Are Progressives Winning or Losing the Election Campaign?
Well there is now just over a month to go before the election. And in the leafy lanes of Ward's Island it's easy to relax, for everything is so peaceful,…
September 2015
VIDEO: Government, Industry Ignore Scientific Case For Improving Crude By Rail Safety, Let Bomb Trains Roll On
Since the tragic Bakken oil train accident that extinguished 47 lives in Lac-Megantic, Quebec in July 2013, seven more Bakken oil trains have derailed, resulting in accidents involving large fires…
VIDEO: Government, Industry Ignore Scientific Case For Improving Crude By Rail Safety, Let Bomb Trains Roll On
Since the tragic Bakken oil train accident that extinguished 47 lives in Lac-Megantic, Quebec in July 2013, seven more Bakken oil trains have derailed, resulting in accidents involving large fires…
Research Review: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
My son Conor, now 19 1/2 years old, stimming, a recognized feature of autism spectrum disorder, in this older picture. Conor, a couple of years ago, at the Chalmers Hospital…
Research Review: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
My son Conor, now 19 1/2 years old, stimming, a recognized feature of autism spectrum disorder, in this older picture. Conor, a couple of years ago, at the Chalmers Hospital…
Research Review: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
My son Conor, now 19 1/2 years old, stimming, a recognized feature of autism spectrum disorder, in this older picture.Conor, a couple of years ago, at the Chalmers Hospital intensive…
Research Review: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
My son Conor, now 19 1/2 years old, stimming, a recognized feature of autism spectrum disorder, in this older picture. Conor, a couple of years ago, at the Chalmers Hospital…
Political Calculations 2 #nlpoli
The next provincial general election finishes on November 30, 2015. Not the way you are used to thinking of it, right? You think the election happens on that day because,…
Jason Kenney and the Bigot Issue that Could Kill Canada
Golly. How did I know that the shabby Con stooge Chris Alexander's moment of glory, or infamy, wouldn't last long?That he would rush out this morning to breathlessly announce that…
Best Lawyer Joke – EVER
I like good lawyer jokes. They’re far and few between. Everyone seems to have one but they’re usually just some version of one of four. Boring. Best lawyer joke ever.…
12 Questions to Ask before Shopping for an Electric Mobility Scooter
Guest Post prepared by staff writers at Parentgiving Mobility scooters are designed for persons who have some mobility, but who are fatigued either by walking distances, or walking duration, or…
Reasons NOT to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology
First post in a long time. Probably the last post in a long time. Here is a comment I left in response to a commenter in a previous post I…
My increased skepticism of the value of a getting a Clinical Psychology PhD
First post in a long time. Probably the last post in a long time. Here is a comment I left in response to a commenter in a previous post I…
Refugees: a Jewish issue comes to the fore
A quintessentially Jewish issue has dominated the news and become a prominent election issue ever since the picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead in the Mediterranean surf generated headlines…
Saints and slackers on the refugee front
The Canadian government has come under considerable criticism for its sluggish reaction to the Syrian refugee crisis, and deservedly so. As I pointed out in a previous post, this is…
Fire And Rain
I’ve seen fire, and I’ve seen rain, sang James Taylor in his eponymous song. Now the rest of us have too. Recommend this Post
Memorial for Dr. Helen Bridger Ellis
My mother, Helen Ellis, died this morning. I am using this space to post information, and will update it as I have more. Several people have asked me how old…