The PM’s new flak: francophobia and selective amnesia
What a perfect gesture from a party that has clearly decided to write off newly-orange Quebec. I had thought all the “royal” foofaraw a few weeks past was merely insensitive,…
GOP loves strippers and adult entertainment
The guardians of religion and Christ are also great fans of striptease and adult entertainment. Tampa, Florida is well prepared for the GOP’s August 2012 convention. Repugs commandment #11 is…
17 Federal NDP Leadership Possibilities
Jack Layton spent much time in his last days crafting his messages of hope, justice, optimism, equality and integrity: encouraging us to move on and build on the Orange Crush…
ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Everyone Take a Step to the Right
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the final…
Those damned Francophones!
Oh, just kidding. Is there anything more sleazy than a right winger caught on the ropes? Especially the journalistic kind. With bad memory.
Leadership 2012: The Playing Field
With the NDP set to discuss the rules for its upcoming leadership campaign. So let's take a quick look at a few of the basic issues involved, along with the…
Communication Fail: Why the IPCC Must Do a Heck of a Lot Better in 2013
IPCC-Logo.jpg Regular readers know I’m pretty critical of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change--particularly when it comes to how this expert body communicate...
Transitions
I’m at a bit of a transition point, and a fairly significant one. Earlier this week, I sent off two book manuscripts to the publisher with whom I signed a…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party's actions speak far louder than the pundits' words as to whether or not there's a real chance for change in the November election. For…
Building a Movement With Love and with Rage
From May 20-23, 2011, over 350 young feminists converged in Winnipeg for the 2nd RebELLEs Pan Canadian Young Feminist Gathering, Notre Révolution Féministe, Our Revolution is Now. There was laughter,…
4004…College Football Kicks Off Ce Soir
For real. NCAA. Not a hater on this one but, God bless, the CIS just ain't quite there. Weak line up tonite with the best game being Syracuse and Wake…
by airing his party’s dirty laundry, is hugh macdonald hurting the liberal party?
Is Alberta Liberal leadership candidate Hugh MacDanald‘s continuing criticism of the legitimacy of the new “registered supporters” voting system hurting the chances of his party’s next leader? “This list, as…
Harper and Quebec
The most telling detail about Stephen Harper's appointment of Angelo Perischilli as his new Communications Director is that Perischilli doesn't speak French. He may, indeed, be able to reach out…
Negative Carbon Concrete
The most popular construction material on the planet is concrete and it turns out that the way we use it is not environmentally friendly. What if we changed that? A…
4003…I Anticipate A Barber Shortage In 2014
At least in Ontario. That's coz, as it has been widely reported in the Trillium Province, 8000 support staff at Ontario colleges walked off the job early today. Good time…
A Punishing Regime
Governments in all parts of Canada are expanding prisons and deploying more police despite resounding evidence that these strategies don’t reduce crime, and despite the fact that crime rates are…
America’s Iraq Mini- My Lai Massacre Erupts
A Wikileaks firebomb. This time it's a U.S. diplomatic cable indicating that, in 2006, American soldiers entered a house in the Iraqi village of Ishaqi, near Saddam Hussein's hometown of…
Why Higher Taxes For The Ultra-Wealthy Is Truly Progressive Taxation
Back from my annual retreat from technology, I've had the opportunity to do a bit of thinking within a relaxing environment. The following is one of the things I've been…
Lemme Get This Straight…
Mayor Boss Hogg and his brother sidekick Donut Dougy say that cuts are necessary to things like school crossing guards, school lunch programs to impoverished children, dental programs for children,…
Et maintenant, le deluge…
In his regular column in the Wednesday edition, Telegram editor Peter Jackson succinctly explains why Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat Falls scheme is a very bad idea: Reading the review panel’s comments,…