Here’s a move that just doesn’t make sense: Conservative Surrey-area MP, Nina Grewal, wants Parliament to raise the moral — though not legal — sexual consent age to 16 from 14. The move could be popular with minority immigrant populations who tend to bring religious-based, socially conservative views — by Canadian standards — with them. [...]

Apparently, soldiers from the Radio Shack regiment aren’t gone! Wired contributor Keith Axline chronicles his quest for the homemade iPod: …Not only was it sans logo, but it just looked cool. Nothing gives the finger to mass production like duct tape. I had built a guitar amp a couple summers ago and figured I could [...]

It’s about time I read a less-than-rhetorical (in that bad sense of the word) story about MMP, SMP and PR voting systems. Jeffrey Simpson’s take on what Canada can learn from Germany and New Zealand is timely and seeks to propmt dialogue: MMP is certainly representative. PR systems, such as Germany’s and New Zealand’s, match [...]

It’s common doctrine that blogging is an evolving process… But sometimes, it’s nice to see someone kick it old school (for the internet, that’s about three seconds ago). True to form, one my best mates in Kelowna is blogging — for the first time, too — his next 10 days off from work (http://10daysofnothing.blogspot.com). It’s [...]