Media Highlights

Finally... a politician understands the potential of railways

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/mp-sees-canadas-future-riding-on-the-rails/article1788219/

Legals System and families..

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/legal-system-slammed-for-failing-families/article1711216/

Digital media and "Down Time"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/technology/25brain.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

Liberal Arts...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/opinion/08brooks.html?src=me&ref=homepage

The Wired Generation

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html

Real Food?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/dining/02vendors.html?src=me&ref=homepage

Finally someone is paying attention to the limitations  private "career colleges" .

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/career-college-students-crushing-debt-costs-taxpayers-millions/article1555629/

More insanity - how long will it take our governments to put children's health ahead of Drug Company profits?

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/30/con-kids-cold-meds.html

Duh...

Interesting story about Faulkner's sources...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/books/11faulkner.html?em

Speed kills...

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/02/driving-life-expectancy.html

Heather Mallick on Privacy..

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/21/f-vp-mallick.html

Interesting.  Why does this story get national attention?  Main page CBC site. We all know doxens of stories about landlords abusing the system.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/12/condo-eviction.html

One of th best decade summaries..

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/01/04/f-rfa-champ.html

How to jog our aging brains...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html?em

And another sure sign that the world is going stright to hell...Cancer fighting drugs in junk food? Eating poison becomes OK with a built in antidote.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourbeststuff/2009/12/your_comments_junkfood_mortgag.html

Marketing violence to children...

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/12/04/consumer-violent-childrens-entertainment.html

On the economy, etc....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20herbert.html?_r=1&em

Getting real about recycling...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20trash.html?em

Nice thoughtful editorial...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/opinion/29brooks.html?_r=1&hpw

Are women less happy today? I don't know what to make of this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/20dowd.html?em

Nice thoughts on medea etc...

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/my-luddite-summer/

Another great idea from the folks that brought you Private For-Profit Prisons. Private tax collection!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/business/18taxes.html?_r=1&hp

We knew it would come to this. Reality shows know no boundaries!

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/11/brazil-tv-show-killings-081109.html

Another surprise! Chemicals applied to your skin might not be good for you!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/07/f-deet.html

Some interesting facts about corporal punishment in US schools...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/education/11punish.html?_r=1&hp

One tactic to help stop overfishing...

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/08/07/f-seafood.html

Surprise, surpirise,  the drug companies have been less than honest..

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/health/research/05ghost.html?_r=1&hp

The truth about incentives for car buyers...

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/08/04/hybrid-study.html

And here it is... the secret of happiness.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/29/f-happiness-harvard-study-vaillant.html

Why cheap goods aren't always the best buy.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/07/30/f-cheap-ruppel-shell.html

Why personal lifestyle changes aren't enough to save the environment.

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4801

Now this is different.  An interesting way to "do" history?

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/time-wastes-too-fast/?em

This is where our road-building and obsession with speed is taking us...

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/26/tractor-trailer.html

Cash For Clunkers - A bad idea.

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/06/25/f-don-pittis-cash-for-clunkers-economic-stimulus.html

Can't wait for "Take Your Guns to Church Day"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26guns.html?em

A good idea for speed control..

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/06/07/ns-pace-car.html

More breaking news - something Galbraith figured out and explained to us half a century ago...lower taxes mean lowewr services!!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/14/tax-study.html

Wow! Who Knew? I just have to quote from this one...

"Choose water over sugary drinks to reduce child obesity, say researchers"

Replacing sugary drinks with water could reduce the risk of child obesity, say researchers who counted how many calories children and teenagers down from sugary drinks.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/06/drinks-sugary.html

More about Factory Farming / Hogs and Health

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/opinion/12kristof.html?_r=1

And Part 2...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15kristof.html?em

Hippies' revenge as hardscrabble Hardwick goes organic

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/09/f-hardwick-hippies.html

Off the Grid

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/amid-hard-times-a-view-from-off-the-grid/?hp

New Category ... How Stupid Are We?

Who knew we were overfishing???/

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/05/tech-fish-code.html

Who should pay for risky anti-social behavior?

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/04/cgy-twins-60yearold-mother.html

Good analysis of the Canadian budget.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/01/30/f-vp-mallick.html

A bit of rare common sense about teenagers....

http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/at-a-journalism-conference-a-c/

And about our obsession with sanitizing everything..

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27brod.html?_r=1&em

The demise of the liberal arts education?

http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/the-last-professor/

It had to be said....

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/29/f-vp-smol.html

New and not-so-new ideas about transportation...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16goodman.html

Guess what? Therapy, and even exercise, might help arthritic knees more than surgery. But it would be less fun.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/09/10/knee-surgery.html

Now why would freshwater fish species be at risk....

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/10/fish-vulnerable.html

More info about plastics and the environment...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_mallick/20080421.html

Someone in the mainstream media has finally realized that going green can have economic benefits...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/goinggreen/greenrush.html

Did you ever think that there was more to the story of the Nuclear Reactor shutdown episode than met the eye?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14dumb.html?em&ex=1203397200&en=38525b1af4915364&ei=5087%0A

Why am I not surprised by the fact that "diet" foods can be counterproductive?

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/02/11/lowcalorie-study.html

The New  York Times cites a Manitoba expert in this article explaining the pitfalls of  relying on "Carbon Capture" projects to reduce greenhosue gas emissions. Meanwhile our federal government stumbles boldly ahead while the oil industry smirks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/weekinreview/03revk.html

I like this analysis of the U.S. Promary Race

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/opinion/01krugman.html?em&ex=1202101200&en=1bdf8dd58b46a229&ei=5087%0A

More evidence that Manitoba's promotion of ethanol is counter-productive. It's another way of pretending to act on the environment.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/reportsfromabroad/common/20080125.html

More evidence that governments need to lead (by that I mean regulate and mandate) on the issue of energy efficiency etc.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/environment/green-tech.html

More reasons why nuclear energy won't save us. It apparently uses a lot of water and supplies are low in some areas already.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Drought-Nuclear-Power.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

It appears that, when it comes right down to choices, neither consumers nor governments really care too much about the environment.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/01/22/statscan-driving.html

Is Nuclear Energy a solution to Global Warming?  Maybe not:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/opinion/16wed1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

How about some good news?  Manitoba should be paying attention to B.C.'s plan to improve public transportation.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080114.wbctransit0114/BNStory/National/home

In Manitoba our government is again trying to up the speed limit on a few highways. This is such a bad move, from both an environmental and safety standpoint that it renders me almost speechless...I did say almost!  But the Canada Safety Council says it better than I could.

http://www.safety-council.org/info/traffic/speed.html

Good quote:

"We in the West want to impress the neighbours but we're cheapskates. We shop at Wal-Mart and Costco, but we buy tank-sized trucks for city driving..."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_mallick/20080114.html

We've hear stories from time to time about post-traumatic stress syndrome, and violence-prone former soldiers. The New York Times has gathered some comprehensive data and its is alarming. As Bob Dylan once said, "Who gonna take away his license to kill?" [1]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/us/13vets.html?hp

Its hard to believe that many people, inluding most of our elected represenatives, do not seem to understand the impications cost of rampant drug advertsing on both our health and our  health care system.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/01/03/drugs.html

This explains why gadgets are so annoying...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/science/18tier.html

Another example in a long list. We  just keep messing with nature, then ignoring the potential harm until its a crisis

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/12/13/tech-salmonfarm-lice.html

Actually a Highlight here - about the  Latimer parole - made me think. I'm no fan of Latimer but Karla Homolka served just 12 years.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_mallick/20071210.html

We'll likely spend a few years debating what should be no brainer...drive-thru convenience is pouring tons pollutants into our air.  This is a good example of how  we can cut pollutants without a real cost to the economy. The fact that we haven't already done it shows how we haven't even begun to get serious about controlling emissions.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/10/timhortons-drivethru.html