The darlings of those with inherited wealth and shares in big tobacco have done it again. The Fraser Institute has out done its call for a flat income tax - an idea raised in the late 1800s when children were chained to industrial machinery and consistently rejected by even the most hardened and …

Finally... my first conspiracy theory post.  •  This morning, listening to NPR on WRVO out of Oswego, New York, I heard an interview on the Diane Rehm Show of an author who has written about a city destroyed by a massive explosion in Texas in 1947:  •  “In his book City on Fire (HarperCollins …

Fellow glider, Mike in Halifax, has paid homage to our hero here at HQ, Brent. Mike kindly points to my tracking of his playlist on CBC Ottawa's All in a Day (to your right, my left) and goes on to praise Brent's days on the overnight show Brave New Waves. I also learned a lot about music from him …

All his kids recovering from the blackout of 2003 blackouts.  Only grandkids 1500 km to his west.  Behind my mother's voice on the phone, Dad can be heard shouting out his only real concern: "Who are they playing?"  •  Stenhousemuir, as it turns out, where they, the mighty Greenock Morton, won 2-0 …

As David Swick points out in today's Halifax Daily News [the column], Nova Scotia is facing a squeeker of an election in a few days. After living in PEI - where the NDP is a factor only in keeping the Tories in power by splitting the center-left, a sad fact due to the Province's failure to …

Due to reasonable limitations on my ability to download new applications at work, I have to rely on my Windows Media Player for my workday drone. This rules out BBC Five Live which had been my aural diet for some time and most other BBC stations. It also rules out CBC so I can't listen to Maritime …

Based on my new found status as a researcher [and care of the Flea] who other than me has brain cells dedicated to the retention of the music from these great Canadian works of art?  •  Rocket Robin Hood;  •  The Hulk; and  •  The Mighty Hercules.  •  Oddly that guys site does not have reference …

I just listened to a representative of the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada debate same sex marraiges on the CBC morning show The Current. It was very nice to hear the gloves come off. The RC rep was particularly jump-all-over-ish.  •  Best line from the United rep to the RC …

In my continual series of confessionals, I have to admit I watched an entire CFL game last night. After years of training us to watch Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC has realized that Saturday night in the summer can be a sports night, too. About time.  •  The game was at the recently expanded …