2018 PEF Student Essay Contest is Open!
The 2018 PEF Student Essay Contest is open! The deadline for submitting essays is quickly approaching: April 30, 2018. Please use this submission form (fiche d’inscription concours). You can download…
2018
Are Two Sellouts Pending?
He’s loved of the distracted multitude, multitude, who like not in their judgement, but their eyes. Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 3 As Claudius in the above states, there will always…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 2, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 2, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Linda Brown, whose Supreme Court case ended segregation in US schools, dies…
Punk rock bassists are the best
The New York Times: HOUSTON — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas kicked off his re-election campaign this week with a new Texas-themed slogan and a new video, but something else…
April 3: Days of computer hell…..
My apologies for being late with this. The last two days in my home have been days of computer chaos – now, I hope, behind me._____________________________________________________________ https://www.rt.com/uk/423162-russia-poison-government-twitter/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications The story above…
Eating OFF the Hill: Jollibee comes to Scarborough
The easy shorthand for explaining Jollibee to Canadians is that it’s the Filipino McDonald’s. But it seems to hold a deeper cultural resonance for those from the Philippines than McDonald’s,…
ALZHEIMER’S AND AGGRESSION: STRATEGIES TO COPE
It is my pleasure to host this guest post about managing aggression in loved ones who have Alzheimer’s or dementia. This is a difficult and painful subject, but one that…
Unwitting Masochists
Things are coming apart in the United States. That’s been happening for quite awhile. Paul Krugman writes: This isn’t a new story, or just about politics. Things have been falling…
Wait until they are ‘At Post.’
Ontario is in the midst of a ‘phony war.’ People are getting excited about public opinion polls that are meaningless. Babel-on-the-Bay is more than a month away from offering its…
Globe and Mail oped: The new rules for the internet
There has been lots of discussion lately about regulating social media but much less on what this might look like. Ben Scott (former tech policy for Obama & Clinton) and…
O Fildebrandt! No more taking orders from some Ottawa snowflake! A personal anthem for Derek
PHOTO: Derek Fildebrandt, as he sees himself (Photo: Derek Fildebrandt Facebook page). Gone are the days when Derek Fildebrandt had a party whip to tell him not to say dumb…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Covered cats.
…out of Nothing at all
Now. You may not live in Regina. You may not live in Saskatchewan. Hell, you may not even live in Canada, or maybe you’re not a North Americaner. Either way,…
Words from my notes
A collection of words that caught my attention. Some are serious; some are bemusing; all are worthy of consideration.
Eating up the Hill: Hungarian Goulash and Palacsinta
Ventured outside the downtown to the wilds of Nepean with friends a few weekends ago for a bake sale at the Ottawa Hungarian Community Centre and a traditional Hungarian lunch.…
Announcing the Merv Adey Memorial Fellowship
Merv Adey was a passionate British Columbian and a regular and welcome fixture in social media. Following his passing in 2017, a group of his friends sponsored a fellowship in…
Leaving Jamaica
…which has the best road signs, mon.
What are We, Israel’s Jordan Across the Sea?
What are we, Israel’s Jordan for its “unacceptable” African refugees? Over the years several thousand African black people have taken refuge in the UN-created, “this had nothing to do with…
What Better Way to Begin the Week
How better to kick off the work week that with the latest climate change news. Will it be good news? Will it be bad? Are you kidding, of course it…
A Thought For Today
“He was not of an age, but for all time!” – Ben Jonson The above quote, written about William Shakespeare, is as true today as it was in Jonson’s time.…