Petrostatehood is not a zero or one
Some time ago Nikiforuk published an article at Foreign Policy declaring Canada a petrostate. It caused a big splash and…
When I’m not working on design and communications projects, I’m thinking about public discourse. I’m interested in science, arts, libraries, research, and shared stories.
Some time ago Nikiforuk published an article at Foreign Policy declaring Canada a petrostate. It caused a big splash and…
In the days and months following the bombing of the world trade centers, there was a kind of smothering of…
It’s no small chore trying to understand climate change. We live in a society that is lacking in scientific literacy….
Journalists claim that it’s their duty to give context to important events. The floods in Alberta are important. And an…
On March 7th, the Correctional Investigator with the Correctional Service of Canada published an important report. So important was this…
Postmedia put up paywalls recently on their online properties. Whenever this kind of thing happens there’s usually a flourish of…
I never had a bottle rocket growing up. At least, not that I remember. And a couple of weeks ago,…
I was surprised to learn recently that an important research paper that forms the basis of the intellectual underpinnings of…
For the purposes of this second argument, I will be referring to three articles written by Andrew Coyne for Postmedia…
I’ve heard countless pious prescriptions to do such and such, because “people fought and died for this right.” There are…
“Free handles. It is big and long. It has its own lane. Yeah. It is street.” This video ad is…
I see bias everywhere. Yes we all struggle with our biases. I wish the reporters, editors and owners at the…
The official Catholic doctrine is that homosexual conduct, including non-sexual, romantic behaviour, is immoral. The Catholic church writes and defends…
This is my sixth post in my series on Dan Gardner’s article about the Muslim veil. I want to reflect…
I went to a panel discussion yesterday [Saturday] on policing and accountability in Victoria last night. I thought it was…
Stephen Gordon is concerned that the CCPA put out a press release saying that the Canadian Government secretly bailed out…
I grew up in a subtly, vaguely, self identifying Norwegian household. We ate lefse and told stories about lutefisk and…