So it’s not a secret that a big part of the booming Saskatchewan economy is due to our massive non-renewable sector – potash and oil mainly but also natural gas and other similar resources at the expense of developing the renewable industry in any meaningful fashion. When we say “renewables”, most people think of things […]
Chris Turner, author of the Hammy winning book, “The Leap”, has an outstanding article in the latest issue of The Walrus about the unique relationship between Canada and Cuba which captures, way better than I ever could, much of the mixed emotions you feel as a wealthy Canadian tourist in Cuba – are you helping […]
A timely (ha!) article about Daylight Savings Time. Saskatchewan doesn’t have it although it’s a constant topic of discussion on coffee row and elsewhere across the province. Premier Wall even promised to take it to the voters in our most recent election so we could choose. But he apparently realized it wasn’t politically savvy to […]
This still isn’t my ever-percolating rant about e-books and libraries but I wanted to show how the bar has been raised by this awesome post which includes the great passage: And if you thought about it for more than five seconds, you’d understand what the real purpose of the library should be. And it ain’t […]
If you’re like me, you probably woke up yesterday to find your Facebook, Twitter and other social feeds flooded with links to a video called “Kony 2012“. Most people posting it didn’t have much more info than that so I didn’t watch it right away – partly because its length (half an hour) and partly […]
No, not the seven-second delay when the documentary picture winner said “fuck” – that’s nothing. Yesterday, I wrote about censorship from a more broad perspective than the usual FTRW topics of censorship of books (and DVD’s and graphic novels and so on.) Today, I’d like to continue talking about bigger picture (er, no pun intended) […]
Censorship doesn’t just happen with books and videos, it happens in a variety of ways when people in positions of power and authority attempt to control, influence and manipulate your behaviour. Perhaps the most insidious way that they do this is when powerful people attempt to eliminate our fundamental democratic rights. Right now, a major […]
Well-known atheist, Sam Harris, recently posted “The Fireplace Delusion” as an analogy to help atheists understand how theists see the world (and especially how they feel when their beliefs are criticized). The point he makes is that a wood fire – in a home hearth or around a campfire – with its strong associations of […]
The idea behind this site is pretty good but I think it’d work better if it was opened up so anyone could contribute so the person running it would have lots of content. For example, you can check out the ThingsMyKidSaid sub-reddit for lots of great submissions. At this point, I should probably add something […]
