1977: Oscar Romero, a conservative priest, appointed Archbishop of San Salvador1979: Bloodless coup by reformist army officers backed by the United States. Military-civilian junta installed in El Salvador. Torture, assassinations,…
1977: Oscar Romero, a conservative priest, appointed Archbishop of San Salvador 1979: Bloodless coup by reformist army officers backed by the United States. Military-civilian junta installed in El Salvador. Torture,…
Pierre Falardeau passed away in September of 2009. Director of Elvis Gratton and many other films, he was a staunch defender of the Québec sovereignty movement. He also was a…
So much news, so little time.Obviously, we've had two budgets: The Federal one, which has a snowball's chance in (well, you know where) of passing...Or even making it to a…
Canadian CF-18s bomb Libyan ammunition depotHonestly, all the political parties supported this 'mission', but it's disheartening to have the Dippers join in on this. Honestly, we're stretched thin by Afghanistan.…
On Monday The Current broadcast what they called a “voters roundtable,” a discussion with three voters focused on the question “do government scandals matter?” For anyone who considers themselves an…
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy! playing computer and why what “he” did is so complex, what we…
Alex Steffen, the founding editor of the excellent worldchanging.com (who I wrote for during the blog's seven year run), has announced an interesting new project. His new book-in-the-making "Carbon Zero"…
About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture…
About the "Torture Program", a very interesting post at Invictus Blog - March 22, 2011"Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture Program"http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/means-and-ends-newly-published-notes-of.htmlExtracts:"One…
About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture…
The Globe and Mail has released a photo slide show titled “A look back at the biggest headlines from Canada’s 40th parliament” with 8 of the 10 headlines either critiquing…
So here we go again. The 4th election in 7 years, exactly what Canadians wanted. And in the midst of an economic recovery. You have the Liberals who are the…
Doug Saunders tweets that the new UK budget says: "UK will cut corporate tax by 1% a year for 3 years, to 23%... and the bank-profit levy will be raised…
At the risk of turning my Special Election Coverage into a total Globe and Mail rip fest, is it really acceptable to choose pictures this way? This isn't a Con…
I had lots of "yelling at the TV" moments yesterday, but, let's lead off with my "yelling at the newspaper" moment from this morning. The Globe reported that the Cons…
Okay, maybe we don’t want to ‘steal’ your purses per se. Technically, we want you to donate them to our Purse Auction Fundraiser It’s in the Bag (www.itsinthebag.ca). So, if…
No matter what city or riding you live in, no matter what your ballot says, or whose names are on it, I know what is beside that X you will…
I’m on my home island finishing up some songs I’m writing and recording. My friend I stay with is a true friend and mega talented woman. It’s inspiring to be…
So I made up hashtags for every riding. With Twitter being abuzz, I think this it would be good to get some standardization when talking about individual ridings. Here's my…
