Commentary
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A thought on the everyday
I was just in the shower (and I know more than a few of you are in the process of poking out your eyes trying to get that image out of your head), and I somehow started thinking about my wash cloth, and what a marvel it is. Some twenty years ago (in 1987, 88
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Wow, that’s an incredibly bright decision
First off, I'm not a hockey fan. I often joke that I get interested in hockey during the second overtime period of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. Officially, this year I watched the final overtime period of game 5, and the last 8 minutes of last nights game. I used to joke that
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So environmentally friendly its killing me.
I don't know. Anyone else see the irony in this?
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Quirks and Quarks and Polar Bears
Just in case you think I'm just blowing smoke out of my nether regions on my previous comments on the threat to polar bears, here is Bob MacDonald's (of Quirks and Quarks fame) take on the issue.
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Another blow
Today the US Government listed the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species. For the most part I’m just going to point you to what I said back here. I guess this now means that in order to remove the threat the US will finally take action against Climate Change. Won’t it? Nothing has changed, the
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Franklin,
It is always interesting to read of the modern popular take of Sir John Franklin as “unimaginative” incompetent and the author of his final Arctic Expeditions demise (see the comments in this CBC article). Franklin was chosen, partly because of lobbying, but partly because he was the British Officer with the most Arctic experience. His
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What?
Okay, when Nunavut’s Premier, Paul Okalik, uttered the profane insult about the CEO of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities last June it was clearly wrong, and an unprofessional act by someone whose office clearly demands he act with more decorum. But… a $600,000 lawsuit because someone called you a name? Man, my money problems are
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Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening
I don’t know. I read something like this and I’m not sure whether to scream in anger or in loss. I’m trying to think of what would be an appropriate sentence for the vandals (seems like too kind of a word) involved. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are, I think
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Time to replace the foundation
Trial by Jury has long been considered one of the cornerstones of law, certainly British based law. Many people date juries back to the time of the Magna Carta, but in truth it’s origins go back even farther than that. The right to a trial by jury is entrenched in Section 11 of the Canadian