"At the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper thwarted an announcement Friday by the G-8 countries that would have supported U.S. President Barack Obama's statement…
"in order to continue meeting the needs of people with autism, the Combating Autism Act must be fully reauthorized. We still have a long way to go. Working collaboratively with…
Your blogger discusses the state of Alberta (pun intended) with Alberta Party Leader Glenn Taylor. Below: Randy Royer.In the end, the Alberta Party’s leadership vote yesterday came down to a…
Should a new Palestinian state be created, and if so where should its borders be? WHO CARES!!! There are trouble spots all over the globe, Afghanistan of course, the Congo,…
It started off with Mallory's first soccer practice and my first coaching experience. Then a bike tour of Brewer Park, a calamity, a teachable moment, some quiet time, a meal…
Jonathan Goldstein's work on CBC's Wiretap is something of an under-appreciated gem of Canadian public broadcasting.
Well at least now we know who is the architect of Canada's Middle East policy, the Israeli right-wing blowhard Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. At the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
Outgoing Acting Alberta Party Leader Sue Huff sings Somewhere, Over the Rainbow, I’m not making this up! Below: First ballot leadership vote victor Glenn Taylor.I went to the Alberta Party…
This and that for your weekend reading.- In case we didn't already have enough examples of the Wall government's contempt for voting, James Wood notes that it's dragging its heels…
The world lost one of the pioneers of political poetry, rap and song yesterday. Gil Scott Heron passed away at the age of 62. He will be missed but his…
I haven't blogged much about local politics over these first six months of this term. That's because: In general, it's been uneventful; In general, everyone's been respectful; In general, we…
Since I haven't yet seen this story linked to the spin which seems to have made it necessary, let's put two and two together.The professionals responsible for maintaining the solvency…
Congratulations to Hinton Mayor Glenn Taylor for being selected as the leader of the Alberta Party at this weekend’s convention in Edmonton. Mayor Taylor scored a first round victory with…
Links here and here. Lefty's post is a long one, but definitely worth the time. It's all about the not-so-subtle message from last June: activism and dissent are dangerous. Stay…
Even when I was a kid (and, yes, they had indoor plumbing back then) I understood that democracy, as we embraced it, was something of a work in progress. It…
Women just aren’t that into him. This is what’s going on in the same place as the PC convention – swear to God, I saw it with my own eyes.…
I think most people would agree that the stereotypical native-American, the one that despises the white man, hates taxation and the federal government in general, and probably lives on a…
This is just one paragraph plucked out of the middle of a long post at A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land. The post makes the case for this conclusion and…
If anyone deserves to be ridiculed and lampooned, it's Conrad Black. Consequently, I present to you my humble critique of his asinine and idiotic column.A World of Financial RuinThe present…
Kady's post on the composition and chairing of committees notes that there's some risk the Cons could try to use their majority to rewrite the rules. But it's worth pointing…
