Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the…
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WikiLeaks: Biggest Cock-up Ever
A collection of diplomatic history since 1966 to the present day. This sentence is changing the world, unintentionally. The US State Department would have given its left testicle for this…
Change You Can See
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some…
Angry Voters
Jeff suggests a new app for the iPhone. I’d call it iVote, or Angry Voters. I used to be a hard-liner against e-voting, but now I’m starting to wonder if…
Giggle News
Nearly all news on CNN should be laughed at. Cooper is getting it right, and I love the puns.
Fox News Bullies Children
How old does someone have to be for Fox News to consider a person fair game for their media smear machine? Answer: Not even a teenager. They didn’t like these…
Is YouTube censoring comments about its advertisers?
Evidence that YouTube is censoring video comments regarding its video advertisers. Investigate for yourself.
New Banksy work riffs on Murdochgate
This new Banksy work plays on the ongoing News Corporation phone hacking scandal. Have you discovered any other artwork related to Murdochgate? Tell us in the comments below. Via REBEL:ART.
The Bias Trap: Are We All Just A Bunch of Motivated Reasoners?
1112_no-nukes.jpg There were a ton of great responses to my last post about conservative white men and climate change denial. Perhaps most notably, some savvy respondents called into question whe...
More News for Optimists
This summer I’ve been doing a lot of travelling and haven’t been updating as frequently as I usually do (sorry, but vacations are fun in the summer), in the meantime…
How the audience disillusions itself
As the UK deals with the phone hacking scandal, Canada is also pondering the role of its mass media, thanks to a CTV bureau chief publicly expressing his disgust at…
Creator of the Valdez Catastrophe, ExxonMobil, Tries to Downplay Yellowstone Spill
03oil2-articleInline.jpg The ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Montana ruptured late Friday night, leaking 1,000 barrels of oil into the river. ExxonMobil ...
When Facts Don’t Matter: Proving The Problem With Fox News
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg My two posts about Fox News and misinformation are probably the most popular items I’ve contributed here. They’ve been widely linked, Twee...
TVO’s The Agenda: Faith in Secularism – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
TVO’s The Agenda: Faith in Secularism – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
Battlefield Earth
Vancouver is Canada’s latest battlefield. I don’t think Regina’s population would easily riot, not even over the Riders. We’ve come to accept losing the Grey Cup pretty well, and when…
Thinking About Sustainable Cities
- Your lawn can’t legally look like this? People are understandably mystified by some of the things I do, they have different outlooks on life. When they see a TV…
Tar Sands Industry Has Its Eyes On Vancouver For Asian Export Terminal
saudi-oil-supertanker.jpeg In recent months, opposition to Enbrige's Northern Gateway Pipeline has mounted as citizens, environmental groups and First Nations groups have protested the ...
Akaash Maharaj: A Party of the Many
As long as I have been involved in the Liberal Party, it has been my conviction that for all its strengths, its one fundamental weakness has been an unhealthy obsession…