Archive for the “politics” category
Neat, plausible, and wrong
by Luke Rodgers on May 4, 2011
One of my favourite quotations is from H.L. Mencken:
There is always an easy solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong.
Tom Flanagan amply demonstrates the sort of reasoning at which this barb was aimed in a recent op-ed for The Globe (…)
A valiant stand on science and religion
by Luke Rodgers on April 3, 2011
Eventually, someone, somewhere had to stand up for a politician’s right to ignorance.
I for one applaud Canada’s federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear for refusing to answer reporters questions regarding his belief in evolution. Such conversations are (…)
6 questions for Richard Posner
by Luke Rodgers on March 17, 2010
Interview from March 2010 issue of Haper’s with Richard Posner, judge on U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and law professor at University of Chicago, regarding his apparent 180° turn regarding laissez-faire capitalism. Six Questions for Richard Posner on Capitalism (…)
“Your opinion doesn’t have to be based on facts”
by Luke Rodgers on February 10, 2010
According to a Teabagger
Progress without politics
by Luke Rodgers on November 2, 2009
Are we supposed to think this is a good thing, Bloomberg?
Schwarzenegger uses Facebook
by Luke Rodgers on March 5, 2009
Arnold’s fan base on Facebook unleashes a torrent of <sarcasm>insightful and witty commentary</sarcasm>
The future of journalism
by Luke Rodgers on January 21, 2009
From one of my favourite e-newsletters, J-Source, comes a provocative article by Alan Bass, assistant prof at Thompson Rivers University School of Journalism, that takes journalists themselves to task for failing to preserve the vitality of journalism and for failing (…)
The financial crisis cloud has no silver lining
by Luke Rodgers on January 14, 2009
The New York Times has a decent (though it strangely focuses a bit too muich on her appearance and clothing) article on Naomi Klein. One of the things that caught my attention was her interpretation of the genesis of the (…)
