Thu May 1, 2008 – 10:31 pm
According to this article in the Globe and Mail, immigrants are the main victims of the widening rich-poor gap. But according to common sense, couldn’t they also be the main cause?
Immigrants coming from other countries tend to make less money than people from Canada, which has one of the highest standards of living, worldwide. Not […]
Mon Apr 28, 2008 – 8:15 am
Lorrie Goldstein has some suggestions for the Globe and the Star:
(5) “Good news” stories about the bright side of runaway fuel, food and energy prices. For example, when they get high enough that people stop their discretionary spending, thus leading to a recession, thus dramatically lowering greenhouse gas emissions the way that great environmental leader, […]
Fri Apr 25, 2008 – 10:02 pm
The London Mayor likened a London led by Tory candidate to the Black Death at the launch of his campaign the other day.
“Having Boris as mayor would be like reliving the Black Death of the Middle Ages or almost as bad as that.”
Kind of dramatic, eh?
Mon Apr 21, 2008 – 8:20 pm
This is the second of my series on the three remaining Presidential candidates, the first of which can be found several posts down, on McCain.
Hillary Clinton is currently written off by almost everyone, including me. She will inevitable finish second to Obama in delegates heading into the convention, regardless of how Pennsylvania and Indiana play out. North Carolina […]
Mon Apr 21, 2008 – 12:29 pm
Small Dead Animals has a post up about how people are starting to grasp how the internet is changing how media is both created and consumed - specifically newsmedia.
While it is true that blogging and other types of electronic dissemination are changing how people get informed, turning the news into something interactive and globalized, but […]
Mon Apr 14, 2008 – 8:21 am
For me, gas prices have finally reached the tipping point.
It is no longer even marginally cost-effective to own my truck.
I love my truck, don’t get me wrong. It has been my goal to own a truck since I got my first car.
My Dad always had a truck. I grew up with a truck in my […]
Wed Apr 9, 2008 – 1:16 pm
Many have wondered why a site called The Politic winds up talking about religion so much. There are very good reasons for this. Firstly, religion drives some of the most significant events occurring in the world around us. The question of Islam is affecting world politics to a level unprecedented. Understanding […]
Wed Apr 9, 2008 – 8:40 am
The rubber has met the road. The game is afoot. Richard Warman, a former employee of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, who has famously taken the inside knowledge of the workings of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act to create himself a lucrative channel of cash, has taken his hurt feelings […]
Mon Apr 7, 2008 – 10:17 pm
You all know the songs that get played endlessly on the radio these days: Paralyzed, Hey There Delilah, songs like those. You can’t listen to a mainstream music station for more than half an hour without hearing one of those two, I can pretty much guarantee it.
It’s the same when it comes to politics. Certain ideas and […]
Fri Mar 28, 2008 – 10:18 am
This is an interesting read on “Britain’s Mean Streets.” Wonder how Canadian youths compare?
I’ve noticed that a lot of youths are jaded and cynical, their hellishly asinine cosmion of meaning offering little by way of hope. It seems to me that a lot of urban youth are lacking the interest, the opportunity, to […]
