Mandy Patinkin’s Impassioned Defence of Refugees
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),…
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Longos, At Night
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…
The Blackened Nose
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…
Cartoon perfectly sums up how progressives like me deal with Donald Trump
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.
Viva les Piratas Canadienses!
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.…
Viva les Piratas Canadienses!
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.…
Viva les Piratas Canadienses!
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.…
Alan Kurdi’s Family Begins New Life as Refugees in Canada
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…
Alan Kurdi’s Family Begins New Life as Refugees in Canada
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…
Alan Kurdi’s Family Begins New Life as Refugees in Canada
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…
Viva les Piratas Canadienses!
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.…
Jan. 2: Watch for the subtle differences…
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…
Alan Kurdi’s Family Begins New Life as Refugees in Canada
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…
Saturday Photo: Sil, or Pickled Herring
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…
Saturday Morning Links
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…
Behold the future
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…
Lessons from the paper
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…
Why Your Students Forgot Everything On Your PowerPoint Slides (Mary Jo Madda)
Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:Mary Jo Madda writes for EdSurge. This post appeared January 19, 2015. Don’t fret, we’ve all been there: You’re up…
Rona Ambrose and the Outrageous Con Coup
I see that Rona Ambrose really is trying to make it look like her Cons are a kinder gentler version of the Harper Party.For that's the first time the word…
One of These Is So Not Like the Others
One of these is different from the others but just not in a way you might guess - Chicago, Vienna, Istanbul, the North Pole.Yes, it's the North Pole and what…