GeneralRisk homeostasis, or why big accidents make for bad lawInevitably, in the wake of the very sad death of Natasha Richardson, Quebec is toying with the possibility of a mandatory helmet...
GeneralThe Subject who is truly loyal etc: Galloway to Sue HarperUPDATE: The group bringing Galloway to Ottawa says the show will go on: ********* George Galloway isn’t too pleased with the...
GeneralMistrial by TwitterThe Times has a story today about jurors who are increasingly using the web to do a bit of extracurricular research on the cases...
GeneralBecause Everyone Dies of SomethingToday’s Daily from Statcan contained this gem, under new releases: In short: Cancer rates are rising because things are getting...
GeneralBipartisan he’s not, and that’s a good thingNo cult of consensus here: Obama knows the flip side of ’I won’ is ’hold me accountable’
GeneralHaiti Fact of the DayI knew Haiti was in bad shape, but this still surprised me: Here’s a story from last year about Haitians eating mud cookies.
GeneralOn re-announcementsToday, John Baird dragged the media out to Ottawa’s train station to boast about the $500k they had spent fixing up the bathrooms...
GeneralThe Present was Written in the PastThere is a lot of stuff being written about the decline of the news business right now. Most of it is very unoriginal, repeating...