This is interesting! Thanks, Mound of Sound, for highlighting this ground-breaking initiative from the UK!
The Disaffected Lib: Tar Sands on Trial.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Rick Salutin: Where have all the PCs gone? (in the Toronto Star)
Salutin: Where have all the PCs gone?.
Isn't it strange that the old PCs (Progressive Conservatives) are beginning to look like good guys?! Surely it was an act of supreme cynicism to drop the "progressive" from their name - not much commented on! And they are not even "conservative", as this comes from the word "conserve", and they don't seem to want to conserve anything - except power.
Isn't it strange that the old PCs (Progressive Conservatives) are beginning to look like good guys?! Surely it was an act of supreme cynicism to drop the "progressive" from their name - not much commented on! And they are not even "conservative", as this comes from the word "conserve", and they don't seem to want to conserve anything - except power.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Haroon Siddiqui: The dire prospect of living in Hudakdom (in the Toronto Star)
"McGuinty won’t win charisma contests. But his bland Bill Davis persona has served Ontario well. Like Davis [premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985], he understands that our common good lies in bringing our disparate pluralistic society together, rather than dividing us along ideological or nativist lines."
Full article: Siddiqui: The dire prospect of living in Hudakdom.
Full article: Siddiqui: The dire prospect of living in Hudakdom.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Q&A: An expert on experts tells how to spot the bad ones (in the Toronto Star)
Filmmaker Josh Freed on experts: Q&A: An expert on experts tells how to spot the bad ones.
Great quote: "We’ve always had people telling us the future, be it fortunetellers or oracles reading chicken entrails. Today we’re too educated to read chicken entrails, so we go to experts. We use Power Point instead of poultry."
Great quote: "We’ve always had people telling us the future, be it fortunetellers or oracles reading chicken entrails. Today we’re too educated to read chicken entrails, so we go to experts. We use Power Point instead of poultry."
The art of rewiring a brain (in the Toronto Star)
Article: The art of rewiring a brain.
Fascinating description of how a mature brain can rewire itself. If the pictures shown in the article are representative, I prefer the post-stroke ones to the pre-stroke ones!
Fascinating description of how a mature brain can rewire itself. If the pictures shown in the article are representative, I prefer the post-stroke ones to the pre-stroke ones!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Rick Salutin: Canada says ‘ready aye ready’ at the UN (in the Toronto Star)
Full article: Salutin: Canada says ‘ready aye ready’ at the UN.
Great quote: "Exactly what is the point of being a country, if you don’t have your own voice?"
Great quote: "Exactly what is the point of being a country, if you don’t have your own voice?"
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