Music Monday –“But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s...
A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello
View ArticleToo Many Tabs Tuesday
Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What...
View ArticleGood Morning Vietnam: An “Un-War” War Movie
In my RIP Robin Williams post yesterday, I mentioned that I wrote an essay while a student in England about Williams’ role in “Good Morning Vietnam”. I don’t think I’ve posted any of my undergrad work...
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VPL Strikes Blow For Freedom of Expression!
Vancouver Public Library has recently made news in libraryland with a controversial revised Internet Access Policy that added a restriction specifically addressing patrons viewing “explicit sexual...
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The Falling Man: The Most Famous Image Most People Haven’t Seen
Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed...
View ArticleToday in Piracy (er, Grey Market Copyright Activity)
Pirate Bay taken down by Swiss authorities It will likely be up again very soon in a different form and/or with a different URL SaskTel rumoured to begin sending copyright infringement notices to its...
View ArticleWhy Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library
This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can...
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#JeSuisCharlie (And Some Tangents About Language, The Nature of Offense and...
Trigger Warning: This essay contains ideas you might not agree with. You’ve probably heard about the terrorist criminal attack today in Paris that targeted journalists and cartoonists with a satirical...
View ArticleSome Resonant, Relevant Quotes on Free Speech and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre...
So I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a rather rambling manner the other day. I’m still thinking about what happened a lot – the conflict between unrestrained freedom of speech defenders...
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Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr
When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing...
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