Port Apathy

Rick Mercer explains how Canada’s Parliamentary Democracy works: When peice of errata: Yes, she is the Queen of England. But she’s also the Queen of Canada.

Last month I purchased a SanDisk Sansa Clip (2GB) for about $55 dollars. It’s roughly equivelent to the iPod Shuffle in that it’s a small, cheap audio player. But all the reviews I read before purchasing basically said the same things: It’s like the iPod Shuffle, but with more features and a lower price. I’m [...]

I was listening to Tim Wise giving a talk to promote his new book “White Like Me”. Tim Wise is an anti-racism advocate. He makes an interesting point in the video I was listening to. I have often wondered why so many people vote against their interests. For example, the working class or even lower [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying that every time God closes a door he opens a window. When this was said recently someone turned to me and asked for the Humanist perspective. What a question! I’m setting aside the idea that God actively micromanages everyone’s life and is personally responsible for all the good [...]

The Daily Show, on September 5th, had Randall Balmer to talk about his new book “God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush”. In this inverview they discussed the history of religion in the US politics and asked when presidents from non-Christian religions [...]

Expectations can really let you down. I was recently listening to an episode of CBC Radio’s Definitely Not The Opera called “Great (or not so great) expectations“. This episode discussed how romance movies are killing romance and relationships (MP3 file, 51:34 minutes). That people who believe in “the one” predestined “soul mate” will be let [...]

Republicans! They want to have it both way. They argued for giving lots of money to companies as a bail out, and then complain when the government says “some strings attached“. Republicans don’t believe in personal responsibility. They think that the government should not get involved when things are going well and then help out [...]

Recently, there was a flury of child porn charges laid in Ontario. Listening to coverage on the radio someone said that some of these cases involve children. I thought: wait, only some? Of course distribution of child porn is a crime, and someone who takes advantage of (including molesting or raping) a child may not [...]

I was listening to the radio yesterday and heard something that gave me pause. They were interviewing someone who has been investigating fraud at the OLG because some people win the lottery a little too often. I don’t recall if it was the police or a spokes person for the OLG. But the person said [...]

The Liberal Party of Canada has had some interesting times and some interesting leaders. Stephane Dion was elected as the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. I think that the more powerful voices of the Liberal Party were not involved in this decision. This is why the dissent in the Liberal Party has been [...]