The Rise and Fall of Syriza: Finding a New Way Forward for Greece’s Radical Left (1/3)
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Ted Cruz Likes Porn, Literally
So Ted Cruz, how will you remember 9/11? Ted Cruz: pic.twitter.com/TW0psPuBQh — Antony Copland (@SprowstonStud) September 12, 2017 8 months ago, this Twitter user claimed Ted made the same mistake…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 34: Dear Earth …
Dear Earth: This is a difficult letter for us to write, but something has to be said. Are you mad at us? I mean, seriously, seriously angry? It sure seems…
The Globe and Mail’s Ibbitson flunks math?
Reading a recent column by the Globe’s John Ibbitson, I was a little confused by his logic but I was even more concerned about his mathematics. He was forecasting a…
They Must Be High
Wynne’s plan to control the sale and distribution of marijuana in Ontario will be a complete waste of taxpayer dollars and will only frustrate voters.
NPR Interview on Silicon Valley and journalism
I was recently on NPR’s new national show 1A discussing how Silicon Valley is shaping journalism. Part 1 is here, and part 2 (responding after the interview with Facebook’s Campbell…
French Labor Reform Attempts to Remove Labor Union Protection
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The Return of Stuff Happens, week 33: Water, water, everywhere …
Houston and much of Texas was devastated this week by Hurricane Harvey, or Wally, or Larry, or whatever it was called. (Note to the people who name hurricanes: if you…
Onward religious warriors.
A picture said it all. It was of a Buddhist monk, in saffron robes, with his begging bowl, sitting between the cement walls of modern expressway ramps. It makes the…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 32: The history police strike!
The Ontario elementary school teachers’ federation has voted to ask the provincial government to remove the name of Sir John. A. Macdonald from Ontario schools. According to the teachers’ union…
They are rewriting history, again.
Now the revisionists are going after Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. And what is their problem? They think Sir John was racist and disrespected Canada’s aboriginals. You…
Hawaiian Luau and Other Fun
My camera broke:
Solar Eclipse from Regina, SK
The eclipse today was visible from Regina, but not the totality available to Americans in many states. My new Canon SX540 HS did a good job with a pair of…
A Pop Quiz
Ms Soapbox is shocked. She just returned from the Alberta Teachers’ Association Summer Summit on Public Education and discovered that she knows far less about education and teaching in Alberta…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 31: Isn’t summer supposed to be a quiet time?
The world is truly moving too fast. Or at least it is in the United States of America, the flickering beacon of democracy. It seems like more stuff happened in…
Plastic Is Out of Hand
Plastic almost always ends up as waste within a year or two of its production. We’re making too much of it also, at an increasing pace. “Of the 8.3 billion…
Scheer Shouldn’t Shrug Off Toxic Rebel Association
CPC leader Andrew Scheer told reporters Wednesday he would not grant interviews to Rebel Media if the editorial direction remains as it is. — Rosemary Barton (@RosieBarton) August 17, 2017…
Nazis Ruling News Cycle In USA
The “loons” on the right wing really stuck their foot in their mouths this week, so better balance things out so they don’t seem so violent and crazy by bringing…
Teaching Digital at the Kennedy School of Government: Part 6: Bringing it Together
Okay, so to recap, here at the Kennedy School of Government I’m interested in the social, economic and policy changes brought about by the way digital technologies expand or threaten…
Teaching Digital at the Kennedy School of Government: Part 5: Foundational Topics
One challenge I’ve observed about how digital technologies are taught at most schools of policy or government is it takes a relatively ad hoc approach. It is a mix of…