The Landslide Election Victory That Isn’t
I initially had a vague plan for this post but have decided to go with whatever comes to mind to create an election commentary medley of sorts. Actually, it more…
Society
Masturgate: The Little Scandal That Couldn’t
It’s election time and everyone is abuzz with the ostensibly shocking allegation that Jack Layton might have, possibly, received a happy ending at a rub-and-tug 15 years ago. Let’s let…
The Political Economy of Professional Wrestling: Capital, Unions and Spandex
Wage Labour on the Fringes For all the attention it received, to my knowledge, no one provided much of a political analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 award-winning motion picture The…
Courage in the face of Despair – I’m Voting for the Social Economy
While the Liberals and Conservatives spout on about how well each has handled Canada’s financial economy they are both equally guilty of ignoring Canada’s social economy. What is the social…
US government shuts down online poker; the case for legality
The US government has just launched an assault that has temporarily shut down the largest online poker operators in the US. This historic decision implements in a meaningful way for…
How we can change the political capital formula
It is a tautology that a successful politician is one who is capable of attracting votes. However the way successful politicians can attract votes is divided into largely two overlapping…
Dear flight attendant
… or airline employee standing behind your airline’s counter at the gate, or customer service desk, or checking in my luggage and issuing my boarding card(s), or talking to me…
I know this much is true?
“Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...”Michael StipeIt seems that the biggest troubles come about from what…
Fences
The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of…
On cooperatives and housing.
I'll get back to my electoral series eventually, I swear. But I had this weird idea today and I wanted to spell it out. It's not an argument; more just…
On the new feudalism.
I was going to blog something about the CMA’s recent report on Canadian healthcare. But there’s really not much there that anyone could reasonably disagree with. More access to prescription…
words
Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words.Wood AllenA string of words can be powerful. The amount of words can…
What the hell do I know?
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”Galileo Galilei You know sometimes I just have to stop and think and think hard…
mastering the art of self preservation
“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” Adlai E. Stevenson quotes (American Politician. Governor of Illinois (1949-53) and Ambassador to the…
Call for Discussion of Abortion, How About a Call for Data First?
Tasha Kheiriddin over at the National Post just posted a generally pretty reasonable call for discussion on abortion in Canada. I don’t disagree with her general conclusions, that a law,…