The Society Of Shoes
When I was three, my mother caved in to the pressures of vaccinators because my daycare threatened to excommunicate me if she didn’t get me immunized. Consequently, I found myself…
September 2015
Piggygate: The Horrible Story of Cons, Pigs, and Scandal
As you know I like to portray Stephen Harper and his Cons as pigs, with big snouts and pointy ears. Not because I have anything against pigs, who are smart…
Immediate Aftermath of PEGIDA Canada Rally
We've spent much of the day watching the fallout from the PEGIDA Canada rally that took place yesterday. One thing that seems clear is that the folks who organized the…
Why Harper is Vulnerable: His margins are razor thin
In the 2011 election Harper managed to eke by with the slimmest of margins, driving up the middle between two opposition parties. How thin was the Tory victory? Check this:…
Santa Gets Citizenship, Zunera Ishaq Does Not
Citizenship is a serious matter, right? That’s why Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen but Zunera Ishaq is not. Or to put it more accurately—that’s why a man covering his…
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Why I take issue with the Observer’s stance on Jeremy Corbyn | Comment is free | The Guardian
The veteran writer offers a personal response to last week’s editorial on the new Labour leader Source: Why I take issue with the Observer’s stance on Jeremy Corbyn | Comment…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Canadians have a unique opportunity to save the world’s economy
Every time Stephen Harper calls an election, the world’s economy goes in the tank. In the 2008 election, Stephen “Buying Opportunity” Harper didn’t see the Great Recession coming but come…
Canadians have a unique opportunity to save the world’s economy
Every time Stephen Harper calls an election, the world's economy goes in the tank. In the 2008 election, Stephen "Buying Opportunity" Harper didn't see the Great Recession coming but come…
Canadians have a unique opportunity to save the world’s economy
Every time Stephen Harper calls an election, the world’s economy goes in the tank. In the 2008 election, Stephen “Buying Opportunity” Harper didn’t see the Great Recession coming but come…
Sept. 20:The importance of reading – and thinking….
History is a good foundation for understanding this world we live in. I’ve just finished reading an example or really good history. It’s called “Wealth and Power”, and it’s by…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Haroon Siddiqui comments on the Cons’ tall economic tales. And Steven Chase and Greg Keenan note that workers are rightly fighting back…
Tom Mulcair explains how the NDP Swiss Cheese Plan came about
Dramatic disclosures on the campaign trail today! A respected numbers man has called the campaign plan prepared by Tom Mulcair for the NDP, a “Swiss cheese plan.” He likes it,…
Will the NDP save or shutter Athabasca University?
Residents of one northern Alberta community want to know what Alberta’s new New Democratic Party government has planned for their local university.
Post-debate poll: Liberals swamping Conservatives in Ontario 41% to 31%
Stephen Harper has to move the needle substantially if he wants to retain his job as prime minister. He needs to increase his support amongst voters by between 15% and…
The F-35 Is Living on Borrowed Time
Barring a comeback win by Stephen Harper, Lockheed’s sort of stealthy, light attack bomber will not be adopted by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mulcair’s against it and, now, so…
Call for Questions
Another civics teacher and I are hosting an all-candidates debate for potential MP of my school’s riding, which, for the first time, is not my own riding even though I…