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The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

Some Thoughts on Thomas Cook’s Collapse and the Possible Impacts on Worldwide Tourism

As someone who loves visiting all-inclusive resorts (and frequently meets overseas guests while there including many who probably traveled with Thomas Cook), I’ve been watching the collapse of the 178 year old travel agency with with great interest. Some thoughts: * Some are calling this the first “Brexit Bankruptcy“, a result of uncertainty caused by […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2019 § Jobs § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, holiday, travel

My Daughter Could Teach The Prime Minister A Thing Or Two About Acceptable Facial Makeup!

¶ Posted 22 September 2019 § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, history

Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43

It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]

¶ Posted 21 September 2019 § Canada § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics (CBC The Fifth Estate) #cndpoli #elxn43

¶ Posted 20 September 2019 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

How To Talk To Kids About Race

¶ Posted 18 September 2019 § Canada § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language

The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?

9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy. 🙂

¶ Posted 11 September 2019 § Censorship § Internet § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, holiday, science, unitedstates

Flipping Through The History Books: Regina Public Library Celebrates 110 Years

One hundred and ten seems like a bit of an unusual anniversary to commemorate but anyhow, the Leader Post does have a great article about RPL and how it’s changed over the years.

¶ Posted 27 August 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

¶ Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Why Do Democrats Keep Snubbing Atheists?

Although less likely to vote as a block like various religious sects, there’s still a huge untapped voter base if someone would directly appeal to atheists/agnostics/secularists/nonbelievers.