November 2013
The Perils of Passivity
Almost a year ago, Paul Krugman wrote a blog post entitled “Inaction is the Greatest Risk.” He was addressing American monetary policy, but the same theme applies to Saskatchewan politics.…
Nov. 7: I just can’t keep up….
I have pages of notes on blunders and shabby journalism by the Irving press. But I can’t use them because every day, I am overwhelmed by ths lastest and numerous…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 7, 2013: Password-hoarding computer engineer was properly convicted, California appeals court says What Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor…
New column day
Here, on how P3 structures create a divergence of interest between short-sighted governments and the general public – and a few policy fixes to ensure we don’t lose value or…
Former PM Joe Clark’s New Book Accurately Describes Stephen Harper’s ‘Adolescent’ Administration …
“Canada now talks more than we act, and our tone is almost adolescent … full of sound and fury,” Joe ClarkFormer Prime Minister of Canada “In a recent excerpt of…
For $250 A Head, Justin Trudeau Will Spend One Night Insulting Women’s Intelligence
Justin Will Seduce You With Buzzwords Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych is, inadvertently, the perfect template to create an advertisement to manufacture the appeal of Justin Trudeau to women for a…
The toils of Tough Tommy.
There was a very telling news clip on the television news the other day of Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair asking a question of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Both speakers had…
Afraid of losing control — a found message from HealthAchieve
At this year’s Ontario Hospital Association HealthAchieve the organizers hired a graphic artist to illustrate many of the sessions. After each session, participants were invited to look at the graphic…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor's office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live "downtown" (usually meaning the entirety…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor’s office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live “downtown” (usually meaning the entirety…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor's office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live "downtown" (usually meaning the entirety…
Burning The Bridge
Conservatives are congratulating themselves. They believe that — having disposed of Senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau — they have achieved a great victory. But, Michael Den Tandt writes, it was…
Heartland Institute Tries To Poison Classrooms With Partisan Climate Pseudoscience
“YOU have an important decision to make,” wrote Diane Bast from the conservative Heartland Institute in a memo posted to science teachers across the US last month. “Will you tell…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor’s office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live “downtown” (usually meaning the entirety…
more moyers: democracy and plutocracy don’t mix
I found the preceding rtod post buried in Blogger drafts, something Allan saved there years ago. I never got around to posting it, but I never had the heart to…
An accurate representation
This photo is missing the beer slider and the porn/video game toggle for men, but otherwise seems accurate. Alltop has an entire board filled with humor sliders.
On the Trudeau-Ford drug use comparison
…I am characteristically subtle: Liberal insider and Sun News Network analyst Warren Kinsella — who has consistently derided Ford and Ford Nation — says comparing Trudeau to Ford is absurd.…
An idea for Stephen Harper:
“I appointed all of those Senators while in a drunken stupor.” You’re welcome.
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: The Gilded Age returned with a vengeance in our time. It slipped in quietly at first, back in the early 1980s, when Ronald Reagan began…