Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor of Human Rights Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University: A true leader expands the boundaries of possibility. Pierre Trudeau did not give us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms we were clamouring for. He gave us the Charter we never thought was possible. If leadership is the heart of …
Category Archives: politics
priorities
From a Salon interview with Richard Florida: Once I heard a former high-ranking member of the Bush administration on economic policy, when asked about immigration and national security, say, “If it comes down to a question of national security and economic growth, we will always choose in favor of national security. I don’t care if …
George Bush’s iPod
The BBC checked out what was on George Bush’s iPod and invited readers to suggest songs for him. Among the picks: I’m a Loser, by Beck Criminal, by Eminem Lawyers, Guns and Money, by Warren Zevon I Want It All, by Queen
a picture is worth a thousand words
nobody’s sure what to do about this “shitty” situation: Legal experts say there is no law against using feces as a flag stand and the federal legal experts say there is no law against using feces as a flag stand and the federal constitution is vague on the issue.
My body in Persistent Vegetative State…
FOR SALE/BARTER: My body in Persistent Vegetative State… Dear loved-ones, I make the following statement in a sound state of mind and of my own volition: If I am rendered comatose and determined to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for a period longer than one month and if no imminent cure is forthcoming, …
culture of life
clean cars on the way?
Salon notes how the automakers have backed themselves in to a corner: With this agreement, the automakers unilaterally disarm from their long-standing position that they cannot make clean cars. In fact, they have sued to overturn the California Clean Car Law which is the basis for Canada’s action. The auto companies are now in the …
WIPO
fake news
no, not the daily show. the times has picked up on the bush administration’s practice of making fake news reports with fake reporters and passing them off as real: To a viewer, each report looked like any other 90-second segment on the local news. In fact, the federal government produced all three. The report from …
the drugs i need
CU has a great send-up of drug company ads.