Sunday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
No, the Saskatchewan Roughriders shouldn’t try to plan to win games the way they did today. But while the ‘Riders left plenty of room for improvement, they also showed some…
Greg Fingas
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephen Kimber makes the case for a financial transactions tax in Atlantic Business: (W)hat can supposedly sovereign nations do when individual governments…
On timelines
For the most part, I tend to be skeptical that annual caucus retreats should be seen as having any substantive impact on the political scene. But the NDP’s meeting last…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dr. Dawg tears into the National Post’s gratuitous union-bashing: (W)hen it comes to unions, a careless disregard for facts seems to affect journos…
Musical interlude
54-40 – Ocean Pearl
On preordained outcomes
Joe Oliver is trying to pretend that the National Energy Board actually gets to determine whether the Northern Gateway pipeline gets approved: Oliver avoided directly answering a question as to…
On alternate options
Following up on this week’s column, here’s a quick update on the planned voting processes in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race. Contrary to what I’d theorized, there apparently won’t be…
The End of the Blue Grit?
Yes, last night’s Kitchener-Waterloo by-election resulted in a resounding victory for the Ontario NDP and new MPP Catherine Fife. But perhaps more noteworthy is the signal the result sends to…
On special treatment
Shorter Brad Wall: Based on my close personal connection to Stephen Harper developed through years of shameless toadyism, I alone can assure you that he won’t be playing favourites among…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership rules (PDF) are nicely set up to encourage a broad outreach effort by candidates. For further reading…– The NDP’s leadership page is here.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – There wasn’t much doubt from the recent storm of astroturfed Twitter messages that NDP candidate Catherine Fife stood to do well in tomorrow’s…
A wide open field
Others have already weighed in on Quebec’s election results. But let’s note that for all the drama of an election where it was an open question whether voters could stomach…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats nodding off.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Taibbi provides what may be the definitive take on Mitt Romney – as the plutocrat running as a deficit nag made…
Monday Morning Labour Day Links
Assorted content for your Labour Day reading. – The Star comments on the place of the union movement in the face of a determined push to silence workers: Given the…
Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Yes, that will do quite nicely. Which isn’t to say the Saskatchewan Roughriders can rest on their laurels. Yesterday’s 52-0 win wasn’t based so much on a dominant offensive performance…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Plenty of commentators are using the Labour Day weekend to discuss the place of workers in Canadian society. Sid Ryan notes that depressed…
Saturday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
Yes, last week’s loss to Calgary was downright ugly to watch at times. But it may also signal some positive changes for the Saskatchewan Roughriders – and we should find…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that to start your long weekend. – Antonia Zerbisias and Thomas Walkom both discuss the connection between organized labour and the very existence of a substantial middle class.…