“In a capitalist economy the true job creators are middle class consumers,” says American venture capitalist Nick Hanauer. Delivering a “TED talk” earlier this year, Hanauer says “taxing the rich…
So, now we learn that the former minister has been smoking in her offices. Just for the record, she’s not the only MP or senator to break the no smoking…
So, now we learn that the former minister has been smoking in her offices. Just for the record, she’s not the only MP or senator to break the no smoking…
Today begins my first full week of graduate school. I’ve felt a bit overwhelmed at times here but there’s no way back from here. I have next to no graphic…
B.C. minister tours Haida Gwaii, surveys tsunami debris 3-day fact-finding mission aims to survey debris first-hand Wow..three days? Really? I’d love a three day jaunt to Haida Gwaii, don’t get…
An anti-gay group calling themselves New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms filed a lawsuit late last year to reverse the state’s equal marriage law. Like most attempts to get same-sex marriage…
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News goes to die, on Fridays. So today it is appropriate to talk about the biggest news story in the country that doesn’t get the respect or urgent coverage it…
I am not a scientific person. I don’t understand how computers work, and I’m pretty sure that electricity is, actually magic. So all this news about the discovery of the…
In the summer months, Statistics Canada collects labour force data on students who were attending school full time in March, and who intend to return full time in the fall.…
Stampede celebrates 100th anniversary For all those barbaric yahoos who enjoy torturing animals for fun, entertainment, and most of all – profit..you can keep your little circus…leave the rest of…
The Niagara Health System’s supervisor has commissioned a poll on his interim recommendations for the struggling multi-site hospital. If anything, the poll confirmed why Kevin Smith had been appointed by…
It has certainly been an interesting couple of days. On Wednesday I published a blog which argued that for the first time in post-confederation NL history, the upcoming provincial election…
In case anyone was wondering about the effectiveness of right to work laws in suppressing unionization, here is a chart of Union coverage by U.S. State (the percentage of all…
Occasionally we can still get a glimpse of the radical difference between modern and pre-modern concepts of time. A significant number of Marshall Islanders have migrated to the U.S. According…
I’ve witnessed two big American 4th of July fireworks shows, in New York ’02 and San Diego ’10. The San Diego show two years ago lasted at least 20 minutes,…
Ontario municipalities may have a legitimate beef with the way hospitals pay taxes, but the timing couldn’t be worse. All levels of government appear to be scrambling to make ends…
I was all set to write something, great I’m sure, and had to do something before I started typing. I came back to this page, and I’d forgotten what exactly…
The Harper government blinked this week. Determined to bulldoze through unpopular cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees, the government partially backed off claiming they were simply…
Facebook games are getting more, and more easy all of the time. Just see how long it takes you to solve one of the typical Find-A-Word game images that goes…
