Mid Summer Musings Can BC restore sovereignty and regain control of its destiny through democratic reforms that make our public institutions accountable to the people they purport to represent? Kevin…
S.E Cupp does not agree with the New York Times recommendation that the federal ban on marijuana be ended: Recommend this Post
Canada’s “Association For Reformed Political Action” came to my attention this past week. Just from the name, you can tell that this is one of the groups that is seeking…
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Pierre Beaulne discusses the inequality-related problems and solutions brought into the spotlight by Thomas Piketty, and notes that they can’t simply be swept…
The editorial board of America’s “newspaper of record” has called for Washington to repeal federal laws prohibiting marijuana. The New York Times says it’s time to end America’s second prohibition:…
Not many locals even knew the Bureau of Land Management was holding a scoping meeting in Mountainair, New Mexico last December for the proposed Lobos CO2 Pipeline that would run…
The conversation around the movie “Obvious Child” has prompted me to re-visit a long-standing interest of mine, one I share with many other reproductive rights activists: the portrayal of abortion…
Sure looks like it, and the folks at ARC Canada have a clearer shot, and links to video of the guy in the picture yelling anti-gay slurs. Ron Banerjee, if…
The images are graphic and heartbreaking – buildings reduced to rubble, maimed and dead children strewn among that rubble, families fractured, lives broken beyond repair. Were it not for the…
An op-ed appeared in yesterday’s Globe and Mail under Stephen Harper’s name. Whoever wrote the piece claims that,”Our duty is to stand firm in the face of Russian aggression.” On…
With the Harper Regime loosing a series of rulings in the Supreme Court of Canada from their plans for the senate to prostitution laws to his nomination to the court…
…the 2018 World Cup. As Clegg asserts in this article FIFA is unlikely to strip Putinland of the tourney, however. Responding this week after some German politicians called for Russia…
‘Stupid’ is a derogatory term for a person who appears slow-witted and might not be able to grasp simple concepts. ‘Ignorant’ refers to a person who just seems uninformed. ‘Luddites’…
He is in addition to all his other flaws, a ghastly anti-gay bigot. And so it seems are many members of the Ford Nation.For when six gay activists turned up…
Psychological-political portrait of Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Edmonton artist William Prettie. (Used with permission.) Below: The young Vladimir Putin; the young Stephen Harper. When I ponder our prime minister’s…
I find myself overly susceptible to volatile oils as I get more ancient day to day. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, onions
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only "major" candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has…
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only “major” candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has…
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only "major" candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has…
