Site C dam would hike power bills, drive mills, mines out of business
Read this June 10 column from Judith Lavoie at Demog Canada on the opposition to the proposed Site C Dam from major industrial power users. Major industrial power users in…
June 2014
Are pipeline spills good for the economy, as Kinder Morgan says?
Health concerns plague many who worked to clean up the BP oil spill (photo: Wikimedia Commons) Energy giant Kinder Morgan was recently called insensitive for pointing out that “Pipeline spills…
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Finding the Balance for Long-Term Success…
By: Ali Golabgir Avoiding professional burnout and personal resentment is not easy for the legal professional. Days are long, firms are demanding, but balance is attainable if you put in…
The Fallency and Impracticality of Work-Life Balance
By Leo Tam PRLG 722 Sec 101 Posted on: Jun 15, 2014 Work life balance is the effort to separate pressure from work from interfering with personal lives of individual…
Are You Existing or Thriving? It’s All in a Day’s Work
“In order for businesses and individuals to thrive we must transition to a “renaissance” time of mindful living and working.” – Arianna Huffington, 2014 Photo Credit: Four Ways to Make…
Desmond Tutu and the “Animals in War” Memorial
Everywhere you turn in London there’s a statue or monument commemorating an epic battle or a long dead sovereign. While interesting, none is as compelling as the Animals in War…
Shards of Severe Autism Reality
We were cleaning books and papers out of the “China Cabinet” in our kitchen today. We had never stored China there only photos, albums and papers. Like other China Cabinets…
On work-life balance, and what that means.
by Lester Tong In the legal profession, long, grueling hours are expected on the road to success, and the balance between professional and personal lives is frequently regarded as whether…
Even With Permission Debauchery is Still Debauchery
Debauchery usually has a sexual connotation, but can also be used to describe any overindulgence. Political debauchery is quickly making its way into our vernacular, as we witness overindulgence in…
That Was Predictable
Way back in 2003 when the United States invaded Iraq (long before the Afghanistan mess had been anything close to resolved), I remember having a conversation in which I said…
Karen DeCrow RIP
A lifelong champion of women’s rights, DeCrow was nonetheless skeptical about many key aspects of latter-day feminism, including its focus on sexual violence and male abuse of women. She was…
Legal Professionals Are Out Of Time And Driven To Succeed
By Ho Cheung Chan The legal profession has a myth about work life balance, and the truth was that it did not exist in the large traditional law firm model.…
Thank you
I’ve been getting some amazing notes from you guys this morning – offers to stay with a family in PEI, advice about real help from a former colleague on the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Margaret Somers and Fred Block write about Karl Polanyi’s critique of the free-market myth and its increased relevance today: (F)ree-market rhetoric is…
Andrea Horwath’s Debacle
I can’t remember the last time I laughed out loud when I saw election results. I almost spat a mouthful of my breakfast across the room. Almost nobody expected Ontario’s…
Everything I’ve taught my sons: a Father’s Day tribute to me
Hey, everybody, it’s Father’s Day! I feel I have to remind you, my minimal readership, of this fact. Father’s Day has always been the distant, definitely poorer relative of Mother’s…
+11 Wedding
Three large tents in the backyard and a propane heater saved the day. Real rain stayed away too.
Am I close enough to your face?
Filed under: art Tagged: black blob, Cat
Anti-Wind Battle Moves To Municipalities
Wind Concerns Ontario has a statement on the election here. They blame “urban voters” for the loss, although oddly enough their contact address is still a ritzy address down in…
The Pollution and the Wildlife
Hello, Mr.Downes My name is ———- ——. You can call me Amy. I am 15 years old. I live in Thailand. Now I have a project about the environment. And…