how all companies should respond to bigots!
Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot “This is Wholesome”. The…
April 2014
how all companies should respond to bigots!
Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot "This is Wholesome". The…
how all companies should respond to bigots!
Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot “This is Wholesome”. The…
Seriously, is it Spring yet?
Filed under: digital, drawing Tagged: Cat, caturday
April 5: General Indifference
There’s a category for news stories that are not news at all. For some reason, they are called “general interest stories” – which, confusingly, means they are of no interest…
Education, or Advertisement?
When artists depict the future, we should take the time to listen. What if they’re warning us of something that could be avoided? “Brawndo! It’s got what plants crave!” This…
Rick Mercer’s Solution To Voter Apathy
Sure beats the ‘Fair’ Elections Act: Recommend this Post
10 Things to Know About the At Home/Chez Soi Study
On Tuesday, April 8, results of the Mental Health Commission of Canada‘s At Home/Chez Soi homelessness study will be released at an Ottawa press conference. The study followed more than…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Coyne sees the powerful impact of local forces on nomination contests as evidence that grassroots democracy is still alive and well in…
George W. Bush – The Painter
Some interesting portraits. Stephen Harper Something is missing. Oh yes! The crown or the cowboy hat. Vladimir Putin
The Stephen Harper story we may never have heard
Maclean’s author Paul Wells won a political-writing prize for his book on Stephen Harper, The longer I’m Prime Minister. As a person who likes to curl up with an e-book…
Leading IISH collections made available online Announcement, IISH, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Starting today, dozens of the IISH’s leading archives are fully available to view free of charge via the institute’s catalogue. Celebrated collections can now be studied from anywhere in the…
Mashup of public opinion and political events
Angus Reid has begun a series of public opinion polls – I hope – leading all the way up to the 2015 general election. So I thought it would be…
The facts about Cobain, 20 years, whatever
I deliberated about jumping into this morning’s Kurt Cobain media orgy. You know, dead 20 years, voice of a lost generation, grunge sociology, I-remember-where-I-was-when-He-died, blah blah blah. There are stories…
Apocalyptic Scenes
While the fossil fuel companies and the governments that protect them continue to draw in record profits and conspicuously blockade any amelioration of carbon output, the real world pays the…
Quebec: Dieu merci!
Ekos. Says it all. Wow.
Reports from the Toronto mayoralty marathon.
A visitor to Toronto could only suppose that the election for mayor is to be held next week. The air is charged with the accusations, slurs, gutter language and snide…
Saturday At The Movies
We have a lot of ravens in our neck of the woods. I wonder if they’re even smarter than crows? Check out this smart crow filmed problem solving for BBC’s…
April 2014 Bites and Bites
You know, Paulie really isn't trying anymore. Point of fact is he hasn't been trying for a few years. There was a time when he tried at least to maintain…