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Dear MoveOn member, Urge Cooper to oppose the Senate Health Care…
A Disgruntled Republican | December 19th 2009 by Rod Williams
To my progressive friends and especially to my siblings,I know that politically we don't agree on much of anything and so you may be surprised that I am forwarding to you an email I received from MoveOn. I bet you are also surprised to find that I am read more
Project Love
Kindercaring: Empowering young children in early years envir… | December 19th 2009
Looking for an inexpensive, fun, easy, curriculum-friendly way to engage your students in global issues?CODE’s Project Love has been inspiring children across Canada for more than 20 years to think globally, act locally and make a difference.Throug read more
What I Don't Want for Christmas
Abigail and Dolley | December 19th 2009 by Abigail Adams
I don't want Cap and Trade, Healthcare Take over, Global Government, Increased Regulation, Increased Taxes, More Unions, Social Justice, Disregard of the Constitution, Political Correctness Gone Wild, Arrogant Government Officials who do not listen t read more
Fugitive “Nose Doctor” Found…. Faces Health Care Fraud Char…
LawInfo - Legal Blog | December 18th 2009
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. As reported in the media, Dr. Mark Weinberger, an ear, nose and throat doctor, has been a fugitive for the past few years running from charges of health care fraud and medical malpractice lawsuits. As I started loo read more
WEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010 – ICEW – PUDUCHERRY
Higher Education in India & Admission News | December 18th 2009 by Chalo Campus
International Conference on Women Education For Empowerment 2010 – Immaculate College of Education for Women – Puducherry Introduction: It is an established fact that Women’s role in the development of countries is being increasingl read more
Lack Of Diversity In Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Revealed By U-M St…
Zamp Bionews | December 18th 2009 by Zamp
The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according to a University of Mic read more
Alternative Food Research: Farming the Deserts
Greenology Spot | December 18th 2009
Given all of the attention on alternative food right now – from backyard chickens to guerilla gardeners to illegal rooftop beekeeping– I decided to start a series of posts on research examining the sociology and ecology of this movement. Nathan M read more
Social Issues During The Biggest Financial Crisis
Financial Freedom Suport Group | December 17th 2009 by Mohd Anwar
We stand on the threshold of the biggest financial crisis. So much has happened in the past few weeks that I felt it was important to step back and try to get a handle of what happened. At that time, it all seemed so beautiful. More and more people l read more
The Old Neighborhood
Al's Conservative Political Views | December 17th 2009 by Al (republican patriot)
The Old NeighborhoodKevin BryantI open my eyes and see the sun but where I am, I do not know.It looks like the place of my youth but that was long agoThe house I grew up in is just down the roadBut everything is different now that I’m oldYes, this read more
Quebec Announces All-Out Fight Against Homophobia
Straight, Not Narrow | December 17th 2009
From Edge (Boston):The government of Quebec has studied the problem of homophobia for years and is now poised to implement new policies to move beyond "tolerance" and toward "acceptance."Quebec Justice Minister Kathleen Weil was cited in a Dec. 11 Mo read more
I Wrote This In October 2008. . . .
Dissenting Justice | December 17th 2009 by Darren Hutchinson
On October 21, 2008, when Dissenting Justice was still getting started as a blog, I wrote the following essay reprinted below. I am republishing it because it seems highly relevant today. FYI: The article received many hits at the time and remains ve read more
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMPLETE IDIOTS
Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer | December 17th 2009 by Balthazar Oesterhoudt
POLITICAL PARTIES FOR A CHANGING WORLDBy : Dr. D. Medford Kornblatt, Ph. D., Princeton University (Joint Degree in Oral Studies and Comparative Mining Technique); Founder, Brotherhood American Nincompoops for Social Justice and Equal Intelligence (1 read more
New Asian American blogs
Asian American Giving: the Asian American philanthropy journ… | December 17th 2009 by Dien S Yuen
Asian American Health Blog. This blog was created by a group of diverse students in the public health, public policy, non-profit and community organizing sectors to share their personal experiences and perspectives on Asian American health issues. read more
Christmas weddings
The Mex Files | December 17th 2009
With only token opposition, three separate committees (Human Rights, Justice Administration and Gender Equality) have passed a bill in the Federal District Legislative Assembly to change the wording of the present marriage act from “male and fe read more
A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls Lanier
APOOO | December 17th 2009 by Yasmin Coleman
I read several of the Little Rock Nine memoirs in the past, but the most recent on the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by Carlotta Walls Lanier, A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High Schoo read more
Canadian Judge Deserves Praise for Speaking the Truth about the F…
Reeferlogic - Admit it, the drug war is a failure | December 16th 2009 by drug_against_war
Justice Elliott Allen, from Brampton Ontario, decided to follow his brain instead of precedents when sentencing an indoor cannabis grower. He chose to give him a conditional sentence with house arrest instead of jail time. Jail time is what i read more
Dickens reminds us what Christmas is really about; and it's not w…
Thoughts on Democracy, Freedom, and Justice | December 16th 2009 by Matt Wion
[What follows was originially posted last year]Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is rightly heralded as a classic that expresses the true meaning of Christmas. But not often for the right reasons.Most film versions of the classic are overly sentimen read more
How cohabitation is a sin against social justice
love undefiled | December 16th 2009 by Robert
Jennifer Roback Morse argues about how cohabitation is a sin against social justice. She states:From British child-abuse registries, we learn that a child living with his or her mother and a live-in boyfriend is 33 times more likely to be abused read more
Positively Positive
Stratejoy: Fresh Strategies for Real Joy | December 16th 2009
Barbara Ehrenreich has been making the rounds in support of her new book, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. In it, Ms.Ehrenreich blames positivity for everything from the decline in social justice read more
Justseeds Artists Cooperative Mary Tremonte Art Sale: Thursday De…
Pittsburgh Art Galleries Blog | December 16th 2009 by rick byerly
Come deck your halls with radical art! Justseeds Artists Cooperative is having a special one-evening only show and sale of handmade prints at Encyclopedia Destructica Studios, where Justseeds member Mary Tremonte is their current Flying Destructicate read more
“Missing” Lockerbie terrorist found at home
The Chronicles from the Empire | December 16th 2009 by Sten A. Hankewitz
Fears over the whereabouts of Lockerbie terrorist Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi have been put to rest after staff from East Renfrewshire Council were able to contact him today at his home in Tripoli, Sky News reports. Local authority staff had been conc read more
2010 Social Justice Challenge
Lost in Books | December 16th 2009 by Rebecca
This is truly the coolest challenge I have seen since I started blogging. It is so near and dear to my heart that if Natasha, Amy, and Hannah had not already put it together, I would have created my own. These ladies have impressed me and I am very read more
The state of well-being
Matthew Taylor's blog | December 16th 2009 by Matthew Taylor
When social historians they look back on the debates that emerged in the first years of the 21st century they are likely to notice a pronounced trend. This is the emergence of a field that might be labelled psycho-social policy. There are four distin read more
The Cost of Doing Business (Part I)
Telecom Straight Shooter | Telecommunication Industry News | December 16th 2009 by Dave Rusin | Telecommunication Industry Blog
Hello loyal readers. I read something yesterday that ticked me off (once again) and I have decided to apply self-therapy to the matter by sharing my thoughts with you. America has a justice system that, when challenged, responds with endless talk ab read more
Canadian company linked to Indigenous murders in Colombia : Inter…
there is a way jose | December 16th 2009 by Jose Castillo
While Canada’s Parliament weighs in on Bill C-300, and Blackfire Exploration reels over the shut down of their mine in Chiapas, Mexico — another Canadian company, Cosigo Resources, finds itself implicated in a surge of rece read more
How "social justice" is bad for our health
Liberty's Logic | December 16th 2009
Here is a cautionary thought from one of my favorite contemporary thinkers, Thomas Sowell:...the worst that an insurance company can do is refuse to pay for medication or treatment. In some countries with government-run medical systems, the governmen read more
Membumikan Hukum Sebagai Jembatan Keadilan
herdiansyah hamzah | December 15th 2009 by herdiansyah hamzah
Hukum Bagi Si Kaya vs Hukum Bagi Si MiskinPada hakekatnya hukum merupakan penceminan dari jiwa dan pikiran rakyat (volkgeist). Konstitusi dasar Negara kita, secara tegas menyatakan bahwa Negara Indonesia adalah Negara yang berlandaskan hukum (Rechtst read more
Grenade-Shaped Ornaments
Lushlee | December 15th 2009
A decorative design that is not intended to blow up your holiday tree, but instead this grenade-shaped ornament serves to remind us of the less fortunate during this festive period. Designed by Dorothy for Ctrl.Alt.Shift, an experimental initiative read more
Quebec Government Attacks Homophobia
Living French | December 15th 2009 by David
(Canada)- The Quebec Government has promulgated a new provincial policy against homophobia, touted as the first of its kind from a North American jurisdiction. While homosexuality is already effectively fully normalized within Quebec law, the policy, read more
Social media will replace your HR Department
UsableWorld | December 15th 2009 by Kylie
Last week I was chairing a conference about web redesign and social media. Darren Whitelaw from the Victorian Department of Justice is talking on social media with his organisation. His preso is worth a read: It is great to see that social medi read more
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