Rare Earths and the not so Free Market
I wanted to call your attention to the growing controversy over export restrictions on rare earths from China.I’ve been on about this topic for about 2 years and it seems…
Rare Earths and the not so Free Market
I wanted to call your attention to the growing controversy over export restrictions on rare earths from China.I’ve been on about this topic for about 2 years and it seems…
Rare Earths and the not so Free Market
I wanted to call your attention to the growing controversy over export restrictions on rare earths from China.I’ve been on about this topic for about 2 years and it seems…
David Schindler: CBC Profile
David SchindlerBorn: Aug. 3, 1940, in Fargo, N.D.PhD: Oxford, 1966 (Rhodes Scholar)Best job: Founding director, Experimental Lakes Area project in northwestern Ontario (started 1968)Current job: Killam Memorial professor of ecology,…
Todd Russell vs Brazman
Ah its been way too long since we've posted about the Brazman. It's a guilty pleasure to point out- in case you missed it - this exchange of letters in…
Todd Russell vs Brazman
Ah its been way too long since we’ve posted about the Brazman. It’s a guilty pleasure to point out- in case you missed it – this exchange of letters in…
Todd Russell vs Brazman
Ah its been way too long since we've posted about the Brazman. It's a guilty pleasure to point out- in case you missed it - this exchange of letters in…
Todd Russell vs Brazman
Ah its been way too long since we’ve posted about the Brazman. It’s a guilty pleasure to point out- in case you missed it – this exchange of letters in…
Review of The Canadian Century
I reviewed The Canadian Century for the Globe and Mail in August, but I forgot to post. Didn’t get very much feedback on it. Curious what people think, as it…
Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than…
Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than…
Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than…
Chiefs, Salaries. Moving beyond double standards.
The Toronto Star recently ran an expose on chiefs salaries. The article focused on 9 chiefs who earned more than federal cabinet ministers and 30 chiefs who earned more than…
God’s Word on the Election
Jim Blake is the Calgary based head of Concerned Christians Canada, an Evangelical pressure group with political ambitions. Jim is none too happy about the election of Naheed Nenshi as…
Sustainability Awareness Week 2010
Monday kicked off the University of Alberta's Sustainability Awareness Week (S.A.W — twitter hashtag #SAW2010). From October 18 to 23, the University of Alberta's Office of Sustainability will be hosting…
I Believe in Toronto
As a temporary exile from the Centre of the Universe I don’t get a vote in this week’s upcoming municipal election. But I do have a stake. Toronto is my…
The Pained Voice
In ‘Blogging the pain,’ Höttges (2009) writes, Grief writing is a strategy that can help the mourner to overcome both the breakdown of the self and the sense of alienation…
Christine O’Donnell ~ "Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?" video goodness included ~small update: forward vid to 2:35
Thank~you Christine, even though you preach against it, you give me pleasure almost everytime.Christine's latest: "Where in the Constitution is separation of church and state?":Republican Christine O'Donnell challenged her Democratic…
Finally, a leader for the rest of us.
My web guru Robin pointed my towards this Boing Boing post about Jimmy McMillan, a current NY gubernatorial candidate and founder of the Rent is Too Damn High Party. I…
Nenshi Wins – Now What?
And so it is Nenshi for Mayor - but what looks like a very conservative council. Should be an interesting few years, Calgary.Ironically, for all the talk about technology and…