We can expect nothing new to come from the Republicans in their critique of the Democrats and their captain, Barack Obama. This was apparent during the New Hampshire GOP presidential…
It's official. Michelle Bachmann is seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2012.
For a couple of reasons, same-sex marriage just isn’t the wedge issue it used to be.First of all, in Canada the prevailing attitude – even among large numbers people who…
If you’re a college or university teacher, whom do you work for ?” Thus begins Stanley Fish‘s latest New York Times editorial on the subject of academia. Here are a…
Pura Soto Rojas points to a headline: “SHOT”. It refers to the deaths, by secret firing squad, of leftist guerrillas during the “democratic” years of the Fourth Republic. Years which…
Canada is one of the world's biggest exporters of Asbestos, even though its is severely limited in its use here at home due to health concerns. We are in some…
really looking forward to season 3...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…
The NDP has released a first look at the prioritized resolutions from this weekend's #vancon2011 (PDF). And while most of them may not come as too much surprise (or appear…
The summer festival season has started. Westfest concluded this past Sunday and Jazzfest starts soon. We continue every Tuesday though, festival or not. We have an exciting show lined up…
Canadian Federal Political resources on Twitter: Looking for hashtag or twitter account for an MP, check out this page here compiled by David Akin. You can find it on his…
If you believe these reports, well, Stalin's Show Trials were a true reflection of reality. Remember she's not able to leave the home without her husband's permission. Under Saudi law,…
And then I'm done. First up, a public thanks to my partner and Mallory's mother, Irene Jansen. I've been eating up at least six non-work, non-sleep hours a week since…
‘We can get things done’, Joe Comartin justice critic, for the NDP That's the way to do stuff. Comartin is a lawyer and has been on this issue for a…
Stop the deportation of Betty TibakawaPlease sign this petition: stop the deportation of betty tibakawaBackground (trigger warning) :Betty Tibakawa, a young lesbian living in Uganda, had gone for a walk…
Nalcor is currently trying to strike a deal with Hydro-Quebec on wheeling power through the province to other markets Read all about it in the Toronto Star. Newfoundland and Quebec…
HoLY Elder Crone with a plan!if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…
kensalazar.jpg Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that his department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are fast-tracking unconventional gas drilling permits in Utah&...
this article works for me, though...A Straightforward (But Complex) Loving Life Editors' Note: Guest blogger Wintersong Tashlin is a presenter and writer whose work focuses on topics related to sexuality,…
given the destruction they've wrote and the way they choose to not listen to our voices united against them repeatedly, the powers that be should feel terror. they should be…
Jack Layton kicked off question period with a trio of questions about Libya, which asked about the mission Parliament intends to vote upon, why Canada was not playing a bigger…
