Doing The Right Thing When It’s Difficult
http://www.slideshare.net/Last week, Justin Trudeau said that his government ...
2016
Valentine’s Day and the Society of the Lonely
Well it's Valentine's Day, and as usual I don't want to write about it, and I do.For while I don't want to be seen to be encouraging that garish orgy…
More MSM Focus on Far Right in Canada and Reaction to ARC Article
We noted at the end of January that some in the MSM were beginning to pay more attention to the threat posed by right wing extremism in the country.The Maclean's…
Scalia, Dead at 79
The voice of the fringe right on the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, is dead. Plenty of time for Obama to appoint a replacement.
"..To the Shores of Tripoli"
Is it time to shoot-up Libya? DefMin Harjit Sajjan hints that Canada may be looking for a new shooting war assisting Italian forces to fight ISIS militias in Libya.Perhaps it's…
Feb. 13: J.D. Irving – friend of the forest and the bunnies, etc.
Mr. Irving is mad at MLA David Coon. (Good for you Mr. Coon.) So Mr. Irving has taken out a full page ad in our most independent newspapers, the Irving…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Andrew Jackson argues that a federal infrastructure program can and should be oriented toward developing a skilled and diverse workforce, rather than rewarding free-riding…
A reader comments on forestry
Reader Ken Barry today submitted a comment to an article written last July - Log exports update. It reminds of a subject that's close to my heart and, I think,…
“They don’t need our vengeance, they need our help.”
I was supremely pleased this week when the Trudeau Liberals announced they will end Canada's CF-18 bombing of Arab lands this month, and instead ramp up training, diplomatic, and humanitarian…
Sorry Liberals. Sorry New Dems. Sorry Conservatives. Even Thomas Friedman has Thrown In the Towel on Israel.
It's called reality and it's the rarest of commodities when Canada's political leadership addresses the subject of Israel. Mention Israel and they become so gushing that I sometimes fear one…
Saturday Photo: Natural Hearts
So what if Valentine's Day is tomorrow, I dug up this picture which fits perfectly today, I think. Tomorrow the kids and I will make a heart-shaped cake, today my…
“They don’t need our vengeance, they need our help.”
I was supremely pleased this week when the Trudeau Liberals announced they will end Canada's CF-18 bombing of Arab lands this month, and instead ramp up training, diplomatic, and humanitarian…
Stuff Still Happens, week 6: Trudeau keeps promise, gets roasted
The Trudeau government made good on one of its election promises this week. Whether it was a good decision remains to be seen. As promised, Trudeau is pulling our fighter…
Will 2017 Be the Year of the Great Global Migration?
It's going to happen and, when it does, it will eclipse anything we experienced in 2015. "It" refers to the first of what is predicted to become a constant wave…
Imagine If You Were Like Most People on Earth
Thank your lucky stars you're not. You're Canadian which is another way of saying very, very fortunate.A new study finds that almost two-thirds of mankind endures a severe water shortage…
On Command F: a Bittersweet Function
I tell my students of the magic of "command F" on Macs and "control F" on PCs. This F function key, that can find a word or phrase anywhere in…
Incremental inclinations of the incompetents.
The banker has been heard from. The other day we noted that Ontario wine drinkers were waiting to hear about liberalizing wine sales in Ontario. We have been waiting for…
The Demagogue Speaks Again
Won't anyone tell him just to shut up?Recently, the CBC, which has an ongoing yet inexplicable and wholly unwholesome relationship with Rex Murphy, gave him yet another opportunity to spew…
Has Rona Ambrose’s Bombing Campaign Just Gone Up In Smoke?
One might think by the way Rona Ambrose goes on and on about bombing people, that she was born to kill.And that she just can't help herself...But although she is…