Adventures in Minor Political Parties: BC Conservatives
I’ve decided to start a fun new series giving short but detailed looks at the ongoing travails of minor parties in Canada, whether at the federal and provincial level, because…
August 2016
Adventures in Minor Political Parties: BC Conservatives
I've decided to start a fun new series giving short but detailed looks at the ongoing travails of minor parties in Canada, whether at the federal and provincial level, because…
Who owns this party anyway?
It has always seemed a Canute-like task of denying the tides to defend the Liberal Party. There just seem to be too many of the elements aligned against us. A…
Adventures in Minor Political Parties: BC Conservatives
I've decided to start a fun new series giving short but detailed looks at the ongoing travails of minor parties in Canada, whether at the federal and provincial level, because…
Trouble With A Capital T
The newspaper business is dying -- slowly. Alan Freeman writes:I spent most of my career in newspapers and I’m not particularly nostalgic for the print version. Like most people, I…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #22
"Can you help me find some mystery books?""Yes, I'd be happy to. What kind of mysteries are you looking for?""The kind where someone is killed, and then they figure out…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #22
"Can you help me find some mystery books?""Yes, I'd be happy to. What kind of mysteries are you looking for?""The kind where someone is killed, and then they figure out…
Green Party In Disarray-Elizabeth May Walk
There is a great deal of debate and discussion taking place following the Green Party convention where the membership joined with other human rights forces worldwide in opposition to the…
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
Told in a series of personal interviews jumping back and forth between six different people, Scott Anderson's magazine-length article, "Fractured Lands," is the stuff of nightmares, but it's important we…
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
Told in a series of personal interviews jumping back and forth between six different people, Scott Anderson's magazine-length article, "Fractured Lands," is the stuff of nightmares, but it's important we…
Jason Kenney’s Lonely Tour From Hell Continues
It's now been one week since Jason Kenney set out in a blue made in Mexico pick up truck to try to win the hearts and minds of Albertans.And so…
Soldiers of Odin: Canadian Media Paying Attention
We don't usually refer to ourselves as "media" though in the absolute sense, we suppose we are. We run a niche blog who's members have a realistic understanding concerning our…
Soldiers of Odin: Canadian Media Paying Attention
We don't usually refer to ourselves as "media" though in the absolute sense, we suppose we are. We run a niche blog who's members have a realistic understanding concerning our…
A Steady, Unstoppable Wave
It's the Unholy Trinity - climate change, over-consumption and overpopulation. Any of those three is capable of bringing human civilization crashing down. Together, they make it a certainty. We either…
Musical interlude
Yuri Kane & Ana Criado - Running Wild
Increased Oil Tankers, Coal Exports a Threat to B.C.’s Struggling Resident Killer Whale Populations
Residents of the Salish Sea region spanning B.C. and Washington State were horrified recently at a photograph taken of a Southern Resident killer whale that appeared undernourished, with ribs visibly…
Increased Oil Tankers, Coal Exports a Threat to B.C.’s Struggling Resident Killer Whale Populations
Residents of the Salish Sea region spanning B.C. and Washington State were horrified recently at a photograph taken of a Southern Resident killer whale that appeared undernourished, with ribs visibly…
Why is this man still working for Collingwood?
I am appalled and disgusted, and you should be, too. In what seems only minutes after council and staff received a remedial presentation on roles and responsibilities that emphasized the…
Towards a Whole of Government Digital Strategy
I have a short article in Policy Magazine summarizing a broader argument that I have been making about the limitations of a siloed digital foreign policy. The argument draws extensively…
Letter of Complaint to the Ombuds and Appeals Committee of the Green Party of Canada Regarding a Violation of my Rights as a Member of the Party by the August 2016 General Meeting
The following is a letter of complaint that I have submitted to the Green Party of Canada’s Ombuds and Appeals Committee (with copy to the Executive Director of the Party…