This week’s massive waste spill in B.C. proves that mining companies are gambling with our drinking water, our health and the environment, says the Council of Canadians. The post Recent…
Understanding anyone’s motivations is a notoriously complex matter. One must always deal with the question that sociologists would refer to as “dramaturgical sincerity.” In other words, when someone talks about…
On July 30, the Republican minority of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, headed by Sen. David Vitter, released a conspiratorial report titled “The Chain of Environmental…
Yesterday I received two new books from Amazon: The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne translated by Donald Frame, and How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question…
One hundred years ago World War I began, a war that started as a clash in a tiny, almost unknown Balkan state and blossomed into a violent, gruesome war that…
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Anyone who wants to get insight into the political landscape in Newfoundland and Labrador need look no further than the Abacus poll commissioned by VOCM, the first bit of which…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Today we are facing matters of tremendous significance from the Ukraine conflict to the Israeli right wing militants genocidal attack on the Palestinian’s. We are seeing the…
Really, Harper Cons? Is this the best you can do? Is this all you’ve got? Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney used his parliamentary email account to circulate a Conservative attack on…
A search for a member of Alison Redford’s cabinet or caucus who knew what was going on in the premier’s office might look something like this. Nothing like this is…
Well as you know Stephen Harper has been posing as a Great Warrior Leader ever since the Ukraine crisis began. In relentless pursuit of the ethnic vote, he has tried…
I don’t know this it is that this ant decided was very precious and valuable, but it and it alone hauled it a great distance. Filed under: art Tagged: ant
Jim Lindberg, Lala, and some old guy. My God, I love punk rock. .
Blame the BC Liberals’ lax regulations for Mount Polley Mine, says Rafe Mair (BC Liberal facebook page) The Mount Polley Mine/Imperial Metals disaster is such that one scarcely knows where…
Sometimes political war rooms get way, way too cute. Sometimes, even, they do something that ends up hurting them a lot more than it hurts their opponent. Sometimes, they’re idiots.…
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Posted by Green Party of Vancouver on August 07, 2014 · With 100 days to go to the civic election, Green Party of Vancouver Chair Jacquie Miller is pleased to…
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki has informed the International Criminal Court that there was “clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel during the Gaza conflict. The post “Clear evidence”…
A monkey with a camera can take a selfie, but can infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters come up with modern laws for sharing and collaborating online? Article by David Kravets…
