The Older I Get, The Less I Like Old People
"Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72"- Mark Twain It's interesting living in the human equivalent of the fabled "elephant graveyard." My town is a place…
Red Hair: A Drug on the Market or Sign of Fertility?
Vivaldi was a red head, so were Napoleon , Galileo, Eric the Red and Thomas Jefferson. A rather distinguished group, don't you think? But apparently, the sperm from red heads…
Cities—the provincial option
The possibility of Toronto becoming a province has popped up in the news again. The idea has floated around for years, supported by a variety of civic thinkers including the…
The Heart of OccupyWallStreet
The British are deft with words – is every Briton born a wordsmith? – and today The Guardian has come close to defining the heart of the American Spring now…
Who’s Bailing Whom? Challenging the Private Credit System
The time since 2008 has been a crucial historical moment for progressive economists to pull back the green curtain that surrounds the operation of the for-profit banking system, and expose…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chris Selley points out the absurdity of Ontario's Libs and PCs both running away from the idea of a coalition just as needlessly…
What Do The Wall Street Protestors Really Want?
AllTheExplanationsThatFitTippingPointVillePersonally, regardless the various points of view, I think it comes down to two words.Which are....Fair.And...Play.And, as Simon and Cathie point out, it is getting harder and harder not to…
Standard of review from NAFTA tribunals is correctness
Mexico v. Cargill, Incorporated, 2011 ONCA 622 deals with the standard of review from a NAFTA trade tribunal. The Court, after lengthy review, holds the standard is correctness: I con...
Bursa – and not the city in Turkey!
The ever-increasing pain I have experienced recently now has a name – bursitis. It follows the hip-femur repairs in 2003 and from years of strain on my minimal maximus –…
As Memory Serves, This Happened Before
Imagine my surprise when I read in today’s Globe and Mail that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he was “relatively confident” that we would see modest economic growth in Canada.…
At least there’s one victory for the Liberals…
….as PEI can welcome another Grit government for 4 more years! Congrats! And, as a sidebar, the Cons kept true to form in using personal attacks during the campaign to…
Jess McCormack: work = worth = innocence
I just wanted to take a quick opportunity to direct your gaze at the work of a friend of mine, Jess McCormack. Her recent work explores some of the interconnected…
Ontario NDP: Oooh, scary!
The corporate media and their loyal spokesthings are worried about Andrea Horwath. It seems likely now that the NDP will hold the balance of power after the election this Thursday…
A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath
A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath - YouTubeNDP momentum is spreading. Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Put people first, vote NDP! A…
Conservatives Clueless On Environmental Monitoring
Greenhouse gas, oilsands monitoring ineffective: auditor – CTV News. Canada’s environment auditor called on the Harper government today to better understand the environmental impacts of their decisions before moving on…
Capitalism’s nosedive. What happened to invention and innovation in the last half of the 20th century?
I've asked this question before, many times in fact in the last few decades. What happened to invention and innovation in the last half the last century? Think about the…
The CFUW Debate
Four of Halton's provincial candidates came together at Milton District High School last Thursday to debate the issues and make another pitch for your vote. Unlike some previous debates, this…
The CFUW Debate
Four of Halton’s provincial candidates came together at Milton District High School last Thursday to debate the issues and make another pitch for your vote. Unlike some previous debates, this…
The CFUW Debate
Four of Halton's provincial candidates came together at Milton District High School last Thursday to debate the issues and make another pitch for your vote.Unlike some previous debates, this one…
The CFUW Debate
Four of Halton’s provincial candidates came together at Milton District High School last Thursday to debate the issues and make another pitch for your vote. Unlike some previous debates, this…