Liberals Now Going for Gold
Justin Trudeau reacts after delegates vote to adopt a National Transportation Strategy When a new narrative sets in, it’s oh so easy to forget the old narrative. But as I…
February 2014
Saturday Photo: Sun on Winter Leaves
This is the winter sun shining on one of my plants that do well inside. It’ll be a long time before anything is green outside, so I like to have…
Confirmed: Kyle McKee Charged With Assault and Weapons Charges Late 2013
We had heard some rumours earlier in the new year but had been unable to confirm the rumours until now. After speaking to a friend in Calgary this past weekend…
TRANSCRIPT: Justin Trudeau’s speech to the Liberal biennial convention
by: Obert Madondo Speech by leader Justin Trudeau to the Liberal Party of Canada’s biennial convention convention, held in Montreal, Quebec, over the weekend: My friends, my fellow Liberals; what…
HEBRON Magazine Published
The last few months have been, as always, busy ones in the Hebron communications office. There’s always something to be posted or updated and new projects to work on but…
Where are the Ethical Lawyers?
In the last three months Albertans have witnessed a shocking display of raw power. The Redford government calls it “delivering the responsible change Albertans voted for.” The rest of us…
When Government Turns Irrational, Mad as Hatters
Why are governments becoming increasingly detached from reality? Especially when it comes to climate change impacts, governments seem incapable of acting rationally. Case in point, Britain. In recent years the…
Video at Hebron
In many communications offices, priorities can shift quickly depending on the needs of other departments and subject to photo opportunities and important events. Thankfully at Hebron, we’ve been able to…
Canada’s Mythical Middle Class and the Quislings of Parliament Hill
The government likes to say it’s all about the middle class. So, too, the opposition parties. On Parliament Hill it seems Canada’s middle class is virtually surrounded by a sea…
Lucretius and the Renaissance
It’s fairly clear, even after reading only a few verses, why Lucretius’s didactic poem, On the Nature of Things – De Rerum Natura – made such an impact on thought,…
Guys & Dolls at Hebron
I forsook acting after a traumatizing performance growing up in A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Snug (a joiner who plays the lion, has four lines, and is best known for…
CASE District 1 Conference Scholarship
In November I applied for and was awarded a New to the Profession Scholarship to the CASE District 1 Conference in Boston. It was a terrific conference and I was…
Trudeau’s Liberals going for the Conservatives throat.
I am not a big fan of the accepted wisdom that politics happens on a left/right continuum. That creaking old paradigm does not mean much to most of the electorate.…
Newhouse Mobile Magazine Contest
Working in such an immersive environment with so many ongoing projects it can be easy to lose track of what’s happening outside of the bubble. The exact same thing happened…
Selling prosperity in a time of austerity: Budget days in BC and Quebec
Two very different provincial governments tabled their budgets this week. The freshly-elected BC Liberals and the seemingly election-ready Parti Quebecois both delivered what they termed “responsible” budgets. While the two…
Design Work at Hebron
Hebron’s 210-year anniversary Facebook banner. Hi again. It’s been far too long since I’ve updated this site with what I’ve been doing at Hebron but I’ve been keeping busy. Over…
Various Updates
Welcome back; Liberals who have returned from the Convention. Teddy here to give you guys a quick recap of what’s been going on in the news. 1 – UkraineMany changes…
Smog in Beijing
It is getting really bad in Beijing. People on the streets wear masks as well as commuters in the trains wear masks.
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Lana Payne highlights the Harper Cons’ culture of hate with just a few recent examples: Veterans. Informed-debate. People’s right to a union and…