PHOTOS: Spokespeople for the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties stand by to comment in the media on the latest manufactured Alberta political crisis. Actual opposition politicians may not appear exactly…
I had an online discussion at Dawg's Blawg about the primary theme of Tarantino's newest film, The Hateful Eight, and it got a bit too provocative to manage a sincere…
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much – Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much - Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much - Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…
Even though he co-stars in a show, Homeland, that presents a quite bifurcated view of the world, (and even though it does, I love its suspense and its flawed characters),…
I have written about Longos most permissive and excellent samples policy here. The problem is they stop giving out samples sometime after 4 PM. Yet people come in after 4…
There’s a famous Zen tale that I was reminded of as I was reading the media release about the Collingwood Airport this week. It somehow seemed remarkably fitting. It’s about…
In light of the latest, I’d say we need to come up with a better strategy, PDQ. I have a hunch my wife has a plan.
My friend Kate is currently in a 500 km boat race called the Ngalawa Cup in the Indian Ocean – sailing a dugout canoe with outriggers and a single sail.…
My friend Kate is currently in a 500 km boat race called the Ngalawa Cup in the Indian Ocean - sailing a dugout canoe with outriggers and a single sail.…
TUE, DEC 29 The Syrian family became symbols of the refugee crisis after photos of the family’s boy, who washed up dead, on a Turkish beach, sparked international outrage. NBC…
TUE, DEC 29The Syrian family became symbols of the refugee crisis after photos of the family's boy, who washed up dead, on a Turkish beach, sparked international outrage. NBCThis is…
My friend Kate is currently in a 500 km boat race in the Indian Ocean called the Ngalawa Cup - sailing a dugout canoe with outriggers and a single sail.…
In this case The Guardian and the Moncton Times and Transcript (via The Asssociated Press) were reporting on exactly the same story at the same time. But the starting point…
TUE, DEC 29The Syrian family became symbols of the refugee crisis after photos of the family's boy, who washed up dead, on a Turkish beach, sparked international outrage. NBCThis is…
As the holiday season ebbs, we have begun once again to eat sil, or Swedish pickled herring. Our consumption was interrupted by bouts of stomach flu or some such. Seems…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Krugman discusses the connection between concentrated wealth and extreme anti-social political behaviour:Wealth can be bad for your soul. That’s not just a hoary…
Justin Trudeau is probably the first politician I can think of who knows this stuff already. Also, I’ll bet you are reading this on a Smart Phone. “Ms. Kocar said…
There’s a story on page B2 of the January 1 Enterprise Bulletin (not online yet*) that offers us three lessons. Two lessons on how the local media fails us, one…
