A Fact Check on Tory Lies
I suspect that the Harper regime’s capacity for fear-mongering, character assassination and bald-faced lies, so much in evidence in previous smear campaigns against Stephen Dion and Michael Ignatief, will have…
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If They Won’t Spend It, Perhaps We Should Tax It Back?
That is the question I am left with after reading this article in today’s Star on the over $500 billion (the article erroneously describes it as $526 million) corporate Canada…
A Voice of Sanity on Iran
Journalist and columnist Joe Klein offers some calm and sane commentary while others are clamoring for war against Iran: H/t Roger Ebert Recommend this Post
An Avaaz Petition Against Harper’s World Statesman Award
I recently wrote two blog posts expressing my dismay over the naming of Stephen Harper as World Statesman of the Year by The Appeal of Conscience Foundation. An Avaaz petition,…
Inconvenient Truths for the Corporate Sector
Given that recent reports have helped to puncture the myth of job-creation benefits arising from corporate tax cuts and corporate welfare, I was pleased to read Martin Regg Cohn’s article…
From The Great Exporter Of Democracy
I guess free speech is something Republicans only value when they export their democratic principles. Recommend this Post
Harper’s Conservatives: As Classless As Ever
Yesterday I wrote a brief post about the federal government’s decision to stop defending the export of asbestos from Quebec, not on the basis of morality, but political expediency, as…
Canada’s Export of Death to Cease
The Harper government is throwing in the towel on Quebec’s internationally-maligned asbestos industry now that the Parti Québécois is poised to take power and prohibit extraction of the cancer-causing mineral.…
Rick Salutin On Teacher Unions
We seem to be in the constant throes of anti-union sentiment during a time they are most needed. The right wing, including Ontario Conservative leader young Tim Hudak, seems to…
Registering My Disgust
Just a note for anyone looking to express their disgust at the award being given to Stephen Harper as World Statesman of the Year. I sent the following very brief…
Why Harper’s Award as World Statesman of the Year Is An Insult to All of Us
I cannot help but think that it is the Harper regime’s unqualified and uncritical support for Israel that accounts for his being named World Statesman of the Year by the…
Do What I Say, Not What I Do
For a country that seems to have a messianic zeal for exporting its freedom and democracy to other countries, the United States doesn’t seem to care too much for those…
When Parents Get The Upper Hand in Education
Yesterday I wrote a post about the Hamilton parent suing the school board for its refusal to notify him when a range of topics objectionable to his beliefs was being…
More helpful Advice From the World’s Richest Woman
She may be the world’s richest woman, but she still has time for ‘the little people’ with this sterling advice for job creation and increased productivity. Recommend this Post
The Limits of Growth
I remember within the past year opining to my wife that the long-term fate of humanity is grim. With an ever-expanding population, growing demand for limited resources, and an economic…
The Price of Plualism
There is a price for the privilege of living in a pluralistic society, and that cost, which the majority of people willing pay, is tolerance for the views and beliefs…
Pat Robertson Pines For Simpler Times
Every time he speaks, TV evangelist Pat Robertson demonstrates how cruel dementia is: H/t Antonia Zerbisias Recommend this Post
A Q&A With Allan Gregg
Many thanks to Accidental Deliberations for providing information on this Q&A with Allan Gregg, a good companion piece for his Assault On Reason article/speech. This Hill Times article on Gregg’s…
If You Say It Enough Times …
Recently I have been writing about the vital role critical thinking plays in a healthy democracy; this morning, after reading the letters section of The Star, I couldn’t help but…
The Assault on Reason
Yesterday I wrote a post on the important role education plays in the development of critical thinking skills, skills that are crucial for anyone who aspires to being something more…