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10 Questions With Dr. Ryan Meili

I recently had the chance to interview Dr. Ryan Meili, author of “A Healthy Society: How A Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy“. After some back and

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“It’s the Old Generation That’s Entitled, Not Students” – The National Post with a spot-on observation about the current Quebec protests How Reddit’s Co-Founded Became the Mayor of

Saturday Snap – Superman & Spider-man Team Up!

If you think “The Avengers” made a lot of money, can you imagine what a cross-company, joint DC-Marvel film with Superman and Spider-man teaming up to battle Dr.

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“Wake Up Moms, You’re Fighting the Wrong Fight” – points out that it’s ridiculous to argue about the recent Time breastfeeding cover and instead, all US moms should

George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1lZMTCqf

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets

Kony 2012 (and some thoughts on Inactive Activism)

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

Niki Ashton’s Saskatchewan Support Could Decide Four-Way Logjam in NDP Leadership Race

While each of the candidates can point to some Saskatchewan backers, the most visibly involved segment of Saskatchewan’s NDP membership has been a group providing support for Niki

Some Thoughts on the Federal NDP Leadership Race

I haven’t written a lot about the federal NDP leadership race although I have been following it fairly closely. With the recent (and unfortunate) withdrawal of Romeo Saganash,

Quora Questions Qaptured

I’ve mentioned Quora a couple times before. It’s a community-based Q&A site built by two ex-Facebook employees that some project will be bigger than Twitter and Wikipedia. The

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