Quotable
William Kaplan, in today's Globe and Mail, on the media's reaction to Stephen Harper's limited campaign access, and restriction to only five questions per day:"The only astonishing thing is that…
media
Canada.com-It’s time to talk about abolishing the monarchy
I got another piece published on the front page of Canada.com in the “Real Agenda.” This time I argue that it’s time to due away with the monarchy. It’s time…
We get 30 cents back – People for Corporate Tax Cuts, Canada
People for Corporate Tax Cuts - Canada
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
My Fellow Canadians: Where do you get your news?
Do you get paper delivery each morning? Read the national, provincial or local headlines from newspapers at work? Catch up on the news from papers left at Tim Hortons? Do…
Harper: The Campaign Answer Express Lane
There’s nothing worse than seeing a really great price on an item in the weekly flyers that includes that worst of the small-print caveats “limit 5″ per household or some-such.…
Why is a senior media personality threatening a 21 year old university student?
On March 28, 2011, the following tweet appeared on the Twitter account of a local Saskatchewan talk show host. My question is: Why is a senior media personality publicly threatening…
Can Democracy and Censorship co-exist?
Censorship comes in many forms, and usually when it is included in a discussion about democracy it mean Government censorship and the control of information. In this case, I am…
Are We Equals?
In celebration of International Women’s Day: A bit cheesy with the 007 theme, but I really appreciated the statistics on women performing 2/3 of the world’s work but receive only…
Making Sense of that St Kilda / 17 Year Old Girl Debaucle
I’ve avoided reading many news pieces about that whole 17 year old girl and nude photos of St Kilda Saints footy players affair as I felt like too few were…
Galactic Ruler Xenu Hires a Lawyer
There once was a guy who wrote sci-fi short stories for pulp magazines. Then one day he wrote this story:75 million years ago, the earth was over-populated with 186 billion…
Ethnic Media in Edmonton
Like Mack, I am also interested in local media. However, my interest has more to do with Edmonton's media diversity, rather than the evolution of local journalism and media in…
Ethnic Media in Edmonton
Like Mack, I am also interested in local media. However, my interest has more to do with Edmonton’s media diversity, rather than the evolution of local journalism and media in…
Ethnic Media in Edmonton
Like Mack, I am also interested in local media. However, my interest has more to do with Edmonton's media diversity, rather than the evolution of local journalism and media in…
Ethnic Media in Edmonton
Like Mack, I am also interested in local media. However, my interest has more to do with Edmonton’s media diversity, rather than the evolution of local journalism and media in…
He actually did what?!: Energizing politics and other unacceptable antics
Do not adjust your television set. We are firmly in pre-election mode. The majority of CPC talking-boxes may reject this claim (even though their own fund raising material say otherwise)…
Simplistic Interpretation of Female Support Shift
I take exception to Keith Baldrey's simplistic interpretation of why female voters will play a key role in the next BC election - not that they will, but why their…