CRAP Design
CRAP: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity. An unfortunate acronym from the four basic principles of graphic design first expounded in Robin Williams’ delightful little book, The Non-Designer’s Design Book. It’s now…
November 2015
Podcast: Climate and the state, refugees in Europe
http://rozworski.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Podcast151116-Climate-and-Refugees.mp3 Two interviews this week on two human-made crises: first, my conversation author and academic Christian Parenti on the climate crisis and the role of the state followed by journalist…
Australian Library Puts its Collection Outside
Story Wall is an art project running at the State Library of South Australia with the goal of getting more people to read. Even if people don’t read they can…
On Keeping Perspective
With the cacophony of voices calling for Canada to continue to “Bomb, Baby, Bomb.” and Canadian miscreants retaliating against Muslims by setting fires to mosques, it is crucial for voices…
We Need Not Repeat The Mistakes Of The Past
http://ektaonline.org/ After Friday’s events in Paris, there have been loud and sustained calls for vengeance. While the impulse is understandable, Robin Sears writes, we must not let terrorists turn us…
Is It Time To Replace Teachers With Technology?
I’m done. I’m fed up. I’ve had enough. Yes, there are bigger problems in the world, but if our planet has a future, education has to be a critical cornerstone…
Marc Garneau blots his copy book.
Why is it the people you like who can really screw things up? And what could be a safer job for MP Marc Garneau than Minister of Transport? You would…
Brad Wall and the Phoney Con Refugee Scare
I like to think that in some refugee camp in the Middle East, a mother and her children have just found out that they could be in Canada in just…
The same sheet of paper #nlpoli
In all the elections in the 21st century, the three political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador have proposed what are essentially the same economic policies. The differences are minor. (Read…
The RedHead Girl in the Back of the Chevrolet
I’ve been writing some, no, a lot, of pretty grim essays lately. Sorry but that’s how I see what’s unfolding around us. This stuff gets to me too, maybe even…
Bill 6, Alberta’s new farm safety legislation, will be a test both for the NDP Government and the Wildrose Opposition
PHOTOS: Down on the Alberta farm, successive Conservative governments have made sure farm animals had more rights than farm workers. Below: Alberta Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson and Agriculture Minister Oneil…
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their progeny
Neil Macdonald had an interesting article on the CBC website Monday morning about the options for dealing with ISIS. One of the comments—by “western island”—had a suggestion that in my…
In this week’s Hill Times: I wrote this before Paris. Only the last line anticipated it.
Two years, six months and 25 days. That, according to the U.K. polling firm One Poll, is how long the average honeymoon lasts. They contacted 5,000 British couples a few…
How European decision-makers could break the web
You may or may not live in the European Union but many of your favourite websites (and the tech that runs them) do. Decision-makers in Europe are considering proposals to…
John Oliver Rants Against Paris Attackers: “Fuck These Assholes”
Comedian John Oliver has the perfect response to the Islamic State-linked terrorists who carried out last Friday’s barbaric attack in Paris, France, killing 129 people. The post John Oliver Rants…
Letter to Greater Sudbury Council Regarding the Maley Drive Extension and Widening Project
To: Mayor Brian Bigger and Members of Council, I am writing to you today with regards to the Maley Drive Widening and Extension project. As you may know, I have…
Your Parent Has Been Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s. Now What?
If you watched “Still Alice,” you will have a better idea of what a person with Alzheimer’s goes through. Especially if you have a parent with this disease, you will…
Internet users set to flood public consultation to push back against proposals that would censor free speech and shut down Right to Link
Screen Shot 2015-11-16 at 16.21.33.png European Commission consultation on the role of online platforms could result in a costly new ‘Link Tax’ and monitoring of billions of posts a day…