Children of the Tsunami

This is a poignant and remarkable documentary. Such charming and beautiful children who will make you want to hug the children in your life and keep them safe. 

Plants can talk to each other - Australian Geographic

Plants can talk to each other - Australian Geographic

What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? | Mother Jones

What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? | Mother Jones

Fascinating history of Detroit.

Andrew Coyne: Canada's stealth prime minister

Andrew Coyne: Canada's stealth prime minister

Even the government's most ambitious plans, such as the simultaneous negotiation of free trade treaties with virtually every major trade bloc in the world, or its top-to-bottom reform of immigration policy, are presented as faits accompli, unveiled in rapid succession without much opportunity for consultation - or for op-position to form.

It may be a majority, in other words, but it's still playing the minority game: only it is no longer the opposition parties it is attempting to outfox, but the public. 

Time was when a government that wished to implement some major reform would first issue a green paper, to kick off discussion; then a white paper, containing more finely tuned proposals; and only then proceed to legislation. But this government has no wish to win hearts and minds. The Harper government's strategy, rather, is to take ground in a series of lightning-fast guerrilla raids; to neutralize opposition, as by the defunding of advocacy groups, rather than to rally public opinion to its side.