GOP Jukebox
With Rick Santorum out, the Mitt Romney nomination is even more of a done deal. It seems to me that Romeny has left everyone feeling a little underwhelmed, so… Yes. This was just an excuse to post the video. I… Continue Reading
Culture
New Lungs!
Friday brought great news. Hélène Campbell (whom I wrote about in January) received a double lung transplant. She had been waiting for such a transplant for months and, recently, it had been reported that before the surgery, her lungs were functioning… Continue Reading
Worlds collide
Stumbling through the Canadian blogosphere today, I found this post by Maclean’s Jaime Weinman, responding to Rose’s post arguing that Classic TV is Bad TV. A trailer: The TV drama era that started with Twin Peaks and culminated in The… Continue Reading
Good News: Transgendered Beauty Queen back in Miss Canada competition… maybe.
Following up on Murali’s post from last week, Jenna Talackova is (potentially) back in the Miss Canada competition: Beauty queen Jenna Talackova, who was kicked out the Miss Universe Canada competition last month, will be allowed to compete after all,… Continue Reading
William Sampson, RIP
I was sad to read today of the death of William Sampson, a dual Canadian-British citizen who, from December 2000 to August 2003, was held in a Saudi prison for a crime he did not commit (and a crime for… Continue Reading
Every man a feminist
Such is the vision of David Moscrop: If true equality is to be achieved between men and women, men are going to have to enlist as feminists. This begins with men realizing that being a “man” is complicated, variable, and… Continue Reading
Doctors vs. Fatties
The other day, Russell launched a discussion about whether or not doctors should shame fat people (well, no, that wasn’t quite the discussion, but whatever). Today at Maclean’s, Jessica Allen argues in favour of more shaming (well, not exactly, but… Continue Reading
Before you represent, you gotta stop to pay the rent
Want to hear something outrageous? In order to get a liquor license, a Montreal bar had to promise not to book any Hip Hop acts. According to the bar, the licensing regulator required that they sign such an agreement, at… Continue Reading
Prime Minister Don Draper
Here’s a new ad by the National Citizens Coalition aimed at the Conservative governments spending: Hat tip: Stephen Taylor (who works for the NCC and runs the aggregator Blogging Tories).
Research vs. teaching in higher education
I know we have a few academic-types around the League, so I thought I’d share this post by Frances Woolley, an Economics professor at Carleton University (Go Ravens!). In it, she asks, “why is research higher status than teaching?” But… Continue Reading