France Rebuffs Amazon
Amazon is the biggest threat to independent booksellers and it’s a huge threat. It offers deals on books the indies often can’t match and usually throws in free shipping to…
2013
Coalition of losers? Hardly
This week, the proposed Liberal/NDP coalition of 2008 is back in the news. Andrew Coyne claims the idea was “even crazier” than the US government shutdown. Ignatieff, promoting a book…
Our Oceans Are In Peril And, Yes, You Can Thank Manmade Carbon Emissions
Our oceans haven’t been this acidic in Three Hundred Million Years. And our carbon emissions are the culprit. The only reason we don’t have massively greater concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse…
Anti-choice Christian front promotes abstinence-only sex ed in Edmonton Schools
Anti-abortion Christian groups are notorious in Canada for setting up “Crisis Pregnancy Centres” as fronts to proselytize to women facing a pregnancy scare and are unsure whether to exercise their…
What are they up to in Bali?
In less than a week nearly 100,000 people have signed on to our letter to Stephen Harper and other leaders telling them not to ram through an Internet censorship plan…
Denialism Is for Wingnuts – New Study
The ranks of climate change denialists are laced with conspiracy theorists. That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to those who have paid any attention to the Tinfoil…
Oct. 3:
For a start, just a brief return to young Goguen and his “newsletter”. He made much of Harper’s determination to get tough on crime, and also to crack down on…
U.S Government shutdown
What is in it for the Repugs?Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) says: “We’re not going to be disrespected,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told The Washington Examiner. “We have to get something…
Shadow Boxing – the F-35
“There may be a universe where it is smart to give your adversaries 25 year’s notice of exactly how you plan to render their defenses obsolete. We just don’t live…
Debt and Democracy
While this was written by Cicero in 44 BCE, after the assassination of Caesar and a year before Antony had Cicero murdered, the sentiment can be heard in today republicans–particularly…
Two sides of a coin
There is no inherent contradiction in viewing fundamentalist religious headgear as misogynistic while still supporting an individual’s religious freedom, so why does the media keep painting it as such? The…
Gun lobby takes aim at Baird.
Do you remember the old children’s song If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise? If you are expecting a teddy bear’s picnic, you…
New column day
Here, discussing what elements of Saskatchewan’s referendum law look to have worked properly in Regina’s wastewater treatment plant referendum process – and where there’s some obvious room for improvement where…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, October 3, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, October 3, 2013: Guantanamo refuses to suspend 9/11 pre-trial hearings Beanie Baby creator pleads guilty to tax…
UK Cons aim to consolidate angry old people vote
“The trouble with kids these days…” is not exactly the way I would have expected one of Britain’s youngest Prime Ministers in recent history would launch his latest policy announcement…
Scarborough-Rouge Merger: Community Council says not enough info to make a decision
If this were the private sector, you wouldn’t have the board of a $352 million organization sitting in such uncomfortable chairs. Despite signs of modest economic recovery, it’s still hard…
Backroom hacks on Iggy
Two things about this. One, I didn’t hear from the author of the piece. I’ve been in New York, but I always check my email and whatnot. So I don’t…
Will No One Rid Me Of This Meddlesome Reporter?
The man who has prorogued Parliament three times and skipped the UN General Assembly the same number of times is offended by questions. The Canadian Press reports that, when Harper…
Royalties should be the Keystone of Saskatchewan’s Petroleum Policy
The Saskatchewan Party has appropriated the province’s name, flag and football team. More recently, it asserted a new symbol of Saskatchewan patriotism: the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Earlier this year,…