The World Economic Forum Is Now Occupy’s Mouthpiece
By the way, if you were keeping track, the World Economic Forum rules the world. They’re the richest corporations in the world getting together with governments to plan the world.…
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Edward Snowden and the Scary Secrets of Stephen Harper
I'm glad that The Guardian and the Washington Post have been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the out of control activities of the National Security Agency. And…
A whole world of concern for Frances Bula’s readership.
The reactions to Frances Bula’s posting on the COPE job posting are excessively upsetting. My response to some of the comments: 1) “Racialization” is the process of imbuing race, ascribing
Just Because….
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The Londoner Cartoons
Years ago I started this blog to post after publication, the weekly editorial cartoon I was drawing for The Londoner. Servers changed, links were broken. I moved all the cartoons…
FAQ Part 1: ASIANS, White guys, Sex, etc.
This is one of my favourite segments to read on blogs- a FAQ section for all the weird google searches that lead to your blog. This week? We have questions
The difficult art of reading poetry
Synecdoche. Metonymy. Not exactly words that trip lightly off the tongue. Unless, I suppose, you’re Harold Bloom. Those are two of the four fundamental tropes in literature, Bloom tells us.…
Happy Easter!
I’m not sure how the Hallelujah Chorus became a Christmas song — it’s a much more logical as an Easter celebration. Here is the Hallelujah Chorus by the 5th grade…
It’s Time to Drag Redneck Alberta Out of the Closet
If a government wants to trample the rights of its citizens it can do so in two ways. It can violate our fundamental rights by passing legislation that invokes the…
Deepwater Horizon: BP’s Toxic Legacy
It has now been four years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 men and leaking an estimated 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of…
April 20: Just thinking out loud
This may be short; I feel the need of a break. However, there’s an element in the Ukrainian crisis that news media have not touched on. Why should we get…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Charles Demers points out the impact Svend Robinson has had on Canadian politics – and suggests that he should be the model…
300km and counting
Yesterday I rode a 130km look to Winchester and back. I must say I’m loving the Ottawa Bicycle Club. Even if you don’t do the group rides there’s years of…
Why does Easter move around in the calendar?
Easter and Christmas are both very important Christian holidays, but while families always gather on Dec. 25 in the winter, the annual spring celebration changes drastically each year on our…
youth books, children’s book edition #10, and the best part of my job
I thought readers’ advisory was the best part of my job, but that was before I began running our library’s teen book club. Once a month, I spend an evening…
They always blame First-Past-the-Post.
They call our Canadian voting system First-Past-the-Post. Some people use more scatological terms for it. Others just castigate the system when it does not work the way they want. It…
Stephen Marois?
On the surface, Stephen Harper and Pauline Marois couldn’t be more different. They have diametrically opposed visions of what is best for this country. But, Haroon Siddiqui writes, they are…
Meaningful Changes or Lipstick on the Pig?
In the unholy rush to jam their Unfair Elections Act through before the majority of Canadians realise just how bad and self-serving piece of legislation it is the Harper regieme…
what i’m reading: eleanor & park, another truly great youth book for readers of all ages
If you enjoy youth novels of the realistic (non-fantasy) variety, Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell, is just about as good as it gets. Who else might enjoy Eleanor &…