Maybe we should discourage minimum wage work
The Globe and Mail has a new series on income inequality in Canada. As someone who already likes to engage on this topic, I naturally skipped to the solutions section.…
2013
The revival that Todd Bentley predicted for Fresno is now overdue. By perhaps 12 years but at least 10 months
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Some folks,eager for a revival, ran into Todd Bentley in Stockton, California. Unfortunately for Todd they were “rolling tape”, and it…
Cell phones > Smartphones > Superphones > ?
Just fooling around here, but with the rapid evolution of smartphone technology, you have to be wondering where it’s going. Earlier this year we learned of an imager chip that…
Lack of foresight: Dangerous like driving in the Rocky Mountains
It is sometimes quite embarrassing to be an Albertan. I’ve just come across an article that is just sadly funny. We can call this funny because it’s been filed under…
Trudeau the Sexist, Part 2
There is yet another Justin Trudeau controversy about these days that involve women and sexism. The first one, if you recall, was whether or not Justin’s “striptease” event for a…
Why women’s issues are crucial to society
Many accused Justin Trudeau of being sexist for holding a women’s-only fundraising event titled, Justin Unplugged. Emma Teitel of Maclean’s points out the irony that it was actually a charity…
Musings on love and freedom in the Ring Cycle
Wagner’s Ring Cycle is about a curse on a ring, but in another (even larger) sense it’s about a curse on women. Four women in the four operas are forced…
The Grand Old Tea Party | The Nation
The Grand Old Tea Party | The Nation. A Democratic president begins a new term in the White House. Two years later, America votes a cadre of aggressive conservatives into…
Mayor Rob Ford Is Headed For Defeat In 2014
Nothing is ever certain, but as it stands, Rob Ford would lose almost any conceivable election for Mayor if held today. It is not useful to cower in fear from…
Mayor Rob Ford Is Headed For Defeat In 2014
Nothing is ever certain, but as it stands, Rob Ford would lose almost any conceivable election for Mayor if held today. It is not useful to cower in fear from…
Mayor Rob Ford Is Headed For Defeat In 2014
Nothing is ever certain, but as it stands, Rob Ford would lose almost any conceivable election for Mayor if held today. It is not useful to cower in fear from…
What’ll It Be, Christy – Alberta or Norway?
A report came out this week concluding that British Columbia’s reserves of natural gas may be twice as great as previously thought. The numbers, if accurate, would put British Columbia…
Toronto needs a mayor: the latest shocking Rob Ford video
Forget about the Fifth Estate’s so-called revelations, which fizzled like a wet firecracker. This is the most shocking, astounding Ford video you will see (until the next one) – and…
The Office Of The Prime Minister Of Canada Encouraged Senator Duffy To Lie About The Source Of The $90,000 And Coached Him On What To Say To The Media
“An e-mail has surfaced that shows the Prime Minister’s Office offered Senator Mike Duffy communications advice just days before he told Canadians he’d repaid questionable expense claims out of his…
Mayor Rob Ford Is Headed For Defeat In 2014
Nothing is ever certain, but as it stands, Rob Ford would lose almost any conceivable election for Mayor if held today. It is not useful to cower in fear from…
Nov. 9:Wow! "N.B. has safe fracking history: group…"
Not only that. N.B. has had only SOME contamination of water supplies as a result of fracking. Well, if it’s only SOME, then there’s no point worrying about it. In…
Living in Ford Nation
Mitchell Anderson writes that we’re all living in Ford Nation now: Mayor Ford’s puzzling popularity in the face of one salacious scandal after another seems to be propelled by his…
Tommy takes on Justin in Toronto.
If you think the fight for the Toronto-Centre by-election on November 25 is between two outstanding candidates—Linda McQuaig and Chrystia Freeland—you are wrong. The real battle is between their party…
Just Give Me 5.10.15 Minutes of Your Hate: Parsing Rob Ford’s Rage
Just Give Me 5.10.15 Minutes of Your Hate: Parsing Rob Ford’s Rage Yeah, I don’t know, I thought of one of Ruth Brown’s signature R&B songs (“5.10.15 Hours of Your…