A matter of national security
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Canada is on the verge of imposing sanctions on Syria. Since the Americans, along with the EU, have already moved in that direction…
Bradley Manning: The Angry Gay Soldier
On Thursday it will be one year since Bradley Manning was arrested by the U.S. military and accused of leaking classified documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.The massive leak revealed…
Harper’s Goal: Create a New Irrational Reality
In observing Stephen Harper for the past 20 years, I have often been reminded of the line from Shakespeare: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Replace…
Exiting from the Crisis
“Exiting from the Crisis: Towards a Model of More Equitable and Sustainable Growth” is a new book (over 270 pages) now available on line. This volume of essays from global…
What’s Going on at BCNDP HQ?
I was recently asked by my local BCNDP Riding Association president to present a proposal for a new E-Communication strategy for our riding. Happy to oblige, I first took to…
What’s Going on at BCNDP HQ?
I was recently asked by my local BCNDP Riding Association president to present a proposal for a new E-Communication strategy for our riding. Happy to oblige, I first took to…
Canadian Mining in Africa
While Canadian miners have expanded to all continents, Africa now accounts for about 17 percent of Canadian mining assets abroad, up from 11 percent in 2001. Next to South African…
Harold Camping: Excellent Advice
I thought this comment from one of the readers is worth posting. Excellent advice from Penn Jillette to Harold Camping.“My reply to Harold Camping and all the Judgement Day phonies/delusionals…
Petition: Feminist Demand Let Justice Be Done
Just received word of this international petition that was written "to unite people in support of the alleged rape victim of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former director of the International Monetary Fund."…
NeoLiberalism and the inevitable pushback
What we are seeing in places like the Mid East,North Africa, Europe and even the States is the inevitable push back against NeoLiberalism . I say inevitable because NeoLiberal policies…
End of the World: Harold Camping’s new prediction
May 21st was the spiritual rupture. The real rupture is coming up on October 21st. This is free speech gone wild. This old man is causing havoc for millions of…
More police brutality in Ottawa
I find this story quite disturbing. Bad enough that the police are beating up on women and drunks and people in custody, but kids too? The 15-year-old kid, on the…
Canada ranked worst of G7 nations in fighting bribery, corruption
Inspired by this story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-ranked-worst-of-g7-nations-in-fighting-bribery-corruption/article2032347/
New Resolution: A Resolution Regarding the Prevention of Cancer
A Resolution Regarding the Prevention of CancerProposed by Ken Ranney, Peterborough, OntarioDate: 24/05/11Whereas we are currently facing an epidemic of cancer and other diseases whose cause is unknown; andWhereas a…
OK, I’m back
I thought I would have more time. I wasn't planning to write again until July, but I see the ante has been upped, the party is organizing a new special…
Blog notes – Tuesday, May 24th
For the life of me, I can't come up with a blog post title that expresses that I just want to include a number of items, briefly and that has…
Audio: Interview with Alberta Party leadership candidate Randy Royer
Nation, I had a chance to sit down with businessman, author and Alberta Party leadership contender Randy Royer the day after the recent federal election.The Alberta Party will be choosing…
Where Are The Woodwards and Bernsteins?
Lawrence Martin has a timely column this morning on the the state of Canadian journalism. Martin writes of the late James Thomson, who warned that the biggest occupational hazard for…
Renewal
There has been a lot of talk about Liberal Party renewal since election night. Which is encouraging - after a punch to gut like that, it's easy to give up,…