12 Words I (Re)Discovered in 2012
Defenestrate: To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window. Kludge: an improvised device, usually crudely constructed. Typically used to test the validity of a principle before doing a…
politics
Care about equality? Suck up the tall buildings
Over the holidays I read Matt Yglesias fantastic book “The rent is too damn high,” which deals with urban policy in the United States and its effect on housing prices.…
Political War on Words
I think that progressives need to wake up. You see, the conservatives have been at war with us for decades now. It isn’t simply that they prefer slightly different policies…
Political War on Words
I think that progressives need to wake up. You see, the conservatives have been at war with us for decades now. It isn't simply that they prefer slightly different policies…
Political War on Words
I think that progressives need to wake up. You see, the conservatives have been at war with us for decades now. It isn’t simply that they prefer slightly different policies…
Political War on Words
I think that progressives need to wake up. You see, the conservatives have been at war with us for decades now. It isn't simply that they prefer slightly different policies…
PEI – 2012 The Year of the ‘Unpleasable’
If Islanders wondered for even a moment if they made a difference this year fighting for their particular cause, they can rest easy. Proof that you had an impact was…
A Temporary Coalition?
I've been thinking about the state of affairs in Canadian politics. In case you haven't noticed we have a single conservative party winning majorities while getting a minority of the…
A Temporary Coalition?
I’ve been thinking about the state of affairs in Canadian politics. In case you haven’t noticed we have a single conservative party winning majorities while getting a minority of the…
A Temporary Coalition?
I've been thinking about the state of affairs in Canadian politics. In case you haven't noticed we have a single conservative party winning majorities while getting a minority of the…
A Temporary Coalition?
I’ve been thinking about the state of affairs in Canadian politics. In case you haven’t noticed we have a single conservative party winning majorities while getting a minority of the…
Patrick Brazeau tells Theresa Spence to pack it in
So Senator Patrick Brazeau issued some form of statement – Theresa Spence wouldn’t meet him in person – telling her to end her hunger strike and respect the process. Why…
The New Age
I am thinking about this task I set before me. But what is this task? Every time I define it, I eventually realize that my solution is disconnected from life.…
The New Age
I am thinking about this task I set before me. But what is this task? Every time I define it, I eventually realize that my solution is disconnected from life.…
Merry Christmas, Idle No More
So Mallory’s opened her ration of one pre-Christmas present. We’re stuffed from our nascent traditional Christmas Eve meal of cheese fondue and a few clicks north of here Theresa Spence…
ConCalls: I’ll Be Gone For Christmas
I’ll be around, but justice will be working on its homework, and set to deliver their assignment about 600 days late. Marks may be deducted for lack of punctuality. The…
2013 Predictions
Justin Trudeau will become the next Liberal Leader and the party will actually air an advertisement or two as part of a determined strategy to define him and the party…
Why does ArcelorMittal hate Bosnia?
Pollution, people and tombstones in Zenica. Owned by the Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer—creating some 93 billion USD of revenue as of 2011. Granted,…
I’m with Raj. (Mergers, Kent Hehr, cont.)
Just pointing something out here. Raj Sherman says Kent Hehr can speak his mind on mergers and the very base frustration that the Liberal MLA from Buffalo has with politics…