CETA: The devil is in the details.
Tried the other day to reread the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and finally gave up in disgust. Maybe this deal between Canada and the European Union is just too…
2016
When I debate Doug Ford on CITY-TV on U.S. election night, I need these all memorized
Could be difficult. Wow—Today's @nytimes features a 2-page spread of all the people, places & things Trump has insulted on Twitter since declaring his candidacy pic.twitter.com/eDzwZNIjkF — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1)…
The PC winner: a very young man who wants to keep alive very old fights
Voters care most about (a) the leader (b) some of a party’s policies, and (sometimes) (c) whether a party or a politician has been there too long. That’s about it.…
Donald Trump and the Women Who Brought Him Down
With only fifteen days to go before the U.S. election, if we were on a plane this would be about the time when the pilot announces "we're now on final…
i look forward to the day when no one wears a fitbit anymore
What did people do before Fitbit? Without their adorable little bracelets, how did they get enough exercise? Never mind that, how did they manage to live?? All those lonely, barren…
The political dynamics of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli #dip-o-crites #cdnpoli
The people of Labrador who have now occupied the work camp at the construction site are exercising the only political influence they have in the only way they have been…
Why Does the Federal Department of Fisheries Condone This?
I know, I know. So you’re in Ontario and you think this doesn’t matter to you. Think again. Go to your grocery store and buy that great looking “Atlantic salmon.”…
Pigs will fly before the fantasy that Ottawa’s carbon tax ‘invades provincial jurisdiction’ will ever persuade a court
PHOTOS: Who says Jason Kenney is full of baloney? These guys do! And they’re the Fathers of Confederation! Below: PC leadership candidate Mr. Kenney; federal Liberal Veterans Affairs Minister Kent…
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking
Google is the latest tech company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online ad tracking and user’s names. The post Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web…
Ten Things We Learned from Trump’s Presidential Campaign
Barring a catastrophe Donald Trump will not become the 45th president of the United States. At the risk of tempting fate Ms Soapbox would like to present a top 10…
Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving
Here’s a short video of me reflecting on lessons I’ve learned from a life caregiving. Share the lessons you’ve learned in the comments below – I would love to listen…
Social conservatives elect young twink to be Progressive Conservative candidate in Niagara West-Glanbrook
19-year-old PC candidate Sam Oosterhoff (Facebook) I’ve been busy with work and life these last two months, so my apologies. A few topics, mostly around the ongoing U.S. election, have…
Social conservatives elect young twink to be Progressive Conservative candidate in Niagara West-Glanbrook
19-year-old PC candidate Sam Oosterhoff (Facebook) I’ve been busy with work and life these last two months, so my apologies. A few topics, mostly around the ongoing U.S. election, have…
Soldiers of Odin Canada: Falling Apart Already?
In one of the msm articles we linked to in a previous article, the following observation was made by at least one academic interviewed for the story: Several academic researchers…
Get Better at Systems Theory!
As we pivot from our world in crisis to a more healthy and sustainable world, we all must get better …
Stuff Still Happens, week 42: A nasty, nasty man
For a few moments during Wednesday’s presidential debate (mercifully the last), Donald Trump appeared almost presidential. He said exactly the same things he has said at every debate, but at…
#LPCO2016 – Day 2/Completion
So the LPCO 2016 AGM has wrapped up in Niagara Falls. Many things to talk about.. but I want to be brief.. so a few more observations: – Niagara Falls…
what i’m reading: born to run by bruce springsteen
This is a run-don’t-walk review. Fans of Bruce Springsteen: run to find a copy of The Boss’ memoirs, Born to Run. This book was seven years in the making, and…
WADA and the IOC Will be One Another’s Salvation or Undoing
Too many of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ostensible sport partners appear to feel that the agency has betrayed them, by unmasking the ugly truths that lie behind the Olympic’s impeccable…
Horace and him. And maybe me, too.
Horace and Me, subtitled Life lessons from an Ancient Poet, is a recent book by Harry Eyres (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2013) about his efforts to connect the dots of…