Barreau du Quebec Oppose measures in Bill 60
A report by Barreau du Quebec on Bill 60 has been leaked to the media, opposing the measures proposed by the Parti Québécois. See Slaw for details. Barreau Du Quebec…
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What Happens When You Just Don’t Clique?
April Reign The internet has been fantastically effective in allowing people to communicate. While post and phones and radios did allow communication across distances, they were not as easy and…
Facebook and Progressive Values
April Reign I deleted my Facebook account awhile ago because I could no longer feel right with myself visiting a site which so clearly violates my principles. Complaints about misogynist…
The Top 13 from 2013: Alberta Diary borne ever upward on wings of far-right loons
Ron Paul, the crazy uncle of the American right, surrounded by grinning acolytes at the 2013 conference of the Manning Centre for Undermining Democracy in Ottawa. Putting Dr. Paul here…
The Twitter Wars – Damany Skeene
There are funny Trolls, trolls who have a purpose and use snark, satire and humor to get their point across. An example of this kind of Troll would be @CanadianCynic…
Blogger ponders on things instead of musing about them
LONDON, Ontario (The Skwib) — The web is still reeling from the revelation that a blogger has been pondering things instead of musing about them. “Yeah, I’ve spent a lot…
The Value of Controversy and Colleagues
Over the past few days, one American political science blog has been at the centre of a pretty hot controversy about a post on the value of networking for younger…
Blogging, Democracy and Revolution
I came across this well-written piece on the role of social media in social change, written by Jesse McLaren. I've often thought that the role of new media, social media…
Blogging, Democracy and Revolution
I came across this well-written piece on the role of social media in social change, written by Jesse McLaren. I’ve often thought that the role of new media, social media…
Blogging, Democracy and Revolution
I came across this well-written piece on the role of social media in social change, written by Jesse McLaren. I've often thought that the role of new media, social media…
Blogging, Democracy and Revolution
I came across this well-written piece on the role of social media in social change, written by Jesse McLaren. I’ve often thought that the role of new media, social media…
Blogger Rights and Responsibilities
I think of myself as a C-list blogger. Sometimes I wander into B-list territory, but I’m largely unseen by the masses. If I make it into the double digits on…
Ontario Divisional Court Ruling in Magder v. Ford
The Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has overturned Justice Hackland’s ruling in Magder v. Ford. For a summary of the case see Slaw. Magder v. Ford,…
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 25,000…
Eight Years of Sketchy Thoughts
It has been eight years since i started this blog, basically as a way of trying to figure out how to develop and explore some political ideas and perhaps also…
If you’re serious about ideas… #nlpoli
then get serious about blogging. From the Harvard Business Review: Writing is still the clearest and most definitive medium for demonstrating expertise on the web. But as thought leaders like…
A Tragedy Should Make Us Want To Be Better
The world suffered a tragedy when a gun man went and killed 20 students and 6 adults. The world was made worse when out of this horror people called others…
Getting Back to the Blog?
As some of you may have noticed - those kind few of you who may still check in here - Sketchy Thoughts has been somewhat comatose for the past months…
Ontario Liberal Party Convention: blogging opportunities?
BigCityLib asked about this last month. I’ve put forth an inquiry to someone I know up in Toronto Liberal HQ about whether the access that the NDP provided us bloggers…
Teach to Do – Lessons from Louise Glück
Somewhere along the lines I remember learning the line “those who cannot do, teach.” I’m sure there are many instances where this is true, it’s just not what I remember…