what i’m reading, children’s books edition: # 8: the invention of hugo cabret
In the aftermath of the flood and with our impending move, when I’m not dealing with those events, all I want to do is read and blog. If you enjoy…
Whether By Train Or By Pipeline, Oil and Gas Transport Is Unsafe
The deadly oil train disaster in Lac Megantic, Quebec on July 5, which (as of this writing) has left 33 people dead, with 17 still missing, and contaminated over 60…
The bitter legacy of race in America
I’m not surprised at the Zimmerman acquittal and neither is anyone else.First, the prosecution didn’t really prove its case very well; second, in the United States, white people usually get…
DSM-5 Autism Emperors’ Ridiculous Assumption
“The fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) (APA in diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Author, Washington, 2013) has decided to merge the…
Parliament is about to become even more of a circus…
..if what Stephen Taylor has heard is true that Pierre Poliviere is going to become a Cabinet Minister. The bad news is that with this promotion, Pierre is basically going…
healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: chicken in wine with sun-dried tomatoes
When it comes to soups and stews, there is a seemingly endless number of variables that can be changed to create new variations of any given dish. If you like…
Racism, California Style
Oakland television station KTVU and the National Transportation Safety Board are apologizing for a racist stunt that got on the air concerning the July 6th Asiana Airlines crash at San…
Renewable Energy Not All It Appears
Patrick Smyth, a regular Cowichan Conversations reader, is not an IPP booster. He has given us permission to carry his recent letter to the editor in Whistler’s Pique News Magazine.…
July 14:This is the making of history….
New Brunswick is, almost certainly, going through the most important political and economic moment it has seen in a hundred and fifty years – and more. The corruption and the…
Canada is full?
Recently there has been a claim that Canada is full – the population cannot grow larger. Certainly in parts of the South good farmland has been, and continues to be,…
Sunday Sermon
Just got back from my bike ride, so this will have to suffice for the time being: Recommend this Post
Throw the engineer from the train.
With the blame game in high gear over the disaster at Lac-Mégantic, it seems everyone is sympathetic but the person to blame is the train engineer. The best way to…
Zimmerman Walks
An unarmed black teen is dead, and his killer – who is white – walks free? What is wrong with Florida? Meanwhile, in another Florida case, a black woman who…
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Stephen Harper’s Victory song
He sings after he won majority in 2011. Enjoy!
dear liberal public: there is nothing shocking about the george zimmerman verdict
Dear liberal public, The internet tells me you are shocked – shocked and outraged – about the verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Seriously? You are shocked? You have lived…