You can always trust Jane Taber to be the model of journalism. Modern journamalism, that is. You know, anonymous sources, cloying coverage of conservatism, condescending dismissals of everything else, Maureen…
In 2008, it was then-cabinet minister Gary Lunn who wound up embroiled in at least a minor scandal over coordinated third-party expenses.And in 2011, there's once again some sign of…
Never thought I'd link to a story from Fox News but this is some good shit. The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping…
I'm sorry so many other people did not. There's 250 more civilians at DND whose jobs will be cut. There's flight attendants at Air Canada who seem poised to go…
This is interesting but hardly surprising; it goes a long way to explaining how the Conservatives' modern followers are so extreme in their support of the party's authoritarian views, its…
There is a measure of truth in this article. We don't do as well as we should outside of the urban centres. If we are going to thrive in the…
Muzzling science and scientists is ultimately an exercise in futility, an effort that inevitably causes more trouble than the initial discomfort of confronting the reality of evidence. History has shown…
A lot of news stories I read while in England used the term "human rights" to describe some failure of the powers to be to come to terms with the…
Reading today's Postmedia story about labour union spending during the 2011 federal election campaign led this blog to wonder about other third party spending.Reviewing the listing of third parties on…
Laid low with some kind of vicious viral crud for the last 2 weeks, I missed this story. But I think it’s worth commenting on, if only because one teeny-weeny…
Assorted content for your long weekend reading.- Bruce Johnstone comments on the real source of Saskatchewan's relative economic success over the past few years - and not surprisingly, it has…
Seems as though I'm too happy to write here anymore. Nothing really to complain about, aside from my hammock branch getting cut down. I seem to have hung up the…
.Here's to the Lies of the Era's Spinners...In the midst of all the plenty....A decade of children going down...And the Seniors who need our help most...Get shuffled round and round...While…
The most brazen disdain for democracy in modern times, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, January 12, 2010 "There will be a tidal wave of rage. Over the next two weeks the…
...Coyne lost his “right” to be the defender of conservatism with his choice of being tight within the liberal media establishment and should stop trying to give advice to us…
I had argued here that the campaign themes used by all except the Ontario Liberal Party were off the mark. People, in uncertain economic times, don't vote for change. They…
Tim Hudak - failed wedgerTim Hudak is now licking his wounds, and considering what he should do differently next time an election rolls around (which might be far sooner than…
Growing up in Ontario back when it used to have winters, young boys gravitated to frozen ponds, streams and lakes. We'd skate or play hockey or sometimes just marvel at…
David Atkins points out how the Tea Party (however contrived and astroturfed) may have contributed to the rise of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement by legitimizing protest as a…
Nikon Small World 2011 – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: Nikon small worlds competition, photomicrography
