Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Abdul Abiad, David Furceri and Petia Topalova highlight the IMF’s research confirming that well-planned infrastructure spending offers an economic boost in both the…
October 2014
Democracy Interrupted: How Jumbo Glacier Resort Became a Municipality With No Residents
Democracy has been ignored, wishes of local residents disregarded and taxpayers are on the hook for costs associated with a private company’s real estate deal that will give them access…
Insincere Sincerity
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/ Michael den Tandt writes that the apology Sun News issued this week to Justin Trudeau will go down in history as a superb example of insincere sincerity: Having first…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 1, 2014: The challenges of Luka Magnotta’s ‘not criminally responsible’ defence Ontario Labour Ministry blitz finds…
Did David Cameron Forget Climate Change Section in His Leader’s Speech?
David Cameron warned the Conservative party conference in his barnstorming speech that “the dangers of climate change are stark and very real” and “if we don’t act now, and act…
Plato’s Apology
Plato records the trial and death of Socrates in four dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo. I’ve been reading The Apology this week and finding in it references that reflect…
The Silence of Ezra Levant and the PMO Network
Well I see Ezra Levant is keeping a low profile, and remaining unusually silent.After being spanked by his bosses at Sun News, with a soft fluffy feather. Even as critics…
Stephen Harper and the Road to War
I have no idea which voice in his head was commanding him, but it was a very different Stephen Harper who turned up in the House of Commons today. An…
The Usual Suspects #nlpoli
The Conservatives who said Premier Paul Davis was going to doing nothing more than shuffle the cabinet that was already there got it absolutely right. On Tuesday, Davis announced his…
Moby Dick, The Manufactured Man, and the Fate of Humankind
“The permanent constitutional condition of the manufactured man … is sordidness.” So says Captain Ahab of Moby Dick. And Melville was right. This is what we are fighting. We are…
Field of dreams
Loved watching tonight’s ball game. There is no game but baseball where the team that wants it more can come back to win, even against a better opponent. KC may…
Lawson Becomes Chancellor – Attacks Miners, Sells Coal, Oil and Gas
Lord Lawson created Britain’s privatised energy industry. Some argue that he supports their interests by denying the need for robust climate change policies. But he didn’t support everyone who worked…
Front National wins seats in French senate for first time | World news | The Guardian
Front National wins seats in French senate for first time | World news | The Guardian. Marine le Pen hailed her party’s success as ‘an absolutely historic victory’ and a…
Sun Media – not its squalid commentator Ezra Levant – is the problem
Ezra Levant, on the job with his Sun News microphone. Mr. Levant is not the problem. Sun Media is the problem. Below: Justin Trudeau, Bernie Farber, and Brian Mulroney. Ezra…