Saturday, August 29, 2015

Canada to phase out fossil fuel subsidies?

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I seem to be fixating on the upcoming Canadian election at the moment. I don't mean to do so, although it is a particularly important on...
Friday, August 28, 2015

More perspective on Stephen Harper's economic performance - without the spin

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This week's Report On Business, the business magazine of the Globe and Mail, contains an important extended article called "The Gre...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

A tool for strategic voting in the Canadian elections

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The Canadian federal election is 53 days away as I type, a seemingly interminable period of attack ads, eye-scratching and back-stabbing, du...
Monday, August 24, 2015

So why aren't lower oil prices being reflected in lower gas prices?

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I have finally found a good explanation for why gas prices have not been reflecting the bargain basement price of crude oil in recent month...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Convenient letter editing or censorship?

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Over the years, I have had several letters published in the Globe and Mail , Canada's newspaper of record. But I am continually surprise...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

American attitudes to climate change

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I was looking recently at a CNN quiz about American attitudes to climate change . It's not my intention to brag about my score, but rath...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

The meaning of life (for atheists)

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I recently came across an article called "I Asked Atheists How They Find Meaning In A Purposeless Universe" . Now, lest it be thou...
Sunday, August 09, 2015

The difference between black make-up and blackface

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I'm probably tempting fate and courting disaster here by even thinking about blogging on this subject, but, hey, so few people actually ...