Cross posted on www.towcenter.org Long a figment of technophile imagination, a confluence of technological advances has finally placed in-home virtual reality on the cusp of mainstream adoption. Media attention and…
Read this Nov. 19 opinion column from the health blog Natural Society on socially-conscious rocker Neil Young’s decision to publicly boycott Starbucks over its support of GMO products. I used…
Big Telecom is trying to kill independent access to the Internet – blocking your options for high-speed affordable services. Help #SaveIndieISPs by clicking on the link to tweet our message…
Bill Cosby’s pound cake, Ferguson and the dubious politics of personal responsibility The cases are unrelated, but there are parallels. The power of the accused is set against the credibility…
Your news links for today: What Open Government Hides – Michael Geist Revealing ‘sensitive’ surveillance details worried Ottawa: memo – Leader-Post INCENSER, or how NSA and GCHQ are tapping internet…
“Why do online spaces often feel so fractious?” asks Helen Lewis in a thought-provoking opinion piece in The Guardian last week. It’s something I’ve been pondering for many years. It’s…
Rob Ford has been the worst mayor of Toronto and as of today he’s officially no longer mayor. I say officially because he was stripped of his real power over…
Kay, in his transition to the new boss at The Walrus, has energetically sought to position himself as the sort of progressive urban Toronto latte-sipper he spent the last decade…
It is to be hoped that no one was near the proboscis of Jason Clemens, Executive Vice President of the right-wing Fraser Institute, when he told this tall tale to…
http://saveourschoolsnz.com/ After Michael Sona was convicted of election fraud, Stephen Harper had nothing to say, even though the judge in the case concluded that Sona did not act alone. Michael…
Assorted content to start your week. – Murray Dobbin writes about the damage caused after decades of allowing the corporate elite to dictate economic policy – and notes that the…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Supreme court strengthened by women, aboriginals, retired justice LeBel says Heenan facing flurry of lawsuits – Law Times Ghomeshi…
All right, I’ve been back from South America for a year now, but I keep returning to it mentally. Not only am I getting to the part of writing Road…
Have Quebec’s little péquistes been good boys and girls this year? Has Santa Claus ever got a treat for them! While you almost wet your pants laughing at Pierre-Karl Péladeau’s…
The pressure is on for leaders to move forward on climate change as delegates descend into Peru for the two-week UN climate conference in Lima today. Diplomats are calling these…
I see that Michaëlle Jean has a new job. Secretary-General of the corrupt dictator's club known as la Francophonie. And that Stephen Harper, who spent tens of thousands of dollars…
10418983_10152770578749759_4936705458735744107_n.png Canadians are urging the CRTC to ensure access to affordable, independent Internet providers December 1, 2014 – Canadians are sending a clear message to decision-makers at the CRTC today:…
I've always been interested in ruined cities, from those buried in the sands of Egypt to those like this one in the jungles of Belize.For beyond the thrill of exploring…
Back at the start of the current Conservative administration in 2003, they were very sharply aware of the problem with using one-time revenues for day-to-day spending. They were so concerned…
