While the decisions made by the Liberal national executive are often questionable, so often it's more the process than the decision that bothers me the most. That was quite evident…
TheZeitgeistIsWhatHeMadeOfItVilleThis just in from Diana Mehta of the CP:It's been a week since Derek Miller died, but the British Columbia blogger's last words — published after he lost a four-year…
I imagine that all of my photo friends have wondered whether I fell off the face of the earth! Suffice to say there have been technical difficulties. Thank you for…
The newly reported autism study from South Korea with its "shocking" 1 in 38 autism rates figure doesn't make much sense. As reported in the Boston Globe: "Roy Richard Grinker,…
AMERICAN POLITICS:ANOTHER SORT OF FIRST OF JULY:Well now that the great raison d'être for America's far flung wars is safely swimming with the fishies it might just be time for…
As always, I am looking forward to going back to Thunder Bay to stand with the folks who volunteer countless hours with the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee (NMEPC) as…
What is Insite? Opened in 2003. Operates in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Addicts can inject illicit drugs (such as heroin) in a safe environment. This is part of a holistic harm-reduction…
Quick note: town council has deferred a motion naming the trail on top of the berm beside the Shipyards after former leisure services director Peter Dunbar. Councillor Ian Chadwick asked…
... but I'd be willing to part with some serious coin for a lapel button reading "Flippant Annex Secularist." The money quote from Jason Kenney, in a Star piece from…
Noted on Twitter just now, a tweet from Elizabeth May via her mobile device: @ElizabethMay Crazy weekend back and forth from BC to Cape Breton for a local hero's memorial…
Contrary to what some think, I'm not a member of the Liberal party...So card holders take this as the opinion of an interested individual, but not from someone who's spent…
Want to be popular? The most recently available statistics say 70% of Canadians are owners of real estate, so if you're looking to win friends talk bullish about the housing…
I love this stuff. It really is priceless. The first major action of the Liberal Party of Canada in its process of rejuvenation is to bypass their own constitution. Classic!…
Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star has quoted my blog post. What is a political party anyway? Given that there are so many ways for politicians to connect directly with…
Premier Stelmach gathered together and challenge twelve of the most thoughtful minds you can imagine to actually imagine the reality we face as Albertans to ensure our prosperity from now…
LeaveYourSteppingStonesBehindSomethingCallsForYouVilleSo.If Christy Clark is a Liberal.....Why, exactly, are all her campaign signs blue?.
Since the story broke abut African migrants forcibly dying off the coast of Libya, abandoned by NATO’s humanitarian mission, so many trite remakes have been made. The most common is…
We have just witness an election which while historic in many ways was not one of any significance in terms of a discussion of actual issues or policies. The political…
Don’t be poor. Don’t be gay. Don’t be a woman; we own your womb. Don’t be an artist. Don’t be a river or a tree. Don’t struggle; there is no…
