Archive for April, 2011

Parliament, heal thyself

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

We despise Parliament’s obstreperous, cynical rancor, its refusal to engage in any discourse more constructive than character assassination, its partisan appeals to the coarser qualities of mind and temperament. And so, ... Read more..

Landscaping the urban mind

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »

A derelict downtown is like a broken back. The brain may dance and jog, dream of handstands and cartwheels, of laughs and grins and high-fives and low humour and cycling and ... Read more..

Welcome to Democracy 2.0

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

The Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market is rightly famous for its earthy wares – everything from artisanal cheeses to hand-woven shopping bags. So, why not a rootsy display of political action? That ... Read more..

Addicted to greed

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

The Bugatti Veyron is the world’s swiftest production vehicle, with a top speed of 400 kph. It’ll set you back a cool $1.7 million, which also makes it the priciest ... Read more..

We are the walrus

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

On Tuesday night, four blindfolded men each touched a different part of a walrus’ body and, from this, proceeded to describe its appearance. Stephen Harper felt the tusk and proclaimed the ... Read more..

On democracy and other cliches

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

The cat’s out of the bag, just as the horses bolt the barn and that box Pandora’s been eyeing swings wide open. All that remains, dear reader, are for the ... Read more..

Election 2011: The unreal world

Monday, April 11th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

We can trace the moment it all started to go so horribly wrong to the inauspicious evening of May 21, 1992, when the American tween entertainment channel, MTV, aired the ... Read more..

Film credit cut as cinema verite

Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

If the provincial Tories are determined to replace the film tax credit with something better, it should at least explain what this is rather than burbling amorphously about new support ... Read more..