The other week – as virtually everybody is now aware – Obama gave his much celebrated speech on the racial stalemate in America. Here in Canada we have a stalemate as well. It is discussed less frequently (if at all) then the American stalemate Obama spoke of, and it does not fall along clearly delineated [...]
Entries from March 2008
Canada’s racial stalemate
Clinton can’t have it both ways on democracy and delegates
So Hillary Clinton has spent the last 3 months talking about how Michigan and Florida should be seated because”their votes should count.” It is important that these states, and their voters, be represented at the convention in Denver. Now she’s arguing that pledged delegates – those delegates that were allocated by the outcomes of the [...]
Hargrove vs. Layton
According to National Newswatch Buzz Hargrove is ruminating running as a Liberal against Jack Layton. It is no secret that Hargrove and Layton dislike each other. Indeed, the NDP even revoked Hargrove’s membership during the last electoin after he suggested NDP voters vote strategically (e.g. for Liberals) in some ridings to prevent the Conservatives from [...]
the battle against technology is ageless…
If you think getting your boss (or government IT department) to lift that ban on instant messaging or facebook is hard, think of the hard battles your great, great, great, great, great grandfather had to fight with his Lord or local Chaplain over replacing that outdated scroll with the “book”! Check it out. It’s only [...]
change congress
Creative commons founder and personal hero, Lawrence Lessig, has founded Change Congress, his first step in what he plans to make a 10 year mission to improve the state of American democracy. It true Lessig fashion the goal is big and the plan is simple. He’s focusing on four changes: No money from lobbyists or [...]
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