High Speed Rail Coming to……Texas?
Texas is an American state best known for its gun-loving, big truck driving, cowboy, remember the Alamo culture. It is the last place I’d expect high speed rail infrastructure to…
May 2014
Residents Deliver Petition to Ban Fracking to City Hall in Denton, Texas
A petition to ban hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in Denton, Texas, is being submitted to City Hall today, paving the way for Denton to become the first city in Texas…
Unfit To Govern
I have to admit that even though I am now in my sixties, I have never before witnessed the kind of behaviour on the part of a Canadian government as…
Do you have anyone to vote for?
It was intriguing to read Toronto Star columnist Martin Regg Cohn’s take on the opening of the Ontario provincial election. It was not quite as perceptive as he has been…
Vision Vancouver creating false dilemma of Left vs Right
Let me talk to you about Vision Vancouver (for the umpteenth time)… I am just incredibly surprised with how slick they have become. As I told you yesterday- they have
Rob’s Ghost
Rob Ford, we’re told, is somewhere in rehab. But his ghost haunts the Ontario Election. John Barber writes that his absence may, for the time being, be a blessing: Would…
Weekly Federal Party Power Index
Polling Data
Hmm
. @sunlorriehttps://twitter.com/sunlorrie”>@sunlorrie > He wasn’t there yesterday–was hanging out at Tim Horton’s at Dundas/High Park. #topoli&mdash”>https://twitter.com/search?q=%23topoli&src=hash”>#topoli— Sheila Barry (@SheilaB27) May”>https://twitter.com/SheilaB27/statuses/464009640557023234″>May 7, 2014 Kady’s professional opinion: I’d say if — an…
tablet update and off to paris
I’ve had a busy and wonderful couple of days visiting family and friends. Today my mom and I are planning our sightseeing, packing, doing last-minute errands, and generally getting in…
Highly-scientific graph on Ontario election issues
Sorry, Ontario campaigners: nobody pays attention until the debates. But God bless y’all, anyway.
Power and Influence #nlpoli
If nothing else, the controversy over the sweet heart deal the provincial Conservatives cut with Frank Coleman’s son at Humber Valley Paving should dispel the fairy tale that Coleman and…
Everyone’s A Consumer Critic
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A man has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for a destructive drive-thru at a southern Alberta Tim Hortons.Jake Krahn has also been ordered to pay…
Occupy, For Democracy
Journalists protest the erosion of freedom of expression in Canada on Feb. 27 in Toronto. Photo Credit: Hiba Zayadin When I write about soft fascism, I sometimes feel too Canadian.…
Humanist Hustings–Europe Votes 2014
Moving to London (details eventually coming) has allowed me to attend more great events. Last night, I attended the British Humanist Association’s Humanist Hustings all-candidates forum for the upcoming European…
Our Choice Is Clear: Climate Action, or Global Economic Disruption
* UN Chief urges bold action to curb global warming
More Food
Barra Saloon appetizer before my grilled swordfish taco, which came promptly. I rode the rails today to the Mexican border. I bused around San Ysidro then forgot my plastic water…
Finance minister’s joint news conference with civil service union leader sure looked like a total climb-down
AUPE President Guy Smith, left, and Finance Minister Doug Horner on the podium together at yesterday’s news conference in Edmonton. Below: NDP leader Brian Mason as he spoke to reporters…