Jan.16: The social tragedy of a dishonest newspaper.
Irving press headline – 'Federal minister wants options for boosting Atlantic salmon numbers'. Translation – nothing has happened. And there's no story. At the bottom of the page is a…
Irving press headline – 'Federal minister wants options for boosting Atlantic salmon numbers'. Translation – nothing has happened. And there's no story. At the bottom of the page is a…
Watching the American political debates, especially the increasingly vituperative and acerbic Republican debates, reminds me again why I am a political agnostic when it comes to party politics. I simply…
Introduction Today, getting a lift to the store is as easy as loading an application on a digital device and summoning a roving car to one’s door. It is fast,…
Hoo-boy, what a bad news week for Alberta, and Canada. Oil continued its slide, falling to below $30 a barrel. The Canadian dollar continued its slide, falling to below 70…
Why don’t Collingwood’s ratepayer groups and associations last? In the 25-plus years I’ve lived here, I’ve seen several come and go. Every one has dissolved, evaporated or imploded within a…
A smart pick. Got to know the guy a long time ago. A backroom legend. Trudeau’s lucky to have him; Leslie too.
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Errol Mendes points out that any commitment to securing human rights in our foreign policy is currently limited by the lack of any systematic…
I think that there is little doubt that Western democracy has 'lost it's way' a little bit, or is a state of increasing crisis. The roots of this crisis are,…
No, it’s not a remake of Pete Seeger’s famous 1955 anti-war song. That’s the title of an article that appeared in the Globe and Mail this week, by Peter Denton,…
Stephen Harper hasn't been seen in public now for almost a month, and almost nobody knows where he is hiding.Some say he's still in Las Vegas, others say he's been…
Quoted at length from Self-organization of complex, intelligent systems: an action ontology for transdisciplinary integration, Francis Heylighen, Integral Review:A mobilization system would combat this confused and unproductive way of acting…
All's right with the world, more or less. At least winter seems to have settled in, and the skating rinks are in operation. Jeanne apparently has had a great time…
If there was any redemption for the Dragons’ Den show on CBC television it was not financier Kevin O’Leary. He represented what we have always seen as the weakness of…
Quoted at length from Self-organization of complex, intelligent systems: an action ontology for transdisciplinary integration, Francis Heylighen, Integral Review:A mobilization system would combat this confused and unproductive way of acting…
It tells you a lot about the dilapidated state of the Harper Party, and the lamentable judgment of their hapless interim leader Rona Ambrose.That just a few days after being…
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The world celebrated Canada's new equality-conscious Liberal government and its embrace of key global issues such as climate change. Still, Canada's environmentalists have work to do, argues David Suzuki. The…
The Alberta government has established LGBTQ guidelines for the province's schools. This story would not be complete without comments from Calgary's Bishop Fred Henry. The good bishop has excoriated the…
This and that to end your week.- Serina Sandhu writes that everybody is worse off when inequality is allowed to run rampant. And Danny Dorling highlights the principles we'll need…