The Legend of Brian Mulroney
Actually, our former Prime Minister is more a legend in his own mind, but then, confronting harsh reality has never been one of Mr. Mulroney’s strong suits. His litigious past…
2013
U.S. States Jonesing for Drugs
Georgia is said to be rushing to put down condemned prisoners before it’s stock of execution drugs expires on March 1. Georgia is just one of several states that find…
Power to the people
My Mom, living in Kingston as she does, is happy about this. So too all of her friends and neighbours. Story here. Can the provincial government ignore something like this?…
Capitalism Exchanges Fire with France
Globalization has transferred a great deal of political power into corporate boardrooms. And, for some businessmen, it’s gone to their heads – guys like Maurice (Morry) “The Grizz” Taylor, CEO…
Feb. 23: Big, big changes are planned…
While idly fiddling my way through Google, looking up local events, I came across the name of a woman, a senior civil servant in New Brunswick, who holds a Black…
Ethics in Exile
Silly Prince George Citizen, holding a staff writer to account for generously liberating other writers’ work: To our shock and dismay, multiple incidents of plagiarism were uncovered from work over…
Biden At Bat
Veep Joe Biden is carrying the White House campaign to rein in assault rifles. And, predictably, he’s shooting straight. He challenged the National Rifle Association’s arguments opposing Barack Obama’s plans,…
Hard Times Ahead For American Blacks?
Could the United States Supreme Court open the door for rolling back decades of progress for America’s black minority? When a black man won the White House in 2008, many…
5668…Mike Duffy Mea Culpas
Saw last night on the CTV News that the Senator that was born in PEI has decided to throw up the white flag and pay his boss, that is you,…
Sex Could Solve Roman Catholicism’s Biggest Problems
The debate is open again as to whether Roman Catholic priests should have to be celibate. Britain’s top Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’Brien says the next Pope should re-open the issue…
Ethics in Exile
Silly Prince George Citizen, holding a staff writer to account for generously liberating other writers’ work: To our shock and dismay, multiple incidents of plagiarism were uncovered from work over…
A Zen story
There are all sorts of great stories, great tales of wisdom and enlightenment, to be found in Zen Buddhism. They often have that sort of eternal depth and universal meaning…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Chrystia Freeland points out why productivity doesn’t provide an accurate picture of economic development if it merely results in increased inequality rather than…
Duffy to Cough Up Cash
Harper senator (just add water and stir) Mike Duffy has said he’ll repay the housing allowance he’s been pocketing for living in Ottawa while “resident” in Prince Edward Island. “What…
Paywitless
Isn’t this stupid? Isn’t it beyond idiotic? Let me put this in caps, so my plaintive cry is heard by Globians:WHY TWEET A LINK TO A STORY THAT IS BEHIND…
Law Repealing Hate Speech Provision Stuck in Senate
This story tallies with what I’ve been hearing. A number of senate Tories aren’t down with the repeal of S-13, the hate speech provision in Canada’s Human Rights Act. After…
Buying Votes
This week, Stephen Harper launched his Office for the Promotion of Religious Freedom. Tasha Kheiriddin is puzzled: Of all the Conservatives’ initiatives to date, the most bewildering is its newly…
10,000 words too many
Been working the last two-and-a-half months on my latest book for Municipal World. A bit of a challenge, actually – trying to combine marketing, branding, advertising, public relations and communications…
today bradley manning has been imprisoned 1,000 days without trial
One thousand days. Think of where you were one thousand days ago, and all you have done since then. In all that time, Bradley Manning has been in prison. For…