Is public speaking a dying art?
Listening to a political speech the other day was a disappointing experience. The speech was by someone who already had our vote. You just wished he cared enough about the…
2014
Lies and Damned Lies
Mark Twain wrote that there are “lies, damned lies and statistics.” The truth of that aphorism was proved once again this week after the New York Times reported that the…
Keystone: Harper & TransCanada asleep at the switch
Read this Bloomberg News article for an interesting analysis of the events behind the Obama stalling of the Keystone Pipeline approvals. Harper, a micro-manager at home, appears oblivious to how…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 25, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 25, 2014: Law firms embracing tech startups FDA regulates e-cigarettes, cigars and pipes Guilty plea judged…
Cognitive Dissonance #nlpoli
People like things in life to fit together. When things don;t fit together, people get upset. They get fidgety. They try to make things fit together. It’s an idea regular…
Political Ambition And Public Outrage
The interesting thing about political ambition and public outrage is that sometimes they work synergistically to produce positive results. Jason Kenney, whose ambition to become the Conservative Party’s next leader…
Conservatives and Liberals tied
The Conservatives and Liberals are tied in the national vote for the first time in months, as Canadians appear unmoved by the controversy whirling around the government’s elections bill, a…
Team Tory writes: “dignified and decent”
Got this gem via email overnight. Am withholding the name of the woman who wrote it, and some of the other stuff it says. Will wait to hear from someone…
Ohio Geologists Link Earthquakes to Fracking, State Introduces Seismic Monitoring
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced earlier this month that it will start requiring oil and gas companies to install networks of sensitive seismic monitors on their wells to…
Senate Decision
The Supreme Court has been surprising me recently. That said, it seems almost inconceivable that it will approve any material changes to the Senate without a full constitutional amendment process.…
Harnessed In Slums
Over 500 jhuggis (huts) destroyed in Vasant Kunj. Filed under: India Tagged: India, Vasant Kunj
Harnessed In Slums
Over 500 jhuggis (huts) destroyed in Vasant Kunj. Filed under: India Tagged: India, Vasant Kunj
Prepared Statements and Unprepared Politicians #nlpoli
CBC Radio’s St. John’s Morning Show is so off-put by politicians who issue prepared statements that they’ve found a former journalist turned journalism professor to discuss the growing trend not…
Darth Harper and the Robocall Scandal
Well he must be feeling pretty pleased with himself. He must believe that The Force is with him.And to be fair, it did decide that Nigel Wright shouldn't be charged…
Let’s Play Cowboys and Indians
Why not? It seems to be working in Washington, DC. And you know what? They’ve got our backs. When ranchers are farmers and tribal communities realize that the tarsands and…
Why underage drinking at 24 Sussex Drive is no joke for the Harper Government
Awwwww, everybody drinks to much, just like the National Post says! Fuggedaboudit. Look at these young guys, partying it up at 24 Sussex Drive! Below: Ben Harper in 2010. VICTORIA,…
Alberta Tories waiting for a Jim Prentice coronation
TweetCould the snoozer that has become Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership race risk becoming a coronation if former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice jumps into the race? Necessitated by the resignation…
Hate to say we told you so, etc., but we did
Federally, and provincially, Yours Truly has been a broken record. To wit: • The only people who think federal Conservative scandals (cf. robocalls) are a big deal are the media…
Indians And Cowboys Join Together To Reject & Protect
On April 22, an alliance of pipeline fighters — ranchers, farmers, tribal communities, and their friends — called the Cowboy and Indian Alliance rode into Washington DC and set up…