum on the environmental hazards of fracking, sponsored by Idle No More Manitoba. Photo: Paul S. Graham Fracking…
Lou Reed, My Dad, and the Tennis Racquet Guitar
There aren't too many artists who can bridge the generational divide, or the straight/gay divide, but one of them was Lou Reed. Lou Reed, the singer-songwriter whose darkly poetic recordings…
Michael Mandel dies – a loss to Osgoode
Just today I learned Michael Mandel, a professor for many years at Osgoode Hall died, perhaps this morning. Michael was a part of Osgoode Hall that no one could ever…
It’s a Black, Black Day
He's Walkin' on the wild side.
It’s a Black, Black Day
He’s Walkin’ on the wild side.
It’s a Black, Black Day
He's Walkin' on the wild side.
It’s a Black, Black Day
He’s Walkin’ on the wild side.
On Russell Brand’s Politics
I want to look at a few things Russell Brand has to say – in print and on video (quotations below are from both). As Elizabeth Renzetti said in yesterday’s…
Goodbye Rick Miller, one of the good ones.
It was a few days after the disastrous provincial election of 2008, when the entire Class of Edmonton Alberta Liberals 2004 when down to unexpected (and unwarranted) defeat at the…
The Overton window and its relation to reality
The Overton window and its relation to reality This figure by Michael Tobis should have been published when the IPCC AR5 was released as a reminder of how skewed the…
These questions can only be answered by you
How different might the Internet look five years from now – and what will our future look like when it comes to accessing and sharing knowledge and culture online? At…
Harper is an economic threat to Alberta
The Harper Conservatives are a direct threat to Canada’s economy and Alberta’s well being. We need to invest in our energy infrastructure. Without proper investment, regulations, and energy, our resources…
Anti-Intellectualism: The New Elitism
There’s a growing – and disturbing – trend in modern culture: anti-intellectual elitism. The dismissal of art, science, culture, philosophy, of rhetoric and debate, of literature and poetry, and their…
Congratulations Mayor Nenshi!
John Macfarlane, editor of The Walrus,* asks the question: When did society turn against its best and brightest and more importantly, why? He was bemoaning the fact that Torontonians had…
Lou Reed Dead, 71
Slate.com is reporting Lou Reed died today, age 71. The cause of death has not been announced, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May. Reed joined up with John…
Plutarch on Democratic Class War
From Plutarch’s Moralia: When the Megarians had expelled Theagenes their tyrant, for a short time they were sober and sensible in their government (politeia). But later when the popular leaders…