Dear Afghanistan, we’re not going anywhere yet!
The Conservative Government has finally unveiled the plan for our troops in Afghanistan, and surprise, surprise… we aren’t going anywhere. Canadian troops will no longer be used in active combat…
Dear Afghanistan, we’re not going anywhere yet!
The Conservative Government has finally unveiled the plan for our troops in Afghanistan, and surprise, surprise... we aren't going anywhere. Canadian troops will no longer be used in active combat…
Did PBS censor Tina Fey?
Tina Fey, winner of the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, had her speech edited during the PBS broadcast of the show. Critics claim it's due to the controversial…
How Libertarians brought America big religion and bigger lawsuits…
(originally written Nov 2; posted Nov 16) It looks like the Democrats are going to get clobbered in next week’s tomorrow’s today’s US elections. Economic malaise tends to do this…
Alberta Party policy convention – Aftermath
The Alberta Party is a young, relatively small and rapidly evolving organization. In Red Deer this weekend at their first policy convention following the merger of the old Alberta Party…
Alberta Party policy convention – Aftermath
The Alberta Party is a young, relatively small and rapidly evolving organization. In Red Deer this weekend at their first policy convention following the merger of the old Alberta Party…
Alberta Party policy convention – Aftermath
The Alberta Party is a young, relatively small and rapidly evolving organization. In Red Deer this weekend at their first policy convention following the merger of the old Alberta Party…
Alberta Party policy convention – Aftermath
The Alberta Party is a young, relatively small and rapidly evolving organization. In Red Deer this weekend at their first policy convention following the merger of the old Alberta Party…
Plutonium to Travel St. Lawrence Seaway?
Oh boy, ohboy, ohboy! That’s some hot commodity! The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Radioactive Waste Management Associates (Bellows Falls, Vermont), Beyond Nuclear (Takoma Park, Maryland), and the Citizens for…
Reason in Canadian Politics?
Welcome, Reason Vancouver. I, for one, would like to see a lot less emotion-driven government. Reason Vancouver is a new political movement dedicated to developing policies based on reason and…
Sisters In Spirit Under Attack
The HarperCons have gone much too far now! Apparently, the Sisters In Spirit Campaign, organized by the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has been too successful in raising the…
Book club summary #26 – Getting to Yes
Hmm… missed out a few weeks there. Life’s busy-ness has only now returned to normalcy. Getting to Yes was chosen as the book club’s 26th volume because it deals with…
NDP dodges a bullet, but not out of the woods
The NDP was lucky not to have faced Dianne Watts as a prospective BC Liberal party leader. She and Carole Taylor declined the opportunity to run for leadership of the…
Making up for lost time
Lots of stuff going on since I last posted here. Besides the Rider’s being in the Western Semi-final today, I mean. Dr. Jim Harding, ardent no-nukes activist and author, has…
On Afghanistan: How about a Little Reality from the Opposition Parties?
The other day, in separate interviews, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar and Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae spoke to CBC News about the future of Canada’s mission in…
You are the city
The city of Calgary occupies 1.5 X 10E-4 % of the Earth's surface. When we look at the universe as a whole, the Earth is insignificant. That makes our city…
You are the city
The city of Calgary occupies 1.5 X 10E-4 % of the Earth’s surface. When we look at the universe as a whole, the Earth is insignificant. That makes our city…
You are the city
The city of Calgary occupies 1.5 X 10E-4 % of the Earth's surface. When we look at the universe as a whole, the Earth is insignificant. That makes our city…
You are the city
The city of Calgary occupies 1.5 X 10E-4 % of the Earth’s surface. When we look at the universe as a whole, the Earth is insignificant. That makes our city…
Urban Rural Divide
I recommend reading the BBC article, Viewpoint: How urban-rural divide sways US politics, which talks about the urban-rural divide in politics in Seattle vs. Washington state. It got me to…