2016-03-19 18:53
Right, so first of all, apologies for not having written anything in a while - something like this is easy to lose in the shuffle when you have so much else going on. Essay writing, discussi… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Things have not progressed well in the cartoon debacle concerning sketches of Mohammed, the Muslim prophet. If anything, that's an understatement. After European newspapers republished a ser… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I couldn't really be much more content with the results of yesterday's elections, to be honest. Yes, we have another minority Parliament, perhaps as divided (if not moreso) than its predeces… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
No, I'm not talking about Canada. The first results from Iraq's parliamentary elections were published today, giving the combined forces of the Shiites and the Kurds just under the 2/3 major… Read More
2006-01-20 20:37
It's ironic, really. And quite hypocritical. Here we have Paul Martin accusing Stephen Harper of instantiating the Republican Party of Canada through his party's press releases, campaign rhe… Read More
2006-01-20 01:09
It hasn't really been a big campaign issue, that's for sure, but one of the biggest policy and leadership disappointments in Ottawa (for me at least) over the past few years has been Canadia… Read More
2006-01-15 07:11
The situation in Toronto just seems to be getting worse and worse - I'm not speaking about Liberal fortunes, mind you, I'm talking about the spate of gun violence that has gripped the city f… Read More
2006-01-14 18:58
I've discovered that I don't think I would be a very good partisan. Someday I'd like to run for public office, likely under the Liberal banner, but I don't think I'm very good at sticking to… Read More
2006-01-10 21:07
Well, I'm back to some slightly less sporadic blogging after a reasonably restful Christmas break back in Ontario. The weather didn't co-operate with me and there wasn't really any snow whil… Read More
2005-12-12 02:39
The new Liberal ads in Quebec certainly don't seem to be going over very well. Apparently, the ads show two hockey teams - one Liberal, and one Bloc - and are designed to paint the BQ as a o… Read More
2005-12-09 15:44
Apparently, NDP Leader Jack Layton essentially called today for a halt to the deployment of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, implying that Canada should perhaps withdraw from the mission al… Read More
2005-12-08 20:42
In a move that's sure to have Jack Layton grinning widely today, the Muslim Canadian Congress endorsed the New Democrats in the upcoming election. While the MCC isn't the only organization r… Read More
2005-12-08 05:09
Just finished reading an excellent book by economist Jeffrey Sachs called The End of Poverty - I'd recommend that just about anyone with an interest in political, economic or social justice… Read More
2005-12-03 02:46
Is it just me, or have the Conservatives been completely outperforming the Liberals so far this campaign when it comes to new ideas? So far from the Tories, we've heard of several key campai… Read More
2005-12-01 22:13
Incredibly enough, today's top headline on CNN.com has nothing to do with American domestic politics. It has nothing to do with the conflict in Iraq. Instead, it's a report on Malawi, a nati… Read More
2005-12-01 15:25
It's likely, that in the crush of news and punditry about the Canadian election and President George W Bush's woes over Iraq, the fact that tomorrow, 1 December, is World AIDS Day 2005 will… Read More
2005-11-30 01:33
The Liberals absolutely don't get it - they're running yesterday's campaign today. Again, they're beginning with the negative scare tactics about Stephen Harper, as shown on their website, w… Read More
2005-11-28 20:58
And the Ignatieff-as-Liberal-candidate saga continues, today with the reputed scholar and author slamming attempts to discredit him as 'transparent' and describing quotes used from his works… Read More
2005-11-28 01:22
Last Friday, here at the College, we abolished the notion of classes and instead tackled the topic of world religions - ambitious, yes, but very worthwhile. We started in the morning by divi… Read More
2005-11-26 05:32
Who on earth could possibly think that pursuing legal action against your chief opponent during an election campaign would be a good idea? Honestly, who's advising the Liberal leadership the… Read More
2005-11-25 01:15
Well, we're almost done suffering through perhaps the most acrimonious and nasty Parliament in the history of the country. Unfortunately, all of the indicators suggest that we're up for anot… Read More
2005-11-24 06:56
Russian President Vladimir Putin is at it again. I'm not sure if he's just a misguided democrat or a calculable autocrat. There's news that Russia's lower house today approved a draft bill s… Read More
2005-11-21 23:14
Shocking news from Israel last night - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has resigned from the leadership and the ranks of his ruling Likud Party in order to start a new, more moderate party that'… Read More
2005-11-19 20:55
I can't quite put into words how outrageous this is. The National Post is reporting that Public Works has temporarily banned the hiring of white men, and that the department is only permitte… Read More
2005-11-19 20:36
Well, we're on the cusp once more of an election campaign, and judging from the analysis and the pre-writ rhetoric, it's on track to be even nastier than the last one. Charming. I imagine th… Read More
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