April 2015
Rethinking Environmental Education Under Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is the current way of thinking about the economic state of the world. It’s the thinking that has led to the financialization of nearly everything in the world –…
Sidelining The Youth Vote
The potential of the youth vote, about which I have written several times on this blog, is, without question, great. The fact that only a low number of young people…
Michael Harris on the Case Against Duffy and the Case Against Harper
If you've been following the trial of Mike Duffy, you know that the prosecution is having trouble making its case that he broke the rules, because it seems the Senate…
Greenhouse gas emissions
It seems Canada is about to end a long tradition of coordinating greenhouse gas reduction targets with the United States. With much of the densely populated east coast at risk…
What the Case of Omar Khadr Tells Us About Stephen Harper
Years ago I predicted that Canadians who didn't care about the way Stephen Harper was raping the human rights of the child soldier Omar Khadr would live to regret it.For…
Hysteriana #nlpoli
The response to the proposed boundaries for districts in the House of Assembly has been…what’s the word for it? … oh yes, totally off-the-wall, batshit crazy. On the Burin peninsula…
Gerry and Adele: #ministory
Our town wasn’t that small geographically, but it was a one industry town, and when the factory closed, people moved out. It’s not a new story, and it’s one that’s…
Eurocentrism and the Communist Movement
Robert Biel’s Eurocentrism and the Communist Movement traces the history of Eurocentric — and anti-Eurocentric — currents in the Marxist-Leninist tradition, arguing that this distortion was key to the development…
Chemin Farrellton
Fabulous ride today, up around Denholm, down towards Wakefield and then back past Edelweiss and up through a series of back roads that ended up with a four kilometre stretch…
The Leaders Debate: Math is Hard, English is Harder
“I know the math is difficult…” Jim Prentice to Rachel Notley during the Leaders Debate Apr 23, 2015 Ms Soapbox doesn’t like math. As a child she thought numbers had…
Amazon 5-Star Review of The Euros: Notre Dame Point Zero
Most helpful customer reviews The Euros grab the headlines and the reader! By BOBA on March 1 2015 Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase Like many of Glenn Ashton’s other books,…
Not Getting It
In a recent opinion piece in the Enterprise Bulletin titled “Swayze overused by council?” EB reporter/editor Paul Brian comments, I think the overuse of Swayze is outlandish and it is…
Written by God?
I don’t pay as much attention to American politics as I suppose I should, in part because despite the entertaining craziness of some of their politicians, the internal politics seldom…
Returning as an affiliate: an old friend of ours.
Please welcome back as a Progressive Blogger affiliate “A Grumpy Hobbit”. Some folks who’ve been long time readers will remember “The Wingnuterer”. Well… he’s back after a long blogging absence…