Writers’ stimulants
I still think most of these would be whiskey, not coffee. (h/t to Mark Victor Young.) Alltop is a stiff drink of humor.
2013
Serial Fraud Artists #nlpoli
Some old fellow by the name of Williams once said that there was no greater fraud than an unkept promise. He said that around the time he promised to bring…
Stephen Harper’s Scary Byelection Night
Golly. I can only imagine the state Stephen Harper must have been in last night as he watched the byelection results come in. Especially the one in Brandon-Souris, the riding…
BREAKING NEWS: By-Election Results Offer No Compelling Narrative!!!
Status Quo. Close in Brandon. Whumped ’em in T.O. Center and Bourassa LPC increased its vote share, so that’s nice but no big thng. Didn’t I tell you so? I…
Is Stephen Harper Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
Well he wasn't in the House of Commons today to answer any questions about the Senate scandal. No doubt recovering from his latest attempt to try to improve his image…
He haunts us still: ‘Welcome to the 1980s’
Welcome to the 1980s, everybody. Above, Pierre Trudeau, saying just that. Below: Justin Trudeau, embracing victorious Liberal candidate Emmanuel Douburg last night in Montreal’s Bourassa riding. (Montreal Gazette photo.) “Well,…
Secrecy of foster care deaths a sobering story
TweetThe normally hyper-partisan atmosphere in Alberta’s Legislative Assembly was sobered today with news of a tragic and startling story. A six-month investigation by Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald reporters based…
In Tuesday’s Sun: I predict a Liberal win by the punk rocker in Brandon-Souris!
Even if he loses, Rolf Dinsdale is a winner. Full disclosure, first part: The deadline for this column was well before all the votes were counted in Rolf’s Brandon-Souris riding…
Save our BC Farmland-Kindred Spirits Speak Out!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Political life and involvement has its’ ups and downs , but between the garbage and the flowers I have been fortunate meeting and being inspired by ‘fellow…
For PM Stephen Harper … ‘Electability’ Trumps Criminal Behaviour
“For the PM, electability apparently trumps criminal behaviour. Not a big seller in Conservative circles.” (Michael Harris nails whats wrong with Stephen Harper in his November 24th iPolitics article. For…
THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1 The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New…
THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York…
THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York…
Nov. 25I’m sorry
I’ve been on this all day – and both computers have gone crazy. I’ve written the blog twice; they won’t send either – though everything else seems fine. On the…
THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York…
Remembering documentary film legend Peter Wintonick
You want to bring them back. Would they, if they could, return, after such a heavy crossing? You try, until the wish, almost disattached, gnawing, growling, finally bursts loose to…
On that new Liberal ad
…I think it’s really good, and I say so in today’s Hill Times: “…Liberal pundit Warren Kinsella, president of Daisy Consulting Group, said in politics, pictures matter more than words,…