New Year’s Resolution
I almost say it every year so I'm going to do it again.I resolve to blog more.With Twitter and Facebook, I can quickly get my thoughts out really quick -…
2015
In Friday’s Sun: 2014 in one word
If you were asked to assign a word to 2014, what would it be? Cold? It was indisputably that. Uncertain? With oil costing far less and housing costing ever more,…
The Exorcism of Stephen Joseph Harper
Steve, He’s Coming for You Stephen Harper has a problem. The Holy Father is coming for him and the rest of his ilk. This time it’s not a legion of…
After the hottest year on record, here’s to 2015 being a year of radical climate action.
Happy New Year! * It’s now official – 2014 was the hottest year on record for this blue planet of ours. * * This is the year that science and…
A New Year’s Gift From Inse
On my previous post, Inse left a link for the following. Enjoy! Recommend this Post
Thursday Morning Links
This and that to start your year. – Ian Welsh comments on the challenges we face in trying to turn wealth increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few into…
Is 2015 The Year New Brunswick Finally Addresses Serious NB Adult Autism Residential Care and Treatment Needs?
During the 2010 New Brunswick election Dr. McDonnell, as noted above, was interviewed by CBC on the subject of adult autism care. The interview and analysis posted on the site…
Vanishing Point
A Dinosaur named Sue. Photograph: Oscar Shen. Used under creative commons. flickr.com/photos/oscar_shen/ More than half of all the wild animals on Earth have been annihilated within my lifetime. The number…
Dangerous Oil Trains To Return to Lac-Megantic While Town Still Recovers
“We’re seeing strong growth. We’re seeing some large accounts come back. The future is bright.” According to the Portland Press Herald, that was the assessment of the future by Ryan…
Dangerous Oil Trains To Return to Lac-Megantic While Town Still Recovers
“We’re seeing strong growth. We’re seeing some large accounts come back. The future is bright.” According to the Portland Press Herald, that was the assessment of the future by Ryan…
2015: Less Can Be More
While I am long past the age where personal New Year resolutions are anything other than exercises in futility, I can’t help but think that a few well-placed aspirations for…
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness can be a difficult read. Not just for its brooding setting and the sense of morbid inevitability. Conrad’s semi-autobiographical 1899 novel is replete with racism and breezy…
Ambushing Ontario’s Premier Wynne.
Alan Carter, the Global Television bureau chief at Queen’s Park, has never been one of our favourite reporters. He tends to be something of a wiseass. He redeemed himself the…
The New Year and the Great Canadian Revolt
The little ferry had to struggle against a howling bitterly cold wind, as it headed for the lonely part of the island, for the last time this year.And the scene…
Shhh, The Bold Revolution Has Started
We live in tumultuous times: Ferguson and other non-indictments of white police who murdered people of colour ISIL and other extremism Stephen Harper’s continued assault on democracy and embrace of…
Fracking in the UK: What to Expect in 2015
The current UK coalition government has overseen the greatest fossil fuel boom since the discovery of North Sea oil, but the controversy that surrounds shale has made it an interesting…
Happy 2015
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