Over the past weeks and months Bolivians have been protesting against their government. The protests have been intense, but largely peaceful. It has been mainly students, farmers, working people and indigenous people railing against the governments (Audio Podcast Available) Unfortunately, I do see these protests as something of a harbinger of things to come. There …
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Supreme Court rules on Health Care
Today might be a very important day in the history of the Canadian single-payer health care system. (Audio podcast available) The CBC reports, n a 4-3 decision, the panel of seven justices said banning private insurance for a list of services ranging from MRI tests to cataract surgery was unconstitutional under the Quebec Charter of …
Podcasting now available
Hi everyone. I’ve been thinking about it for a little while, and I’ve decided to offer a “Podcast” of this blog. Basically what that means is I will offer an Audio file that you can download and listen to instead of reading this site. That means that if you have an RSS reader that supports …