Hang on to your Hats-Here comes Horgan!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Look for a rejuvenated BC NDP under Horgan’s leadership. He will engage and entertain voters so tired of seeing a dull plodding uncertain opposition. Yes, politics in…
2014
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Crawford Kilian discusses the growing influence of Thomas Piketty’s observations about wealth inequality and the unfairness of a system which inherently perpetuates…
Come Back
I think I'm about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I’m about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I'm about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I’m about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Tax Is More Than A Four Letter Word
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society”, a quote from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the IRS headquarter in Washington Ontario Budget 2014: watch my interview with Steve…
Tax Is More Than A Four Letter Word
http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheAgendaVideo/4043959 The Agenda – Steve Paikin interview before the Ontario Budget May 30, 2014
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 1, 2014: Rob Ford’s statement on leave of absence Appeal Court judges reserve decision in Omar…
Highly scientific poll: what should Rob Ford do?
In difficult circumstances, my answer is always number five. (In all seriousness, however, I’d love to hear your views about what you’d do if you were advising Rob Ford. Hard…
Are We Feeling Any Outrage Yet?
If we care a scintilla about privacy or any measure of aversion to government snooping into our private business, we damn well should be. As I wrote in yesterday’s post,…
Eight years ago today!
I know nothing else is happening, at all, but I thought I would bring this to your attention. Smartest move I ever made. Names of the departed have been smudged…
Forget addiction issues; audio reveals window into Rob Ford’s twisted heart
It seems Toronto’s crack mayor Rob Ford has been living up to that moniker, despite claiming his crack cocaine smoking caught on video last year was an “isolated incident.” Clearly…
Bring back firing squads?
From The Plague, by Albert Camus: “Have you ever seen a man shot by a firing squad? No, of course not; the spectators are hand-picked and it’s like a private…
Labour Racketeering
There has been a lot of sound and fury of late about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. Terry Glavin writes that the program was set up in 1974 to ease…
In other news, there is no other news
You can be forgiven for wondering if there’s a provincial budget today. Or anything else. .
Proportional Representation (true voting) in a nutshell
Proportional Representation is a complicated name for a simple idea: that parties should get the same percent of seats they got in votes. In the last election, under First-Past-the-Post, Harper…
The Zen of the gambler.
Casino gambling is an excellent aid in the attainment of enlightenment. If you do not obtain direct insight into the teachings of the Buddha at least you gain some respect…
what i’m reading: what’s a dog for by john homans
John Homans’ What’s a Dog For? The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man’s Best Friend is my kind of dog book. I don’t care for memoirs of heartwarming…
Gas Plants Redux…But With Torys And Wind Farms
From PCPO MPP Todd Smith: Prince Edward County, ON — Responding to a request for clarification by CCSAGE Naturally Green regarding the PC Party’s position on wind projects currently “in…