Monthly Archives: January 2007

Blogosphere: The New Political Arena

This is a new book out by Calgary professor Dr. Michael Keren. From the Press Release: The lonely people are blogging, an activity marked by a deep sense of melancholy and social withdrawal. “Bloggers think of themselves as rebels against … Continue reading

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Reconstructionist war – Vision Forum

Some of the home schooling crowd in the US, loosely based around Vision Forum is in an uproar with accusations, threats and hacks on their blogs. Vision Forum is a reconstructionist site run by Doug Phillips, the son of Howard Phillips … Continue reading

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Brian Bailey’s The Blogging Church

This is a book that was bound to happen. The Blogging Church, written by Brian Bailey has just come out. It appears to be targeted to a professional church audience, for church leadership who may not necessarily use the internet, and who might … Continue reading

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The Archbishop of Canterbury does YouTube

I confess. When I first read this I burst out laughing, which is definitely not the response the Church of England is looking for with its Fresh Perspectives Initiative. The video-sharing website most used for pop promotions, film trailers and personal … Continue reading

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Blogging the Pickton trial

Interesting piece in The Ottawa Citizen today on the ability of a judge to enforce what is called a ban on publication. This article looks at Canadian bloggers writing about the trial of Robert William Pickton in British Columbia. While traditional … Continue reading

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Conservative Party of Canada Ad Campaign

If you are looking for the ads The Conservative Party of Canada plans to run across Canada, the party has it’s own YouTube page, with the ads up. via: Political Staples If you’d like to know about ads The Liberal Party … Continue reading

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Google and New Zealand CYFS watchblog

Google is now involved in the case of a name and shame blog in New Zealand. Google spokeswoman Victoria Grand said the company was “working with the Ministry of Social Development as well as the blogger to reach a speedy … Continue reading

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Thank you Canada – Mahar Arar

Stephen Harper: Today Canada apologizes to the Arar family Today Canada accepts the 23 recommendations of the O’Connor inquiry and will implement them Today Canada has insured Mr. Mahar Arar is not on any Canadian watch lists Today Canada compensated … Continue reading

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