A City for Everyone
I recently received a letter asking me to donate money to Vision Vancouver. In it the writer says “I don’t want to live in a city that puts ice skating…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Armine Yalnizyan points out what a "Buffett tax" could do for Canada:Put Larry and his 99 fellow CEOs together, and they could put…
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By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “Archdiocese develops ‘Nixonian’ policies” reads the arresting headline in the recent B.C. Catholic newspaper. Before we call Woodward and Bernstein, let’s…
Steve Jobs, LSD and Obama’s draconian drug policy
I did not know Steve Jobs had an affinity for LSD. I'll leave the debate whether it helped or hindered Jobs to another time. I can't see how it hurt.I'll…
News of the World hacking: Bullies in the newsroom?
Royal Courts of JusticeIn July UK PM David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson, from the Court of Appeal, as Chairman of an Inquiry known as the Leveson Inquiry, into claims…
Deep thought
Five months after the election of Canada's first-ever NDP official opposition at the federal level, it's now been declared conventional wisdom that the real opposition comes from provincial governments (who,…
Here’s To The State Of The Golden Era….Verse 2
.Here's to the stealth of the Era's Henchmen...Privatized our Railway....Raped rivers Everywhere..Rawlogs and Sea-Lice Salmon...In the name of Market Share...The Cronies with their hands out....Never considered what was Fair..."During the…
Yes, I’m aware of the irony
I’ve always loved Weird Al, and this piece demonstrates his great sense of humor, grasp of the zeitgeist, and his songwriting chops. Stop Forwarding that Crap To Me My only…
A New Contributor From America And His Belated Post
Boys ‘n’ girls, I’d like to introduce a young political science and history student from the US who would like to contribute posts about American politics from time to time…
Nightmare cephalopods: a natural history of capitalism
Mother Jones pulls together a retrospective gallery. At some level we’ve always understood the monster. Octopi Wall Street!...
A piece of dung…
… has more sense than Don Cherry. And it likely smells better too. I have already expressed my opinion on the fool, so I don’t need to repeat myself (too…
A $6 million slap on the wrist for Mr. Trost?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. The Conservative government has decided to give the International Planned Parenthood Federation $ 6 million to fund “sex education and contraception…
Facebook: rape funny, breastfeeding immoral
A Facebook site that trivializes rape and publishes comments promoting it is free expression, says a spokesperson, and the group will not be removed. But breastfeeding photos, again according to…
The Sun Will Rise and Set in Afghanistan
Of course it will and, as surely as Afghanistan will see another rising and setting sun, so too will it see the resumption of its long-running and unresolved civil war…
… by uncovering and treating crime’s root causes … we will come much closer [a] safe and just society
http://bit.ly/nB7A3R "Conventional justice sends the message to victims and society that we should all be satisfied and healed by retribution. Our government tells us that longer sentences and bigger prisons…
An Interview Fox News Refused To Air
I have to say that my life has been immeasurably enriched since becoming a regular visitor to truthdig.org. In addition to providing important perspectives on issues that are either largely…
McGuinty Should Step Aside
Given the makeup of the Ontario legislature, I assume this Liberal government has at least two years- possibly even a full term- before any threat of an election looms. With…
More Parliamentary Contempt
Dale Smith clearly outlines the Conservativescontempt for parliamentary process – here is his recent post infull.The government introduced its fall budgetimplementation bill today – while the entire Finance Committeeis currently…
Keep Hudak
Rex Murphy says Tim Hudak is, inevitably, toast and the PCs will replace him. Obviously my views are biased but getting rid of Hudak is a bad idea from a…