The Anti-Canadians don’t want to live in Wonderland
That's what the rest of us want, apparently. We have an "Alice In Wonderland" view of politics and terrorism, according to the former head of CSIS.Someone named "J.L. Granatstein", writing…
The Anti-Canadians don’t want to live in Wonderland
That’s what the rest of us want, apparently. We have an “Alice In Wonderland” view of politics and terrorism, according to the former head of CSIS. Someone named “J.L. Granatstein”,…
The Anti-Canadians don’t want to live in Wonderland
That's what the rest of us want, apparently. We have an "Alice In Wonderland" view of politics and terrorism, according to the former head of CSIS.Someone named "J.L. Granatstein", writing…
The Anti-Canadians don’t want to live in Wonderland
That’s what the rest of us want, apparently. We have an “Alice In Wonderland” view of politics and terrorism, according to the former head of CSIS. Someone named “J.L. Granatstein”,…
Open Letter to Dr. Elizabeth Cannon
Please consider faxing or emailing this open letter to University of Calgary President Dr. Elizabeth Cannon. This is regarding Dr. Flanagan's comments on CBC re Julian Assange. I recommend including…
Part V:Could a ‘mini-paper’ nip at the heels of mainstream press?
This is the fifth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.While I have many criticisms…
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s message to Canada
Yesterday on Parliament Hill we hosted a joint meeting by Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) and Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) with Mrs. Lucinda Phillips, sister-in-law of Aung San Suu…
Budget Notes
I made my brief presentation to City Council last night, asking once again for full funding for the Park Board. After more than $4 million in reductions over the past…
wikileaks is important, but it is not a revolution
Dave Eaves has a thoughtful reply to my wikileaks piece up on his site. As usual, he gets at some of the meta questions surrounding this topic. While we would…
Review: <I>Forbidden Narratives</I>
Earlier this year, I finished the manuscript for my book on Canadian history-from-below. This means that now, in contrast to a rather lengthy pr...
Diplomacy and Secrecy
I watched a CBC interview, linked from Greenwald's salon blog.About half way through that video, a former Canadian diplomat comes on for a interview in which he derides the latest…
Diplomacy and Secrecy
I watched a CBC interview, linked from Greenwald‘s salon blog. About half way through that video, a former Canadian diplomat comes on for a interview in which he derides the…
Diplomacy and Secrecy
I watched a CBC interview, linked from Greenwald's salon blog.About half way through that video, a former Canadian diplomat comes on for a interview in which he derides the latest…
Diplomacy and Secrecy
I watched a CBC interview, linked from Greenwald‘s salon blog. About half way through that video, a former Canadian diplomat comes on for a interview in which he derides the…
Part VI:Independent media advocates must develop creative news sites
This is the sixth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.Fully a dozen years after…
Get your skates out – the pond at Muski is open!
Media Release December 2, 2010 Pavilion Skating Pond Open for the Season The skating pond at the Muskoseepi Park Pavilion is open for public use starting today. “Conditions have been…
Inferiority, schminferiority!
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I just left me a bigass comment over to Steve V's Far and Wide. Ol' Steve's bought into the idea that Canajuns got us an…
Pretty neat, eh?
An amazing visualization of the world's economic progress over the last two centuries:
A dream come true for WikiLeaks founder
“When governments stop torturing and killing people, and when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then perhaps it will be time to ask if free-speech activists are accountable.” Julian Assange