http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10912 Academia is not usually considered a low-wage field, but adjunct professors around the country are organizing for higher pay and better working conditions like retail and fast food workers…
I don’t know why this news induces both laughter and sadness in me. There’s a salty pool of tears collected by irony. Honest Eds is possibly one of the most…
Postmedia reports “Sen. Mike Duffy told a spellbound upper chamber Monday that the prime minister’s former chief of staff, who paid him $90,000 to cover his housing expenses, had also…
Reblogged from Academe Blog: By Joe Berry This is the first in a series of Academe Blog guest posts arranged by the AAUP Committee on Contingency and the Profession in…
I’m unable to be objective about the Senate scandal and how much Harper knew, but I’m increasingly suspicious of the efforts of the PMO to silence the Senators.
Social media and smart phones played a key role in organizing the “Arab Spring” protests in Egypt’s Tahrir Square Read this story from RT.com on discussions between various police departments…
The problem with discussing health care sustainability is there is no definition of what that means. Data would suggest that our health care spending is not out of control –…
Russell Brand’s Epic Interview With BBC’s Jeremy Paxman Just Might Start A Revolution (VIDEO) The Huffington Post | By Ryan GrenoblePosted: 10/25/2013 4:11 pm EDT Many have seen Russel Brand’s…
Nigel Wright has resigned as PM Harper's chief of staff. This is a real loss to the people & good government of Canada.— (@davidfrum) May 19, 2013 Nigel Wright has…
2012 was a strong year for TD, despite ongoing economic challenges and market volatility. Our total adjusted earnings were more than $7 billion dollars — up more than $600 million,…
Despite a precocious childhood obsession with all things heavy in the 80s, I somehow missed the original incarnation of NWOBHM OG’s Satan the first time ’round (though vaguely recall Pariah).…
Despite a precocious childhood obsession with all things heavy in the 80s, I somehow missed the original incarnation of NWOBHM OG’s Satan the first time ’round (though vaguely recall Pariah).…
A checklist for Cons for the upcoming Con meeting on Oct 31.
“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.” ~Richard…
It was a few days after the disastrous provincial election of 2008, when the entire Class of Edmonton Alberta Liberals 2004 when down to unexpected (and unwarranted) defeat at the…
From Plutarch’s Moralia: When the Megarians had expelled Theagenes their tyrant, for a short time they were sober and sensible in their government (politeia). But later when the popular leaders…
Check out ‘I Wake Up Screaming’ by Cinerama, the first single in ten years (!) from David Gedge and co.: Filed under: Uncategorized
Check out ‘I Wake Up Screaming’ by Cinerama, the first single in ten years (!) from David Gedge and co.: Filed under: Uncategorized
Forbes: While politicians and pundits alike inside the beltway beat up the White House over computer system glitches, health insurance companies still project robust revenue growth and profits from a…
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
