With a federal election coming up sometime soon and the Conservative leadership convention a few weeks away, most Canadians don’t follow coverage too closely, we’re busy and disallusioned.
If you are tired of negative ads, and the usual columns, here are some pundit bloggers that might capture your interest. Being blogs their readable style may help [...]

The irony is inescapable. Some so love the Prince of Peace as the embodiment of compassion and gentleness they’ll try to hurt as much as they can anyone who says anything with which they disagree. Candour. I’ve had to hold on to Jesus more than ever before, because some of His followers have hurt me [...]

Hamilton is a union town, and down and dirty, dramatic, divisive street fighting style politics play well.
More payback time in the Liberal party?
Tony Valeri, current Minister of Transportation, defeated Sheila Copps for the liberal riding nomination of Hamilton East.
Over 5 thousand votes were cast.
And even before the winner was announced there were allegations of irregularities [...]

Busy day, just got in the door.
I haven’t even checked the news, which for a news junkie, says volumes.
It’s nice to log on, skip past all the spam and see a chuckle from a blog friend.
via Rev. Mike

I have great respect for creative people that come up with an idea, self-start, and work with a company for the benefit of the consumer or fan.
However, the further up you go in a company, the less in touch they often are.
NZ Idol blog is a classic example of what happens when a short sighted [...]

When you get snow, then rain, then a thaw, you wind up shovelling water.
I’m too beat to blog.
More snow and rain on the way.
This is what today felt like.

Language is a tool that can help us feel or indicate we belong to a group.
And one of the worst groups for inclusive language are churched people.
I don’t know if anyone has come up with a modern dictionary of religious language, but they could.
What I try to do here at this blog is break down [...]

The Asia Times looks at the deep fractional problems in Iraq.
Yes, an interm constitution has been drawn up.
But internal violence continues, and as the article states, it can’t be blamed on external ‘terrorists.’
In spite of strong security Shia Muslims were targeted in co-ordinated bombings in Karbala and Baghdad. As I write this, the death toll [...]