Saturday Photo: It’s the End of March, for Goodness Sake!
Got up this morning to a light dusting of snow, again! But even though the temperature is well below freezing, the sun has been out most of the day, makin…
2015
March 28: What a boring paper!
It’s not just that so much of it is either trivial or lying. It actually makes even highly emotional events cold and lifeless. The Irving press, for example, was able…
Little lost cat
Passed a 2 or 3 year old black Tom on the walk home. He seemed quite uncertain about where he was, but responded to a quick sit down talk about…
On Free Speech and Safe Spaces
Pathologizing disagreement is an intellectually dishonest way to cope with challenging arguments. It certainly doesn’t support critical thinking. It also creates a culture wherein people are afraid to express dissenting…
Stephen Harper is a deeply immoral and dangerous man
After watching this sobering, fascinating interview with famed political philosopher Charles Taylor on yesterday’s Power & Politics, I’m more convinced than ever that my headline is true. Taylor was commenting…
What Has Jason Kenney Been Smoking?
Seriously. I’m wondering if our fledgling defence minister was high, high, high, when he proclaimed that, after we defeat ISIS, Iraq and Syria better not look to Canada to create…
On value assessments
The Great Budget Debate at the Progress Summit of course reflected a thorough clash in values. But there was one note of obvious agreement which makes the conservative position untenable…
New South Wales – Results
The election is wrapping up and the last ballots are being counted. The biggest ‘surprise’ of the night was the Greens did very well. The party now holds two additional…
About that "Of the People, By the People, For the People" Business? Forget About It.
Proof positive that America is a corporatist state saddled with a “bought and paid for” Congress. The big US banks have given the Democrats an ultimatum – silence progressives like…
From Bad to Worse to Absolutely Nuts. How Yemen Complicates and Confounds Everything in Our War on ISIS.
MSM reporters are finally beginning to figure out that all’s not what it seems with our air war against ISIS. There are wheels spinning within wheels on this one. There’s…
How Harper Turned Canada into a Rogue State
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger How Harper Turned Canada into a Rogue State It was not easy for those who went before us to build Canada into the remarkable and much respected…
On structures of convenience
The Progress Summit panel on accountability and transparency has covered the issued of power being consolidated in the hands of the executive, as well as the fact that Stephen Harper’s…
Ability of students to sue University because on strike limited
Turner v. York University, 2011 ONSC 6151: In Gauthier, the court held that there is no broad rule against jurisdiction. The compensation claimed defines the jurisdiction. A party seeking to…
Identifying the adversary
Not surprisingly, Charles Taylor’s keynote address and discussion on political inclusion has neatly highlighted both the importance of finding commonalities at the personal level, and the dangers of government fomenting…
Beyond A Black James Bond: the Slippery Slope of Race Bending
His name is Bond. James Bond. Or, how about Tyrone Bond? The fictional Secret Service agent for the British MI6 has captivated audiences for half a century. Bond is…
Beyond A Black James Bond: the Slippery Slope of Race Bending
His name is Bond. James Bond. Or, how about Tyrone Bond? The fictional Secret Service agent for the British MI6 has captivated audiences for half a century. Bond is also…
Beyond A Black James Bond: the Slippery Slope of Race Bending
His name is Bond.James Bond.Or, how about Tyrone Bond?The fictional Secret Service agent for the British MI6 has captivated audiences for half a century. Bond is also known by his…
Beyond A Black James Bond: the Slippery Slope of Race Bending
His name is Bond. James Bond. Or, how about Tyrone Bond? The fictional Secret Service agent for the British MI6 has captivated audiences for half a century. Bond is also…
Penetrating The Fog Of War
Today I turn, once again, to Star letter-writers to inspire both sanity and hope in our troubled land: No ‘middle’ in Mideast war debate, March 25 Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Only Making Matters Worse
http://pumabydesign001.com As Canada prepares to enter the Syrian civil war, red flags are everywhere. The latest comes from Yemen. Tom Walkom writes: In Yemen, it’s hard to figure out who…