The Nukes Are Coming? (Part I) June 15, 2009

So, Saskatchewan is in kind of a pickle, at least as I can see it. Our provincial government has preemptively decided that we *need* more power and that the best solution to these electrical woes is nuclear energy. Rather than opening this question up to public debate (or even consulting with qualified, impartial experts), they [...]

CBC Under Attack March 27, 2009

Well, the enterprising mavericks in Harper’s government have done it again. This time, they’ve decided to propose massive cuts to the CBC (both radio and television), while simultaneously providing bailout packages to cable networks (like CTV and Global). Intriguingly, the CBC (unlike these privately owned companies) didn’t request free government money, they only asked for [...]

Science, schmience… March 20, 2009

Howdy all. I’m sick. Though I have work to do, I’m secretly planning to go home and sleep all afternoon. Blah.
That being said, I needed to pop online briefly to comment on the following stories concerning Gary Goodyear, the MP in charge of the Canadian government’s science and technology agenda:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090318.wgoodyear0318/BNStory/politics/home
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/tech-090318-gary-goodyear-evolution-scientists.html?ref=rss.

The issue is this: Goodyear, [...]

Water… January 4, 2009

I watched a couple of good documentaries on Friday night: Flow: For Love of Water (about the looming water shortage) and I.O.U.S.A. (about the looming American debt crisis). The latter was funnier, better produced and, on the whole, more entertaining, but it was Flow that really upset me. A lot of it wasn’t new to [...]

Epoche for the Win! December 3, 2008

Shocking as it seems, the semester is already over… One one hand, the time has totally flown by… It seems like yesterday that I was overcoming my jitters and walking into the classroom for the first time. On the other, I *have* done a lot of work during this period (preparing and delivering 60+ lectures, [...]

Homeopathy: A Bunch of Crap November 21, 2008

I had a bit of an argument with my mom when I was home for Thanksgiving, wherein we mixed it up about the “science” of homeopathy and its relative merits. The issue arose because I mentioned that I’d have a hard time meeting one of my brother’s friends (who is a naturopath) without getting into [...]

American vs. Canadian Elections: Grudge Match 2008 November 18, 2008

My goodness!
I really haven’t sat down to do many blog posts since the US election… Where does the time go?
What is there to say? Much to the delight of virtually all Canadians (at least based on my limited sampling of forum posts, websites, street signs and t-shirts), Barack Obama, the charismatic, young, black senator, [...]

The Theistic Assumptions of Convocation October 26, 2008

I attended my convocation yesterday, in order to walk across the stage and collect my M.A. degree (one liminal graduand among many, black robes absorbing heat under the potent stagelights)…
It seemed like a bit of a waste of time, though as a sometime Confucian I suppose I should attempt to see the utility of such [...]