Category Archives: Opinion
Canada: Trending Towards Ignorance
Here we see a trend towards ignorance initiated by policies of the Harper Government, which took office by a slim majority in 2006. Numbers are derived from data compiled by John Dupuis in his post, The Canadian War on Science: … Continue reading
Goodbye PayPal!
I closed my PayPal account today, and in the process told them why. Now you must imagine that I’m typing into a small text box, and my session has already expired once, forcing me to retype the entire harangue–bother–so the … Continue reading
On Father’s Day
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh speaks with truth and beauty in his Statement Number 5 to the People of Iran and refers to the struggling peoples’ fathers by saying … Don’t let “the delinquents and the strangers” [quote from Ayatollah Khomeini, quotation … Continue reading
Do Police Need a Makeover?
On Thursday it was announced that the Conservative government of Canada is trying to pass two new crime bills. One will allow police to monitor our Internet activity – without requiring a warrant – and another to force ISPs to … Continue reading