Murdoch Squirms
Rupert Murdoch is in the hot seat as he is questioned by British MPs. To keep up with it you should simply go to The Guardian for live coverage.First impression…
where the votes were in the 2006 alberta pc leadership vote, where the mla support is in 2011.
As Jim Dinning learned six years ago, having the support of MLAs in a leadership contest does not assure victory. The long-time front-runner in the 2006 Progressive Conservative leadership contest…
Professional negligence cases require expert evidence as to standard of care
Krawchuk v. Scherbak, 2011 ONCA 352 deals with the issue of professional negligence claims and proof. It is a good source for the general principle that, except in extraordinary cases,…
Putting Population In Perspective
This line, from The Guardian, says it all. The 21st century is not yet a dozen years old, and there are already 1 billion more people than in October 1999.It…
Raging Amnesia
George Orwell had a pretty good bead on the future. The only difference between 1984 and 2011 is that things go down the memory hole quicker. Certainly, writes Peter Beinart…
Another Catholic bishop bites the dust
Yet another RC bishop has tendered his resignation over the never-ending sex abuse scandal. This time it's Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia.One can only hope Joe Ratzinger doesn't…
Blowing things out of proportion on youth crime in Canada, the Tory way
As if dealing with Tim Hudak’s chain gangs in our communities won’t be enough in Ontario, us Ontarians and the rest of Canada will have to put up with a…
DIY, Homesteading, Radical Housewifery/Homemaking
Though I haven't read the book yet, the lifestyle described in Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming domesticity from a consumer culture by Shannon Hayes is kind of seductive. I've flirted with these…
DIY, Homesteading, Radical Housewifery/Homemaking
Though I haven’t read the book yet, the lifestyle described in Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming domesticity from a consumer culture by Shannon Hayes is kind of seductive. I’ve flirted with these…
DIY, Homesteading, Radical Housewifery/Homemaking
Though I haven't read the book yet, the lifestyle described in Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming domesticity from a consumer culture by Shannon Hayes is kind of seductive. I've flirted with these…
DIY, Homesteading, Radical Housewifery/Homemaking
Though I haven’t read the book yet, the lifestyle described in Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming domesticity from a consumer culture by Shannon Hayes is kind of seductive. I’ve flirted with these…
Betrayed
While teens like Ashley Smith and Gleb Alfyorov with mental health issues continue to die in prisons, McGuinty closes the only long term residential treatment unit in the province that…
OpenMedia.ca Meets With Another MP: Don Davies, Vancouver-Kingsway
Last Thursday, I sat down with MP Don Davies to talk about four of the key recommendations from Casting an Open Net. These are the four main things OpenMedia.ca is…
Fraser Institute Reads Sixth Estate?
That definitely is the leading possibility, as a new report from the Fraser Institute has finally updated the listing of that group’s Editorial Advisory Board to reflect the total number…
‘It is SO hot out’. ‘How hot out is it?’
We’re in the middle of a Canadian wide heat-wave here (with the exception of the east and west coasts); one of the more extensive ones we’ve had in a while.…
From Forlorn to Forbearing: Feminism Never Stood a Chance
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemWe all remember the scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Meg Ryan shows Billy Crystal…
Countdown to Moving: Let’s Hope It’s Not Like This
The clothes, rugs, linens and the like come back on Thursday. Monday it's the furniture, Wednesday the boxes (including 5,000 books.) Maybe it will all be over soon!BTW, the plumbers…
How To Fix Google+ Circles
What's the difference between what Google+ does and what I do now? Let me explain, and in so doing point to a way to 'fix' Google+.Before Google+ I had several…
Fight Fox
It’s the crime story of the decade, and maybe as important as Wikileaks. Help take down News Corp. to limit the power of Murdoch. The following is an email from…