My Dream- No war and unpolluted earth
I watched this video on the internet. I liked it so much that I decided to post it. Lyrics: In my dreams there’s a place without warNo more guns no…
October 2013
The Ontario Catholic School Board supporters had an email campaign, I guess…
So. There is this website that the Ontario Liberals have set up called “Common Ground” that is designed to elicit comments from Ontarians on new policy directions. This is not…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Thomas Walkom sees Stephen Harper’s approval of dove hunting as an ideal metaphor for the gratuitous violence of his government: The wildlife service…
SXSW ECO in Austin Texas
I’m in Austin right now attending (and presenting) at the Captivate Conference and this city has come to impress me. While I’m at that conference about digital design there is…
‘Alarming’ sea star die-off on West Coast
A dead morning sun star (photo courtesy of Jonathan Martin) VANCOUVER – Last month, a diver alerted Vancouver Aquarium staff that he had found a number of dead and decaying…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, October 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 7, 2013: Legal Futures Initiative gets Lively Law practice pays ‘too much too quickly to the…
Mental Health – Stigmatizing your own workforce
A few weeks ago we reported on a Statistics Canada analysis that showed very little real difference in the absenteeism rate between the public and private sectors. This is likely…
Toronto Teens Talk Urban Form
Two girls on the bus this morning: “My family rented a cottage in ______ this summer. It was pretty, but scary.” “Scary how?” “It was like in those movies…” “Perfect,…
Sad chalk message on the sidewalk
Friday morning I was walking to work along Somerset Street. It was a drizzly morning, so this sidewalk chalk message was probably still fresh yet destined to disappear almost immediately.…
Saturday Photo: Self-Censorship
This is the photo that I’m using on the hardcopy invitation to my book launches for my new collection of short stories, Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography next…
Today is the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation is a foundational document in the relationship between aboriginal peoples and the Crown; while it does not establish aboriginal rights, as those predate the Proclamation, it recognizes…
Glen Pearson reviews reviews, and is thereby reviewed
Glen Pearson doesn’t like what I had to say about Michael Ignatieff. He says I’m “vicious,” “cutthroat,” “shadowy,” “arrogant,” “repellant,” “brutal,” “maddening,” and a practicioner of the “old politics.” Wow!…
Running Scared
It’s clear now that Republicans are trying to upend the constitution by nullifying both an election and a Supreme Court ruling. Joshua Holland writes that, to understand what is behind…
Wynne and her woeful wannabes.
It is a waste of time to worry about public opinion polls months before an election. Watching Premier Kathleen Wynne working her political wiles last week also seemed like a…
Paulie Doesn’t Let An Opportunity Pass Him By
One thing that we noticed regarding the ruling against Free Dominion and the two "John Does" remaining who hadn't been dropped or who had settled earlier is the relative silence…
The real Liberal Renewal #nlpoli
Cathy Bennett launched a 48-day tour of the province last week as part of her bid for the Liberal leadership. The local media dutifully attended but the story didn’t make…
Campaign Diary Volume 12: Anonymity, advertising, Astro-Turf … & advice in St. Albert
Where’s Toto when St. Albert needs him? And what does he think about St. Albert’s leash bylaw? Here’s Toto, back in the day, exposing the Great Oz behind the green…