Remembrance
Lest We Forget
Field in Flanders, Canadian stretcher bearers, 1915 Today, along with Kingston residents, war veterans and fellow students, I attended the Remembrance Day…
Archive: 2004
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Paul Martin
Why Paul Martin is secretly cheering for a Bush victory
On the eve of the American election, a solid majority of Canadians are hoping for the defeat of the incumbent President George W. Bush in favour of the…
Free Speech
Court strikes down signal-theft law
For those of us lucky enough to have the breadth of television programming that comes along with Canadian cable or satellite, a particular public service…
CBC
More Greatest Canadian Silliness
Matt Fletcher over at Living In A Society notes that the current standings for the CBC’s Greatest Canadian contest stands as follows: 1. Tommy Douglas 2. Terry…
Canadian Media
Conservatives call press biased, also note that sky is blue and that water is wet
One of the fundamental freedoms in any democratic society is the freedom of the press to report facts and uncover the truth wherever it may be. The press…
Other
A cat always lands on its feet
Along the same lines of the paradox that asks: “if you strapped a piece of buttered toast, face-up, on the back of a cat and tossed it into the air, which…
Digital Politics
Queen’s Blogger Meetup – Post-game analysis
Homecoming weekend was a success. I met up with some old friends, introduced new grad school friends to some Queen’s traditions and met up with a few fellow…
Digital Politics
Queen’s University Blogger Meetup
Now is the time when we party That’s right! It’s homecoming weekend… where alums, old and new, mix it up with the crazy kids at Crazy Go Nuts University for a…
Canadian Politics
Talk about the issues? Let’s play politics instead
“All Canadian provinces are obviously distinct from one another. But with its difference in language, Quebec is different in a fundamental way which requires…