The Risks of Hiring Women Instead of Men
Hiring women is risky, so it goes. Generally, they aren’t as reliable as men. They get pregnant and suck your benefits plan dry, then you need to train someone to fill in for them for 12 months, then displace that worker. Then when their kids get sick they often take days off claiming to be [...]
Time to get off our fat asses, folks.
I know this will scare people, but it’s time to talk about the truth that Al Gore is only softly, not-too-inconveniently peddling. Peak oil along with global warming and their combined consequences mean radical changes to our alleged birthright. And I’m quite relieved to hear Kunstler talking about these things; I’ve been discussing many of [...]
The Myth of Media Objectivity
Kevin Potvin’s piece yesterday in The Vancouver Courier [see below] is a welcome summary of the annoyance and offensiveness of The Province newspaper in particular and corporate media in general as they perpetuate the myth of their objectivity. It is offensive to our democracy that is supposed to be enhanced by a “free” press for [...]
Women: Staying Unequal to Preserve Marital Peace…by Jen Keefe
This is in response to Lidia Lovric who writes for the province. The article I’m responding to [see below] showed up in today’s paper. Having read Lidia Lovric’s previous neo-conservative anti-feminist articles, it is clear that the implication of her most recent article, “A woman president is OK, but is the White House Ready for [...]
Lungs…by Knepomuk
Mt. Baker is a large volcano in Washington State that looms over the eastern horizon of Vancouver BC. Yesterday I took advantage of a clear day and set out to see if I could photograph the sun rising from directly behind it. I went to the parking lot atop Queen Elizabeth Park and waited in [...]
Canadians: Far More Than Global Warming Victims
“A much anticipated and some say definitive report on global warming is due to come out of Paris tomorrow. What could this mean for our country, our province, our future?” This is what I heard tonight, February 1, 2007, on CTV promoting the 600pm news on February 2nd. They are refering to the UN’s release [...]
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