Home Is Where the Toque Is
It has been far too long since I’ve written anything, as we know, life can get in the way, and it sure doesn’t give a damn about your plans. Nonetheless,…
August 2014
August 7:A pause to revisit August 5
I had a lot to cover in the last blog – so an important topic got lost. It’s Tuesday’s paper, p. A1 (NB’s natural resources debate rages). It’s on the…
Time to stop beating on Alison Redford … she’s already dead.
There’s an episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a Krusty the Klown impersonator for hire. At the opening of a new Krusty Burger, he savagely attacks the Krusty Burger…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Tinder, popular dating app, goes to the dogs – CBC Harper government’s legal setbacks suggest strategy of confrontation – CBC Australian Attorney-General Melts Down Trying…
Community Radio Resurgent in Sudbury
The following is my latest piece of grassroots journalism for the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op. Check out the full story here. There was a period in the not…
We share responsibility
“…we actually share some responsibility for those deaths because, for us, it is no priority whatever, to stop it. Our United Nations, our Government, our World is not that interested…”…
SFU Prof Mark Jaccard: BC LNG a race to the bottom
BC Premier Christy Clark addresses a conference on LNG (Damien Gillis) This is a guest post by Mark Jaccard, professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University and a convening…
Four Years Later, Systemic Failures That Led To Gas Pipeline Explosion Revealed
Last Monday, the mayor of San Bruno stood on the steps of the California Public Utilities Commission offices in San Francisco and called for a complete overhaul of the state…
There are some quality candidates…
… vying for Liberal Party nominations. My political junkiness kicks into high gear usually about 12-18 months ahead of a projected election date. I love elections. And I love the…
A Stark Prediction of Sea Level Rise By 2040
Posted by MoS, the Disaffected Lib: There have been a number of reports over the past year or two that, taken collectively, seem to point to major changes underway in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Steven Hoffman and Julia Belluz write that the current ebola outbreak – like many health catastrophes in the developing world – is…
Time To Divide The Heterogeneous DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Free the Invisible, Severely Autistic From Oppression
Associated Morbidity and Mortality Health care utilization and costs are substantially higher for children and adolescents with ASDs compared with children without ASDs,89–91 and available data suggest that mortality is…
New column day
Here, on the need to take downside risks into account in discussing industrial development – especially when our water, land and lives are at stake. For further reading…– The CP…
#pcldr Flashback: Alison Redford 2011: Why I want to be Premier of Alberta
TweetWith today’s release of Auditor General Merwan Saher‘s report on Alison Redford‘s travel habits, and as Premier Dave Hancock, leadership frontrunner Jim Prentice and Progressive Conservative MLAs desperately try to…
Notable Bishop Carroll alumni
There are so many things you can (and you guys likely will) say about this page on their web site. Personally, I’m not sure how that creepy-looking guy got into…
Shortest Post
Wanted to share. “Instead of smearing Justin Trudeau over visit, act against mosque if it is a threat: Liberals” ~Teddy …
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, August 7, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, August 7, 2014: Closing arguments in Oscar Pistorius murder trial begin Missouri inmate executed after Supreme Court…
Do Alberta schools teach a new science?
It started with an article in the Toronto Star. It was not only confusing but the choice of words tended to cloak the problems. Plus the locations are confusing. Judging…
The Nut Gallery
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ They tried, “He’s in over his head.” That didn’t work. They tried,”He’ll sell pot to your kids.” That went up in smoke. Now they’re floating the message that Justin…