Photo Memory of the Week
Music of the Week
Posted: 2022 Aug 13
Poetry of the Week
"And so it criticized each flower,
This supercilious seed;
Until it woke one summer hour,
And found itself a weed."
- Mildred Howells, The Different SeedWords of the Week
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
Source: A.A. Milne
Posted: 2022 Aug 13
Tweet of the Week
Ontario provincial police say a truck "fully loaded with chickens" rolled over on the QEW this morning, blocking three westbound lanes. Early reports suggest not one chicken attempted to cross the road.
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) August 9, 2022
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16 August 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Pierre Paul Erdstein, was born in Paris.
In December 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.And there it is. Today's reminder to #justbreathe.
Introducing tonight’s beautiful sunset colours from Cape Bonavista. Awesome show!!
@weathernetwork #ShareYourWeather #NLwx #bonavista #NewfoundlandI'll be honest, I've been waiting for this change my entire life. I worked hard to get myself out of poverty and I will work even harder to get communities out of poverty. Government dependency will never be the answer for Indigenous people. Look at what it's done to us! https://twitter.com/windspeakernews/status/1559249151560384515
"The police have more important stuff to do than hand out tickets. 'hoods need help controlling reckless drivers & we have a ready-made, proven techno'l sol'n that will...pay for itself. Not every problem...has such a clear solution. This one does. What...are we waiting for?"
Toronto drivers are terrible. We should demand robots on every corner — by @mattgurney #topoli https://www.tvo.org/article/toronto-drivers-are-terrible-we-should-demand-robots-on-every-corner
Tag Archives: Public Policy
Caffeine, Anyone?
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Redux: Wildfire
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National Treasure #165: Elizabeth English
Find out why this American architect is a Canadian National Treasure. Continue reading
Just Asking
Our distress around sex-selection abortion indicates that the slogans don’t capture all that we think or feel on this public policy issue. That realization leads to some difficult questions. The week before last, a CBC producer, reporter and stealth … Continue reading
By the Numbers
Looking at Canada’s recent immigration numbers churns up practical questions about how things are going. We can’t be afraid to ask. Growing up in Calgary in the 1960s, I knew what everyone knew: Edmonton was more cosmopolitan. Calgary had … Continue reading
And Justice for All
Wondering what “justice” means in our judicial system, in the context of “justice for the victim’s family.” Angela B. Corey, State Attorney in Florida and special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin shooting case, wants justice for Trayvon and his … Continue reading
A Great Idea
Sharing information and viewpoints on complex public policy issues will almost certainly reduce disagreements; and just as certainly not eliminate them. Being in the desert isn’t all about hiking and birdwatching. Some of it is about being in a … Continue reading
Physics & the Presumption of Innocence
The case was notorious, although it never came to trial. Not that it mattered — the facts alleged by the Crown were so inflammatory and so widely believed that it would have been impossible to find a fair jury. Even … Continue reading
The Worst Approach to Politics
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government … Continue reading