I’m actually posting this from my folks, where we are having the family Christmas today, but I thought I’d point to this article in the Star today where they have yet another interview with Senator Leahy discussing his wish that US-Canada relations will improve with the Democrats in power and specifically with him being in [...]

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Just writing this on a rainy (and 10 Degree Celsius day where I am) Dec 22, on the 2nd day of “so-called winter”, and found some interesting headlines to ponder:
- Moscow is experiencing “unusual” winter weather, which is causing a bit of disquiet in that country. Higher then normal temperatures in Europe are also [...]

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I’d like to sincerely thank Darren McEwen for being brave enough to travel over to Small Dead Animals and find this priceless blogposting of Kate McMillan’s. You see, Kate wrote a column back then berating Don Martin of the Post for using the term, “prairie knuckledraggers”, which she called ‘cultural bigotry’. She [...]

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Just a blogroll note: Adam Radwanski sent me an email informing me he’s officially moved his blog to the Maclean’s site, so please update your bookmarks accordingly if you have him (and you should - other then Wells, he’s about the only thing worth reading over there.. mainly from my point of view he’s the [...]

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I think we’re now beginning to see why Harper is trying to maintain a muzzle on his Cabinet ministers and MP’s. They risk putting their feet in their mouths constantly, as Stockwell Day has aptly demonstrated in his constituency piece here, where he goes and uses the term “spear-chucker”, which as others have pointed out, [...]

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Here’s a post and commentary over at JJ’s site I found interesting. She talks about the “slippery slope” of the separation of Church and State being slowly eroded down there, but my take on the incident she highlights is how some Republicans continue to try and use the politics of fear, or to be [...]

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Everyone’s been focused on Kyoto and the Clean Air Act, but there are other distressing indicators out there that show how little the Conservatives think of the Environment in general, and if given the choice between doing the right thing or supporting their friends in business/industry, the environment will come out the loser. An op-ed [...]

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I saw this story in the Star that details Canadian soldiers entering a new allied offensive in southern Afghanistan in an effort to dislodge Taliban forces.
Regardless of whether you think they should still be there carrying on the mission or should be withdrawn now, they all deserve our support… and it is my sincere hope [...]

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It turns out one of the positive things that will happen due to the Democrats taking control of Congress in January, (and there are many) is they’re finally going to demand answers of the Bush administration and summon US Attorney-General (and Bush toadie) Alberto Gonzalez to the judiciary committee in January to explain why they [...]

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Remember that article I posted about several NDP bloggers grumbling about Brad Lavigne ignoring blogs and of the NDP communications strategy in general? Well, it has generated enough buzz that the NDP hierarchy sent out emails to NDP bloggers trying to re-assure them, and now the story has been noticed and talked about in [...]

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