I've attended Toronto's Inside Out LGBT film festival for years. I think I know Toronto queer film audiences very well, what they've seen and what else they may wish to…
I've attended Toronto's Inside Out LGBT film festival for years. I think I know Toronto queer film audiences very well, what they've seen and what else they may wish to…
Writer’s note: Most of the Twitter handles are invented. And if the reverse chronology is a problem, you may prefer to start this short story at the beginning, but I…
It's death watch for the oil giants - BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Total. A report released by the prestigious British think tank, Chatham House, concludes that the 20th century business…
There are a lot of curious minds who are denouncing "lefties" for gloating over the fate that has befallen Fort McMurray from early season wildfires. Kinsella did it yesterday. Even…
Today is Father's Day (Vatertag) in Germany. This is the day when male Germans tend to get wrecked. I once had an old law professor, Tom Feeney, who told his…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jim Dwyer writes about the cumulative effect a childhood in poverty has on individual development. And Lee Elliot Major calls out the self-perpetuating…
Here, contrasting Brad Wall's giveaway of public money to subsidize take-out meals against his choice to make healthy food less accessible to the people who need it most in Saskatoon's…
Saudi Arabia is out to stage a facelift in Canada. Somehow the kingdom got word that Canadians weren't exactly fond of it or its ways. Now we know that they…
Over at Northern Reflections today, Owen has a timely reminder via Henry Giroux of what Donald Trump really stands for: fascism, hatred, bigotry and exclusion. I noted in my response…
What does God make of Donald Trump's GOP blitzkrieg? Stephen Harper asks:
Grant Morrison is one of the best comic writers and he has a refreshing take to how rebels ought to act: be optimistic. That’s right the greatest rebellion one can…
Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Thursday May 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on May 5, 2016 at 6:09am…
There are sunny days and there are also easy days. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had one of those easy days recently. All our PM had to do was go to…
Now that Donald Trump has become the one and only Republican candidate for president, it's worth returning to a column that Henry Giroux wrote in December of last year. Its…
#7: Hold a logo contest!Trying to increase member engagement in your union? Here are some ideas that work.1. Always make time for your members' concerns.This is number one through infinity.…
As you probably know, the hate mongering internet rag The Rebel is as revolting as it's self-styled "Rebel Commander" Ezra Levant.It's a swollen sewer, a raging torrent of bigotry aimed…
Wednesday's post - Choices and values - came from the perspective of someone outside the echo chamber of politics in Newfoundland and Labrador.Ordinary voters - who mostly do not work…
