This Makes Too Much Sense
…for anyone within the Conservative cabal to heed its words. Nonetheless, enjoy this well-considered editorial form today’s edition of The Star: Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his hyper-aggressive natural resources…
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Unthinking Autism Guide Shannon Rosa Attacks Autism Parents …. AGAIN.
Shannon Rosa, with the Twitter help of Seth Mnookin and Dr. Jon Brock is at it again, misrepresenting autism disorders and the state of knowledge about autism causation and of…
Why Bacteria Are Smarter Than Drug Companies, Part 2
This post is part 2 of a series on science, politics, and the future. You can also check out Part 1: “Science Denialism and the Future of Humanity.” More or…
Whither Bill C-304?
With Senator Doug Finley’s passing, Bill C-304, the Harper government’s attempt to repeal Canada’s hate speech legislation, has lost its Senate champion. The bill was already stalled in the upper…
One benefit of getting older…
…is that you age your way out of the generational gaze. You know the one. The one that fixes on everything younger than 30 or 40, and can’t see anything…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
What if all the mothers in the world united and called for an end to war, to violence towards each other and towards the earth, and pledged to work together…
The Nasty Cons and Great Macho Man Leader
Well I think it's safe to say that Stephen Harper must be feeling a bit bruised this weekend, like Napoleon did, after his unfortunate visit to Moscow.He's mourning the death…
5980…Drill For Mom On Her Day
New York Post said earlier this week that “The home-improvement company Craftsman is the most popular brand amongst American mothers…The brand-tracking firm YouGov Brandindex says hundreds of moms named Craftsman…
5979…Tory Pitbull Senator Doug Finley Dead
It is all over the place, CBC, CTV, TVA. Senator Doug Finley, 66, the man who forced the square peg that is Stephen Harper into the round hole that is…
In Sunday’s Sun: conservative death by numbers
God is dead. Or, at least, he’s irrelevant. So say a growing number of Canadians who, according to Statistics Canada’s just-released National Household Survey, are becoming less and less religious.…
Truer Words – Governments Hide in Silence
Today’s Times Colonist editorial goes straight to the heart of the darkness that lurks within the Harper government. A group of professors at the University of Victoria has asked the…
Saskatchewan: A beachhead of labour law reform?
By: Andrew Stevens | First published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on May 3, 2013: Sweeping changes to Saskatchewan’s labour relations and employment standards legislation are on the…
Saskatchewan: A beachhead of labour law reform?
By: Andrew Stevens | First published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on May 3, 2013: Sweeping changes to Saskatchewan’s labour relations and employment standards legislation are on the…
Is Pierre Poilivre Related To Joe Oliver?
They certainly seem to be singing from the same hymn book. Orwellian and hypocritical are inadequate descriptors of this little twit: And speaking of Orwellian, how else might one describe…
Accountability for Social Assistance.
The Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty has made three visits to the social assistance office in the past two weeks and have come out with a partial victory. You can read…
How’s your water?
THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo. Watch this excellent weekend type video and you will understand the question. (h/t)
leaving paris / barcelona, day one
After our little breakfast at our local bistro, I decided I’d take a stab at the Rodin Museum. Allan was happier not to go, so he stayed in the room…
Absolute best comment written about Premier Photo Op
Long time Liberal Warren Kinsella, only guy in the four years of Northern Insight who threatened to sue this humble blogger, wrote the most precise description of Christy Clark yet…
Damien Gillis Talks BC Election on SFU Radio
Listen to this half-hour interview by CJSF 90.1 FM’s Sylvia Richardson of The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis on the eve of the provincial election. The two compare the Liberals’…