Weekly round up: July 4 - 10
10 July 2011Short this week. I was camping Friday to Sunday, so I didn't partake in my normal Saturday morning papers.
Articles
TTC makes `dumbest decision ever,' former head warns from The Globe and Mail
[^A short post and many interesting comments related to this at Steve Munro's transit site.]
Shadowy CIA analyst who hunted Bin Laden for years from The Star
Canadian researchers look to build a better honeybee from National Post
World Water Day 2012: What's for breakfast? from Centre for Water Resources Studies
Federal review of the Nortel patents sale makes no sense from Ottawa Citizen
My Winnipeg exhibit has Paris critics buzzing from National Post
Tweets
In light of the huge, province-wide, taxpayer funded system of Catholic schools, this column is surreal. https://bit.ly/kYnsIu
— Dan Gardner (@dgardner) July 5, 2011
Polling voters on taxes - let alone how to structure them - is a bad way to make important policy decisions. #cdnpoli
— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) July 7, 2011
.@kevinmilligan Also, holding direct votes on unpopular things like taxes doesn't produce good policy decisions.
— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) July 7, 2011
No more astronauts. What do little boys now dream of being when they grow up now? Hedge fund manager? Social-media guru? #sts135
— Andrew Potter (@jandrewpotter) July 8, 2011