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Monthly Archives: November 2009

The OSPCA vs. The THS

Yesterday afternoon, after a multi-month investigation following a report in The Globe and Mail, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals decided to lay charges, both provincial under the OSPCA Act and federally under the CCC, against senior staff and the board of directors of the Toronto Humane Society. It has been [...]

A Movie Review

Due to a string of unfortunate events, it was no longer possible to watch “Twilight” as we had originally planned on Friday evening; Friday nights being “Falafel Friday,” which is usually sustained with sub-par cultural offerings such as “Dollhouse” or, worse, “Numbers.” Occasionally we watch one of those “newsmagazines” wherein a potentially dreadful crime is [...]

A Myth About Foucault

My apologies for writing such a boring post after such a long period of absence. In the past few years, I was unfortunately too eager to get involved boundary skirmishes, but this has, for the most part, disappeared. I hate to say that I find myself pondering yet another boundary skirmish, yet again over the [...]