Collective Amnesia
In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, it seems that the world is about to embark on even greater military intervention in the Middle East, intervention that will undoubtedly…
2015
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tony Atkinson offers reason for hope that it’s more than possible to rein in inequality and ensure a more fair distribution of resources…
Kickstarter CEO Wants You to Have a New Job
Yancey Strickler is the CEO and cofounder of Kickstarter he sees the future of work and the economy different than most CEOs. Strickler sees a future with people working jobs…
Kingston Book Launch: Lumpen, The Autobiography of Ed Mead
Kingston: Book Launch: Lumpen, The Autobiography of Ed Mead 7pm on Tuesday, November 17th At the AKA Autonomous Social Centre (Up the ramp at the Red and Black House, Queen…
Hamilton Book Launch: Ed Mead’s Lumpen & Jalil Muntaqim’s Escaping the Prism … Fade to Black
Hamilton: A Double Book Launch for “Lumpen: The Autobiography of Ed Mead”, and “Escaping the Prism… Fade to Black: Essays and Poetry” by Jalil Muntaqim Monday, November 16 at 7:00pm…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of November 16, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Prosecutors in Teenage Sexting Cases Ask: Foolishness, or a Felony? Self-driving Google car pulled over in California for going…
Justin Trudeau and Those Who Would Destroy the Dream
He's at the G20 summit in Turkey, doing a great job of repairing this country's soiled reputation, and getting mobbed by his many admirers.And making us look cool again in…
No pirouettes for Justin.
There will be no pirouettes to mock the Queen when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stops over in London to meet the Queen on his way to the Malta meeting of…
Poll: what should we do about ISIS and the refugees?
In the past week or so, nearly 600 people have been murdered by ISIS or its affiliates – in Kenya, Lebanon, France and on a Russian airliner. The battle, once…
Let’s Hope He’s No Fool
http://news.nationalpost.com/ It didn’t take long for Justin Trudeau to be tested. On Friday night, the gauntlet was on the ground — thrown, not by Canadians, but by terrorists in the…
Law Firm Marketing: Finding an Online/Offline Balance
There is no shortage of evangelism out there on the importance of the Internet as a platform for marketing law firms. I’ve certainly attempted to be a strong voice on…
Fear and Hope #nlpoli
In his major interview with NTV on the first weekend of the formal provincial election campaign, Premier Paul Davis insisted that his party was not the same as the federal…
Is our atmosphere critical infrastructure? The Canadian government responds
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Last March, Staff Counsel Andrew Gage penned an open letter to Prime Minister Harper asking him to recognize that the global atmosphere was at least as…
Ezra Levant’s Grotesque Visit to Paris and the Wages of Bigotry
As if the people of Paris hadn't suffered enough, as if they hadn't seen enough ugliness.Well now that horror show just got a little uglier.Because the self styled Rebel Commander…
How to tilt the Paris negotiating table towards climate justice
Sunday, November 15, 2015 While an international agreement may come out of the climate talks in Paris later this month, the playing field is tilted against a strong agreement. Staff…
A better approach to environmental reviews
Sunday, November 15, 2015 Since the recent federal election there has been much discussion about the Liberal party’s election promise to “review Canada’s environmental assessment (EA) processes and introduce new,…
Keep the same dance going
Psychologist Dr. Mike Webster writes often about relationships between senior management and the men and women delivering police services in our communities. He knows about moral disengagement, which allows virtuous…
Every time you bug this 85-year-old city councillor, your library could lose a few books! Have you got that, people?
PHOTOS: St. Albert City Councillor Bob Russell – fending off annoying letters from voters since 1950-something! Time to send him back to the greenhouse? (St. Albert Gazette photo.) Below: A…
We get letters: And the universe balances out
Below, a far-right loon says I’m going to die. And, now, a far-left loon says the same thing! Isn’t it nice when we can all agree? From “Marty Mullen” at…
Brian Jean Embarkes on Post Truth Politics
“Fact-checking was a great development in accountability journalism… one-off fact-checking is no match for the repeated lie.” Brian Jean, leader of the Wildrose opposition, published an article in the Calgary…