On a Day When Canada’s Two Biggest Cities Appear to Have Crooks as Mayor…
A little ditty thata may make you smile: The You Can’t Fight City Hall Blues
Out of This World – What Does Walt Natynczyk Have That Canada Needs for Space?
In my humble opinion, no Canadian general directly associated with the fiasco of our war in Afghanistan should be a candidate for government perks. That’s certainly true for Rick Hiller…
A Happy Day After Fathers’ Day
Richard Hughes-Fortunate Old Coot Well I am a fortunate old coot in many ways. Yesterday I spent most of the day playing around in the garden. That is always the…
Wordly Philosopher
This is the title of a recently published biography of Albert Hirschmam by Jeremy Adelman, a Canadian who teaches history at Princeton University. Hirschman’s life as an economist – which…
When He’s Not Kissing Ass, He’s Kicking Ass – It’s the Only Game Harper Knows
He used to lambaste the Chinese – before he became Beijing’s bitumen bumboy – but Sideshow Steve Harper has shown he still has game when it comes to Russia and…
David Suzuki On Harper’s Contempt For Democracy
David Suzuki has a thought-provoking essay in today’s Globe and Mail that also serves as an excellent precis of some of the things the Harper government would like us to…
Chinese Dissident Says We’re Becoming Just Like Them
Chinese artist and persecuted dissident, Ai Weiwei, has an interesting take on the U.S. NSA Prism scandal in today’s Guardian in which he says America is behaving like China. I…
Syria: Showdown time between the West and Putin
High noon at 10 Downing Street Politicians are becoming more graphic in their descriptions of the warring sides in the Syrian civil war, with the latest spat leading to a…
The More Things Change….
Back in the mid-70’s I managed to snag a quick interview with the head prosecutor of the Quebec crime commission while the fellow was in Ottawa. I thought I’d hit…
June 17: sometimes, it’s hard to know what to say…
In my early days of TV, I knew a producer at the station who was sent to cover a strike. When he got there, nothing was happening. The strkers were…
Former CPC candidate Saulie Zajdel arrested — what does this say about PMSH?
You remember Bruce Carson, a top adviser to PMSH? And, then there was that $90K cheque from PMSH’s right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to Mike Duffy… Well, now there’s Saulie Zajdel……
Why Canada Should be Wary of U.S. Missile Defence
There has been talk that Ottawa might jump aboard the U.S. missile defence programme out of fear of a rogue missile launch from North Korea. Before we do, let’s make…
Organic Farming is Better than Factory Farming for Carbon Capture
It turns out that not only is eating organic food better for you than processed foods, growing organic food is better for everyone. Organic farms (and likely home gardens) are…
6152…Aislin Salutes Applebaum
And, presumably, all past and future mayors of Montreal. WFDS
Canadian Medical Students Condemn Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), condemn the federal government’s cuts to essential health services for refugees. This press release: OTTAWA,…
Beer and popcorn boy is heard from
I was up at the cabin all weekend, attending to more important matters. So I didn’t hear about Scott Reid’s attack on Jean Chretien in the Ottawa Citizen until I…
Blown through
Sometimes, it’s not clear what its about. Pen & Ink app has come out with an update and some new brushes. Filed under: art Tagged: art, Cat, dissolve
6151…MTL Tory Gets Busted With Mayor
I am cherry picking from The Globe and Mail this morning but it is being widely reported that Saulie Zajdel, who “…unsuccessfully ran as a Conservative candidate against Liberal Irwin…
Look good and lie a lot: Tory Action Plan.
It is good to hear that some think tanks are taking a hard look at the Conservative government’s Economic Action Plan. They act surprised. What seems to puzzle the academics…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Thomas Walkom, Dan Leger and Michael Harris write about the sketchy surveillance programs in place on both sides of the 49th parallel. But…