Very soon the Electronic Rights Defence Committee may finally distribute the settlement it received from Postmedia: I spent part of the weekend writing resolutions that will be needed to set…
I keep thinking of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds as the days pass since the Malaysia Airlines plane went missing. Things like this don’t happen, planes don’t just disappear.…
Whenever we’ve been in Paris, we’ve had mostly lovely weather with clear blue skies. This photo was taken on our last trip in May 2007 at the Jardins de Tuillieries…
My friend Zvi Leve, who daughter was a friend of one of PKP’s kids when they were day care age, points out that PKP’s house actually does have a Street…
I’d like to think that the Parti Québécois’ “coup” in getting Pierre-Karl Péladeau to run in the upcoming provincial election will backfire because people will be just too put off…
Yes, the snow is still on the ground, even though the days are getting much longer. More snow is forecast for this week, and the temperature is still well below…
Seems to me I’ve heard about this in passing before, but today I received a link to a story about Vivan Meir, a New Yorkk nanny who took hundreds of…
Well, the Quebec general election is definitely going to be held April 7, 2014. Given the Parti Québécois’s attempts to appeal to the most enthocentric part of the electorate, hopes…
Many years, the sap has already started to run in the maple trees by now. Not the case this year, but people around us are getting itchy feet, thinking about…
My West Coast friends are posting happy news about much-needed rain. Good on them, since the drought there is bad for all concerned. As for me, I’m steeling to go…
Le Devoir leaked a report from a government commission this week on the future of energy in Quebec, a report that has been making waves. In short, it says that…
Last week the Globe and Mail contained the most recent issue of Corporate Knights, a magazine that calls itself “The Company for Clean Capitalism.” Rarely have I come across such…
This is the winter sun shining on one of my plants that do well inside. It’ll be a long time before anything is green outside, so I like to have…
As usual Paul Krugman is worth reading today. His analysis of why stimulus in the US hasn’t done what it should have is clear: there should have been more, not…
The recent death of Mavis Gallant reminds me of how deeply seductive Paris is. After Montreal, it is a place I’d like to live. What a pleasure that we have…
I remember back in the 1970s when the environmental movement was beginning around here and I realized that it was going to be a long row to hoe to get…
Too often we don’t say what we think to people we expect won’t agree with us. But that’s a mistake, as Pete Seeger used to say. And just for good…
The picture was taken a while ago, but that’s what we’re doing these days around here. A long winter, but made bearble by some lovely sunny days, and frequent sbowfalls…
This morning I started a regime of cortisone type and anti-viral, anti-stomach upset drugs. Seems those excruciating pain and the rash that I thought were back-related and due to a…
As I wait to go to the doc (may not have been an acetomiophen reaction I had last week, but shingles) I’m thinking of what might taste good for dinner.…
