Can Journalism be Virtual?
I have an article in the Columbia Journalism Review that explores virtual reality, Facebook, the challenges of doing journalism in and on virtual realities, and the importance of holding platform…
2016
Trump Reich: the beast is awake
News coming on my new book soon. In the meantime, here’s a link and a snippet from the New York Times huge feature on Trump’s neo-Nazi fans in this morning’s…
Fake News
While the following is hardly an in-depth report, the interview with the fake-news writer near the end of the report is rather interesting in that it sheds light on the…
Joe Biden: Lame duck or solution?
Before the U.S. Vice President’s visit, Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion explained Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa last week as routine. While some people might see it as a…
The Professional Bigotry of Ezra Levant
When Ezra Levant organized an anti-carbon tax rally on the steps of the Alberta legislature last Sunday, he was no doubt hoping it would make him a force to be…
Drowning In Our Own Waste
Global warming is a clear and present danger. But, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, another crisis is around the corner — global hoarding: Human-engineered structures and gadgets from cities to cellphones now…
Jason Kenney states his support for public funding of home-schooling, parents’ right to veto sex education, and more
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney … he’s got some thoughts on education and we thought you might like to know what they are (CBC photo). Below: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen, Progress…
The CIA, Trump, Putin and Russian hackers.
There is a possibility that the Russian government, through hackers, may have interfered with the US election, by which hacking into a DNC email server and then leaking the information…
The CIA, Trump, Putin and Russian hackers.
There is a possibility that the Russian government, through hackers, may have interfered with the US election, by which hacking into a DNC email server and then leaking the information…
The CIA, Trump, Putin and Russian hackers.
There is a possibility that the Russian government, through hackers, may have interfered with the US election, by which hacking into a DNC email server and then leaking the information…
I literally feel like we are sleepwalking towards some kind of an apocalypse
A FOREIGN POWER CONSPIRED TO PUT A DANGEROUS MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT WORKED. That's the biggest political story in a generation.#uspoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 11, 2016
So Much for Democracy
We now know that Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by well more than 2.5-million ballots. Perhaps as many ballots again were not counted due to Republican efforts…
The Next 1,000 Years
Stephen Hawking thinks we have a millennium on this planet. This is old news; Mound wrote about it a almost a year ago, but it’s making the round again (here…
All I Want for Christmas
Most of us eventually get to the point where, when it comes to Christmas or birthday gifts, you really don’t want anything. That usually arrives on that day when you…
The Next 1,000 Years
Stephen Hawking thinks we have a millennium on this planet. This is old news; Mound wrote about it a almost a year ago, but it’s making the round again (here…
Trudeau’s approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline a call for Standing Rock-style intervention
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project spurred anger. We need strategy to stop the project. The post Trudeau’s approval of Kinder Morgan…
Captain Exxon for Secretary of State
The New York Times is reporting that Trump has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as his secretary of state. Between the one-man wrecking crew Trump has chosen…
Memo to Kathleen Wynne: Upload the Gardiner & DVP back to the province to stop tolls
There has been huge debate recently over Toronto mayor John Tory’s proposal to impose tolls of some kind on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway (DVP). Lots of…
December 10: Fake News
We have to face it. Trump and his vicious band of billionaires are not the result of a freak election. This has been coming for a long time. This is…