Jack Layton: Canada’s Defrauded Prime Minister
Hindsight. It’s a bitch. It’s also bitter and hypothetical at times, so take these particular musings in that context. It’s a “what could’a been”. Jack Layton would have possibly been…
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Election and WikiLeaks Link Roundup
**This post is an updated time capsule/link dump from Election 41, 29 Apr 2011 I’ve decided to finally post it to get it off my unfinished drafts list** Vintage Voter…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – RoboScam
Reading poetry is apparently cool; At least as cool as the Maple Leafs are. I hope I did a service for my country in reading this. Service was a pun,…
The Worst Scandal in Canadian History
We’re in the worst scandal in Canadian history. Stephen Harper was first elected in 2006 because Canadians were outraged over the sponsorship scandal. The Conservatives were not chosen because they…
The Others, a.k.a the Ghost and Mrs. Dunderdale #nlpoli
Regardless of any change in the cost of other forms of energy,… we will have stability in this province that few parts of the world could depend on with the…
Reminder: Jerry Bannister on political myths in NL #nlpoli
With the provincial government and its proponents deploying Churchill falls and bay d’Espoir as part of their arsenal of argument in favour of Muskrat Falls, there couldn’t be a better…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of…
Molly’sBlog 2012-02-04 16:42:00
HISTORY: ROSA PARKS: On this date Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the mother of the American Civil Rights Movement was born. On December 1st 1955 she refused an order from a bus…
Occupy Boston: No War On Iran
On Saturday, February 4, The Action for Peace Working Group of Occupy Boston will co-sponsor a rally and march as part of an international day of action to demand NO…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-28 15:45:00
TODAY IN HISTORY: CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JOSE MARTI BORN: On this day in 1853 Cuban revolutionary José Marti was born. An early advocate of both independence from Spain and resistance to…
ode to a hero: attorney for the damned (with thanks to jill lepore)
Clarence Darrow was one of my earliest heroes. I first encountered Darrow in the guise of Spencer Tracy, who portrayed the lawyer in the 1960 movie “Inherit the Wind”. Darrow…
The Liberal Identity
The Liberal Party lost the last election not because they didn’t know what they stood for, but because they stopped looking. After the last election many party officials, pundits and…
Liberal History
Laurier, McKenzie King, Pearson, Trudeau, Chretien all mean nothing to the Liberal Party, to Canada if we as members and as Canadians do nothing. Though each man was great in…
belafonte on obama: "a dagger in our sense of justice"
On a recommendation from a friend, I watched Harry Belafonte interviewed by Charlie Rose in New York City. Belafonte – musician, actor, social-justice activist, radical – is a joy to…
Canadian Pride
Canada has the best government, the best history, and the best culture, but what makes me proudest to be Canadian, is not the democracy, not the tolerance and diversity, not…
the iron lady was an enemy of the people and should not be celebrated as a hero
This week, the movie “The Iron Lady” opens, a big-budget biopic starring Meryl Streep as former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. No technical or directorial skills, nor the inevitable genius…
malalai joya, noam chomsky, afghanistan, and peace
This video of Malalai Joya and Noam Chomsky speaking in Boston is from March of this year, but sadly, is every bit as relevant today. Chomsky’s analysis of the situation…
mayan ruins in georgia are "wild and unsubstantiated guess" that "no archaeologists will defend"
Have you heard that 1,100-year-old Maya ruins have been uncovered in the US state of Georgia? Did it seem a bit hard to believe? There’s a reason for that. If…
old warriors seeing with clear eyes: bill moyers interview with andrew bacevich
I found this in a massive pile of un-read links. It’s a conversation between progressive journalist Bill Moyers and Andrew Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are…
baseball history meets the information
The best part of James Gleick’s The Information was, for me, his history of communication and information technologies. Here’s a terrific article that applies that lens to baseball: “The History…