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…
2016
The Political Agnostic
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…
Stuff Still Happens, week 2: Caution, bad news ahead
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…
Where Have the Ratepayers’ Groups Gone?
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…
David MacNaughton
A smart pick. Got to know the guy a long time ago. A backroom legend. Trudeau’s lucky to have him; Leslie too.
Saturday Morning Links
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…
Whither Democracy ?
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,…
Where Have all the Readers Gone?
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,…
Why Stephen Harper’s Economic Record Needs to Be Put on Trial
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…
Organizing
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…
Saturday Photo: Skating, Finally
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…
O’Leary is out of his league.
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…
Organizing
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…
Rona Ambrose and the Dilapidated State of the Harper Party
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…
The sleepers
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David Suzuki: We are the world; we must act on that understanding
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…
Bishop Henry pontificates on LGBTQ rights
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…
Friday Evening Links
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…