Why Traditional Media Is Failing
Here’s a timely article from the Financial Post (owned by PostMedia, which I’ll get to in a second) that slams the current BC government for having been the least friendly…
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Reader’s rant
From a regular reader who has grown frustrated with the amount of self-serving BS that spills regularly into our world: There are too many people who do not produce or…
The Return of Stuff Happens, weeks 44 & 45: Men behaving badly
This is not a good time to be a male. Every day, we are revealed to be dirtbags. It all began with Harvey Weinstein. Once, this Oscar-winning deal maker was…
When Will the Fiesta Start? Mexico-Canada Relations in a New North America
Stephen Clarkson The following is a contribution in the blog series on the exceptional contribution of Stephen Clarkson to Canada. Stephen Clarkson died in 2016. The substantial work he undertook…
Them vs us
Disputing parties in arguments about Site C belong to either of two camps. One is populated by people wanting a share of the billions of dollars to be spent; the…
Policy over Partisanship
Two decades ago, I was involved with a student newspaper. It was called the Calumetro and it was published by the Calumet College Student Government. It was one of many…
Piketty: The Market and Private Property Should Be The Slaves of Democracy
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:11858:Piketty:-The-Market-and-Private-Property-Should-Be-The-Slaves-of-Democracy Filed under: Uncategorized
After Collapse of Coalition Talks, What’s Next for Germany?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20532:After-Collapse-of-Coalition-Talks,-What’s-Next-for-Germany Filed under: Uncategorized
Noticing the New National News.
Many of us count on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for reliable, well vetted news. Well, we used to. Despite Peter Mansbridge’s droning, all-knowing, stony style, we liked his panels, the…
Harper’s Turd Continues to Stink
Phoenix is a nasty ‘gift’ from Stephen Harper and his pals that keeps on giving. Time to hang it up.
Andrew Cooper on Stephen Clarkson’s Foreign Policy
The following is a contribution in the blog series on the exceptional contribution of Stephen Clarkson to Canada. Stephen Clarkson died in 2016. This piece is by Andrew F. Cooper,…
The UCP Vote on the GSA Bill: Free Vote or Rubber Stamp?
It started innocently enough… The NDP government introduced Bill 24, an act to prohibit teachers from informing parents their kids had joined a gay-straight alliance (GSA) unless the kids consented.…
Ontario’s Electricity Sector IV: Pre-Election Update
My first, second and third posts on the Ontario electricity sector described how policy and administrative decisions by different Liberal Governments gave rise to excess electricity generation with an inflated…
Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2017
Edition #6 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Nov. 12, 2017. A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
The Indignity to Indigenous.
People struggled for many years with the error attributed to Christopher Columbus in thinking native peoples he found in the Americas were from India. That name stuck for a few…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 43: It’s all politics, folks.
As you may recall, last week Premier Rachael Notley and her sneaky government laid a trap for the new leader of the united conservatives, Jason Kenney. Making a mountain out…
Can Syriza’s Use of ‘Soft Power’ Be Reconciled with the Values of the Radical Left?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20395:Can-Syriza%27s-Use-of-%27Soft-Power%27-Be-Reconciled-with-the-Values-of-the-Radical-Left%3F Filed under: Uncategorized
What To See in Saskatchewan
Here’s a great video of some of the great things to see while looking around Saskatchewan. I’ve lived here nearly all my life, and I still haven’t seen it all…
Why Is CBC Opinions So Bad?
I’m kinda surprised they haven’t asked me to write for them. We need CBC, but we don’t need CBC to promote the status-quo, we need it to tell stories from…
Stop the silliness, it’s time to merge
In 2012, I wrote a blog piece called “Provincial Merger, I agree…”. In it, I made a simple argument: the only way that Progressive Voices could be heard in Alberta…