Explaining video games
This helps me to understand why my character in Skyrim keeps picking up crap to sell, even though he has more money than he’ll ever be able to spend. Also,…
February 2014
Fare thee well, Heenan Blaikie
Story here. The winding down of this fabled firm – where I was for a fun get-together just a couple weeks ago – is sad, but not unprecedented. Goodman and…
Sexism and statecraft, plus a postscript about manufactured outrage
I’m a big fan of Michelle Rempel and Megan Leslie. If you’ve been paying attention, the two of them – aided and abetted by Liberals outside the Commons, like this…
He Won’t Change
Yesterday, Rob Ford announced that he would not attend World Pride in Toronto because “I’m not going to change the way I am.” Judging from his continuing escapades, it would…
Does Hudak even want to win an election?
If the new year has shown us anything so far, its that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and their leader Tim Hudak seem hell bent on giving either the governing Ontario…
Cross another one off the imaginary list #nlpoli
A day after the shocking news that Tim Powers is not going to be a candidate for Conservative Party leader in Newfoundland and Labrador, another imaginary candidate dropped out of…
LPC national board candidate interview: Arif Khan for national membership secretary
From February 20-23, federal Liberals will gather in Montreal, and one of their tasks will be to elect a new national executive. In the coming days, I’ll be publishing interviews…
Vijay Prashad on anti-imperialism [video]: the ‘third way’ on Syria
I concur with most of what Vijay Prashad is arguing in this video talk except to say that there is a lot more at stake in Syria than for example…
Stephen Harper and the Outrageous Voter Suppression Scandal
Last night I pointed out something about the Con regime's so-called Fair Elections Act, that to my knowledge the entire MSM somehow managed to miss.And that is that this truly…
Trucks Suck
We need new rules for commercial truck traffic on 400-series highways. Too many accidents, too many deaths and too much cost are passed to the public as a result of…
A Response To The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson
A “dream palace,” The Globe and Mail’s Jeffrey Simpson calls it. Inside that dream palace, the First Nations allegedly live in a fairytale land of sovereignty, respect and healthy relations…
A Response To The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson
A “dream palace,” The Globe and Mail’s Jeffrey Simpson calls it. Inside that dream palace, the First Nations allegedly live in a fairytale land of sovereignty, respect and healthy relations…
Labour Minister does double-duty as doctor and MP
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kellie-leitch-does-double-duty-as-doctor-and-mp-1.2524687
Conservative Communism – Don Cherry style
Peak under the rock of any conservative and you find an authoritarian, an anti-sex prude, a person who’s lived a life being told what to think. Sounds a lot like…
The dangerous mystique of the “open data” business
I’m frequently asked by people about how they can start an “open data business.” Let me first say that I love that the question gets asked. I love that people…
David Suzuki: Remembering Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger at a “Farm Aid” concert, joined by Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” – Words painted on Pete…