Religious Entitlement For The Rest Of Us
I originally wrote the following article—rated the greatest article of all time by an independent body that I just formed—for the July 2010 edition of Outlooks magazine. Despite being published…
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Angry Voters
Jeff suggests a new app for the iPhone. I’d call it iVote, or Angry Voters. I used to be a hard-liner against e-voting, but now I’m starting to wonder if…
If you don’t stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
An open letter to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence; The Canadian military says an error at the Department of National Defence resulted in tens of millions of…
Giggle News
Nearly all news on CNN should be laughed at. Cooper is getting it right, and I love the puns.
Ottawa School Board Criticized Over Pride Parade Plans
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will be marching in the Capital Pride Parade for the first time this weekend. It’s a great way to send a message to all the…
The Ryan Painter Show Takes Flight
This is the first installment of the Ryan Painter Show Episode 1 Please feel free to leave a question or comment. I will respond….promise! Filed under: Uncategorized
Tim Hudak is not worth the risk
Heather Mallick on what three levels of Conservative government (aka the “Trinity of Terror”) can mean for the women of Ontario: Nine miles of hard road ahead for women this…
Would You Vote Over The Internet?
I trust computers… to do what their potentially untrustworthy programmers tell them to do. Because it’s computer code that could be corrupted, there’s little means for the layperson voter to…
I Hate Tipping
Tipping is terrible. It’s too complicated, and it’s an excuse for employers to underpay people who work in service jobs like waiting and housekeeping. Employers have learned that people are…
The problem with Hudak
Hudak has a number of problems, the largest being trust. People don’t trust him. In particular, women don’t trust him. In a new poll, Nanos Research concluded that only 1…
Czech President Condemns Canada Over Gay Support
Vaclav Klaus, the president of The Czech Republic lashed out at Canada and twelve other countries for having taken the “unprecedented step” of signing an open letter in support of…
Fox News Bullies Children
How old does someone have to be for Fox News to consider a person fair game for their media smear machine? Answer: Not even a teenager. They didn’t like these…
How the New Yorker Goes Viral
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog For years I have read The New Yorker as a non-US print subscriber. This meant that somewhere between a few days and a week after…
The pro-Hudak Tristan Emmanuel on feminism
Over the weekend I posted about a new pro-Conservative group that boasts Tristan Emmanuel among its backers. As mentioned, Emmanuel is anti-gay, anti-same sex marriage. But did you know he’s…
Dead Heat
With McGuinty slightly ahead, the Hudak Tories have to be getting nervous. Women don’t like Hudak and people generally don’t trust him. Hard to recover from. But, don’t worry, I’m…
Ontario Liberals giddy that women distrust Hudak a little more than they distrust McGuinty
The McGuinty Liberals needed to change the channel (redirect focus away from their dismal record) and to shore up the progressives they’ve conned into voting for them in the past…
Gloria Steinem’s great advice
“If I had one piece of advice to give to young girls under 25, I would say do not listen to my advice, listen to the voice inside you and…
Women don’t trust Tim Hudak
And they shouldn’t. Check it out, here. Not surprising at all.
Conservatives: Doing Pork-barrel by the Book
An election issue that was overlooked by the electorate was the G8 spending by Tony Clement, a minister in Harper’s cabinet. Tony is very active on Twitter, he’s practically the…
Tim Hudak’s not so hidden agenda
I’ve been posting all summer about Hudak’s record on abortion. (He’s pro-life and has pledged to defund abortions on a petition he first denied signing, then finally ‘fessed up to…