The Responsibility of Free Speech
In January, 2015, Marie Snyder, on her blog, A Puff of Absurdity, raised the question of how free should speech be. I share her concerns about the apparent limitlessness of…
March 2015
On transition planning
I’ve previously highlighted the need for media and citizens alike to press our opposition parties on how they’re willing to cooperate to replace the Harper Cons after the next federal…
Lawyer warns LNG industry: Don’t count on power from Site C dam
Lawyer Rob Botterell represents First Nations and landowners in the Peace Valley region The following is an open letter sent by lawyer Rob Botterell to the BC LNG Alliance, key…
The Religious Extremism of New Atheists
I wrote a tiny blurb about this over a month ago. This one is much longer and leans heavily on solid arguments from many critics – letting their words speak…
Vancouver Sets Goal to be First 100% Renewable Canadian City
When Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson set the goal of making his city the world’s greenest, he meant it. A year after starting his first term in 2008, Robertson began implementing…
Got DNA evidence of Bigfoot? Don’t peer review, write a book!
Science Editor Jonathan Leake skewered Bryan Sykes in The Sunday Times today over bigfoot claims. Sykes is publishing a new book in which he’ll present the DNA evidence he claims…
March 29: Just a short one…
First, there’s very good news from Montreal. Some European-based groups were planning to march through a largely Muslim district of the city with a message of bigotry and hatred, making…
Why Syrzia Matters. It’s About a Good Deal More than Austerity. It’s About Salvaging Democracy.
Le Monde reminds all of us why Syrzia matters not just in Greece, but across Europe and even on our side of the North Atlantic. The Greeks don’t need to…
Want Canada to Make a Difference? Let’s Back Tunisia.
Face it. There’s not much hope that we’re really going to achieve anything significant from our air war in Iraq, regardless of whether we get stuck into Syria also. All…
Peace, Order and Good Government
I'm not against the globalization movement. More trade is occurring, so we need safeguards to protect less powerful countries from more powerful countries, as well as protecting all people from…
Peace, Order and Good Government
I’m not against the globalization movement. More trade is occurring, so we need safeguards to protect less powerful countries from more powerful countries, as well as protecting all people from…
Peace, Order and Good Government
I'm not against the globalization movement. More trade is occurring, so we need safeguards to protect less powerful countries from more powerful countries, as well as protecting all people from…
Peace, Order and Good Government
I’m not against the globalization movement. More trade is occurring, so we need safeguards to protect less powerful countries from more powerful countries, as well as protecting all people from…
It’s Degrading. Right Before Your Eyes.
What if somebody told you that, globally, mankind has about 60-years of farmland left. It’s hard to grasp how farmland, something that goes back to prehistory, could be in such…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Simon Wren-Lewis connects the UK’s counterproductive austerity program to the lack of any wage growth. And Gary Lamphier observes that Alberta is…
Because You Really Can’t Tell the Players Without a Programme
The Duffy trial is just about a week away. It seems like forever since the scandal broke plunging Harper’s PMO and the Senate into a fearful rout. To get you…
RIP Max Khan
Very shocking news this morning for those of us in the Liberal Party: Max Khan, an Oakville town councillor and the federal Liberal candidate for Oakville North-Burlington, has died, according…