The Aperture Foundation Gallery in NY is hosting photographer Jonathan Torgovnik‘s show, Intended Consequences, which includes interviews and photographs of Rwandan children born of rape during the genocide and personal interviews with the mothers. Torgonvnik, contract photographer for Newsweek magazine, and prof at the International Center of Photography School in New York, is also co-founder […] More »
The report about ten days ago that a French submarine and a British submarine carrying nuclear weapons collided, albeit slowly, in the Alantic, is “worrying” to say the least. The two subs are equipped with sonar detection devices, but it was reported that their anti-sonar devices, used to hide the subs, may have been “too […] More »
Since last week’s entry hit the blogosphere, I’ve gotten an overwhelming response from the BLOG THIS faithful. Tons of people have e-mailed and messaged me in the last week to relay stories about someone they know, or someone in the family, who gets income support from the government, but never has enough to live on. […] More »
Call me a hippie, but on days like today, the work of advocates for those with intellectual disabilities like Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche International and the Globe and Mail’s Nationbuilder of 2008 seems too few and far between. The abuse and discrimination of those with intellectual disabilities makes it clear that better understanding and […] More »
It’s about time someone cracked down on the masses of weight-loss orgs trying to take advantage of everyone who’s down on themselves. If you didn’t already have an eating disorder because of the onslaught of fashion ads that greet you everyday in magazines, on TV, and on the billboards in your local town center, the […] More »
In a working paper published last week, Manhattan President Scott M. Stringer and a coalition of food activists called for the city to take further measure to ensure that New Yorkers have a economical, reliable and local food source during the current recession. The Food in the Public Interest report [PDF link] called for the […] More »
Space Dogdeball about to begin after last week’s satellite crash. Wind energy gets its hands dirty. Offshore oil rigs may provide the ideal spot for turbines. Google buys a Finish paper mill and turns it into a data center. A sign of times to come? Darwin turns 200!!! SCIENCE IS FUN! More »
Today is “Food Freedom Day,” February 12th, which marks the day of the year in 2009 on which the average Canadian will have earned enough dough to pay their grocery bill for the year. The day is certainly one of celebration and gratitude for the affordable and safe food that we can access across the […] More »
Click “Play” above to listen to an audio segment from a hearing of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage from earlier this afternoon. It’s committee member Charlie Angus asking the Minister of Canadian Heritage, James Moore, whether he would consider opening CBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 for advertising when the CBC’s licence renewal comes […] More »