We Are The Many
Occupy yourself with this powerful video by Makana, a popular Hawaiian recording artist. At the APEC summit in Hawaii this past weekend Makana made a bold and courageous statement. He…
Christine
Climate Change Action Delayed Due To Extreme Weather
It sure would be nice if this was just a joke.
Remembering the Montgomery Bus Boycott During Occupy Times
It was fifty five years ago today the Supreme Court of the United States of America upheld the decision of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“It is understandable that a realist would despair. And if I was to retreat into self-absorption I would find a small plot of land where I would never have to…
Saturday Movies
This is just cool – a “permaculture” house: Learn more at Simondale.net
No Comment: Self-Styled Pro-Life “Feminist”
In this occasional feature, we present the best of amusing anti-choice nonsense, found online and elsewhere. In this case, I’m not discounting this woman’s experience with abortion; it is not…
A Report on Abortion Services in Ontario
A few weeks ago, Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario. (an agency of the provincial government), released a report on the state of abortion access in the province. A detailed…
The Night is Dark, and We are Far From Home
On this Remembrance Day, here’s the choir of Wells Cathedral singing Lead Kindly Light: Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I…
#NOKXL! Score One For Our Children’s Future (For A Change)
It’s official – break out the champagne!! The U.S. State Department just announced that it would delay making a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline until after it…
International Energy Agency: Rising Fossil Energy Use Will Lead To Irreversible & Potentially Catastrophic Climate Change
The International Energy Agency released the 2011 World Energy Outlook yesterday. What is almost as interesting as the report itself is the coverage of it in the MSM. Here’s a…
Abortion Access in Prince Edward Island
Can be best described as non-existent. According to the CBC’s The Current, some women are so desperate to terminate their pregnancies that they self-induce. Those who are able to afford…
Australia Leads In Climate Fight, Passes Carbon Tax
Australia’s Senate passed a comprehensive carbon pricing scheme yesterday, to the applause of members of the public who were present. Australia is one of the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitters…
Mark Ruffalo On Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline: I Look At My Kids and I Say I Can’t Betray Them
I’m looking out the window of my home office today, rejoicing at the sprinkling of snow on the ground. Yesterday rain fell outside, while a confused fly that should have…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it. Karl Popper
Saturday Movies
A magical chance encounter with an amazing natural phenomena, a “murmuration” of starlings:
Another Saturday at the Clinic
Some youthful bunch of enthusiastic (albeit sleep deprived, nonetheless) pro-lifers have decided that it is a good idea, for some reason, to literally tape over their mouths with the word…
Angela Lanfranchi is Not a Feminist
I feel like I’m going more and more annoyed as time passes with pro-lifers who think that it is feminist (for whatever reason), to deny women the right to our…
In The Face Of Winter, A Movement Blossoms
Despite the police harassment, the arrests, the confiscation of tents and supplies, as well as the imminent arrival of winter, the Occupy movement continues to grow. Although the mainstream media…
Rethinking “Business As Usual”
As the heads of state for the G20 countries gather in Cannes for their annual conference, where the economy will be high on the agenda, I thought it would be…
Now For The Real Scary Stuff
All Hallow’s Eve is over for this year and tomorrow, in many countries, is the Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day. So today might be a good day…