Stevie Harper's insistence on saddling Canada with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has enormous significance for our country's military and diplomatic future. Forget the business about defending Canada's vast northern…
The nature’s parental instinct is a fascinating phenomenon. These birds have a nest in a busy Florida town and they’re attacking people to protect their off-springs. People can do nothing…
(Another test post) ... waiting... For a city featured as 'No Fun City' in a recent documentary, Vancouverites are welcoming the reputation of our hockey team as 'most hated'. From…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has launched a great new blog, Imagine What We Could Do, about the things Saskatchewan should accomplish by raising resource royalties. It draws upon…
The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Liberal Party President Alfred Apps at The Empire Club of Canada last week.In his speech, Mr. Apps calls on the…
(This is a test post.) Wish I could be outraged this morning but I'm not. It's sunny, the Canucks are on their way to Lord Stanley and Progressive Bloggers seems…
If anything, this recent Tory convention in Ottawa made visible some apparent weaknesses in the conservative party, internally and on questions of policy. From voting against the creation of a…
Not surprisingly, the Cons are working feverishly to pretend that the message which won them a bare majority of seats in the House of Commons is of absolutely no consequence…
*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate,…
*Because reality has a "liberal bias"Age Of The Earth"The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate, particularly between…
*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate,…
At the time I thought, hey look at Peace Order or Good Government Eh and I thought it would be okay. However on second thought this might lead to some…
I've noted before that the main advantage for incumbents - and thus the main obstacle to substantial change - is the perception on the part of potential challengers that it's…
"Genuine kindness occurs when our sole motivation is caring about the welfare of others": Pirke Avos The funeral of Justice Bentley was deeply moving. The father of Canada's drug treatment…
A variety of content for your weekend reading.- The Lethbridge Herald nicely points out who figures to have a problem with Stephen Harper's decision to have the Canadian public pay…
In an convention that was seriously lacking in news (which is the way the Conservatives wanted it, incidentally) the one bit of drama was the battle (which seems to happen…
My beef this Sunday morning is taxes. I haven't had much time to think about the "revised" federal budget, and there's not much point in tearing it apart, any honest…
Saying "dildo". Not being a Nazi. Meanwhile, its official: on average Sun TV doesn't have enough viewers to fill a junior hockey rink. But that's better then Kory Teneycke expected.…
I'm not sure why we never really seem to have a national conversation about First Nations, whether it's because of collective shame, indifference or elements of racism, but the relative…
Over at Grist.com there's a discussion about Canada's (Stevie Harper's) abandonment of Kyoto. One commenter posted the following 2002 letter our Ruler sent to his then - and now -…
