Naomi Klein recently called for a boycott of Israel. Speaking from the village of Bil’in in the West Bank, which she was visiting as part of an ongoing promotional tour for her book The Shock Doctrine, Klein clarified that what she’s calling for is “a boycott of Israeli institutions… a boycott of the Israeli economy.” […]

I promised you big news from the Everyone’s a DJ camp, and now I’m glad to be able to share it. On Sunday, 19 July 2009, we’ll be hosting our first all ages event at Whippersnapper Gallery from 2:30 PM to 9:00 PM. All proceeds will benefit East Metro Youth Services, a community based children’s […]

Spots are now available for the Saturday, 11 July 2009 edition of Everyone’s a DJ, and signing up for a set is now easier than ever. Late last night, I launched an online form that DJs can use to request a set as much as three months in advance. All you have to do is […]

After almost eight months of appeals and recounts, it’s official: Al Franken has won the hotly disputed 2008 Minnesota Senate race, following the concession of Republican opponent Norm Coleman. Coleman’s 215-vote lead on election night prompted a recount, which Franken won. Coleman appealed the decision, but today the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Franken’s […]

In the same issue of Newsweek that I cited in my last post, there’s a review of a recent book by one Denis Dutton called The Art Instinct. It’s a book about creativity and evolution, and it’s one of a number of recent works that tries to define the way we think and behave in […]

A little while back, I posted a look at an open letter from economist Paul Krugman to Barack Obama, which included his ideas on how to fix the American economy. That letter appeared in Rolling Stone in January. Three months later, Krugman declared that “Obama is Wrong” on the cover of Newsweek. I guess the […]

Unless you’ve been out on the Appalachian Trail for the past few days, you already know that Michael Jackson is dead. By now, you’ve probably read the obsessive news coverage, the hacky jokes, the celebrity tributes, the essays about Twitter and the future of journalism, and even the pathetic online feud between Perez Hilton and […]

French president Nicolas Sarkozy made headlines this week by announcing that burkas, the full-body gowns worn by many conservative Muslim women, are a symbol of female subjugation and are not welcome in France. Sarkozy called the burka “a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement,” and argued that France “cannot accept that women be prisoners […]

Peter Singer wrote a book called Animal Liberation in 1975. It has been updated and reissued a number of times since, and it’s widely considered a classic of the animal rights movement. The following excerpt is from the preface to the 1990 edition. It was written about the animal liberation movement, but you can obviously […]

The White Ribbon Campaign has just launched a brand new website at itstartswithyou.ca. Executive Director Todd Minerson explained in recent email that the site is designed to “celebrate, inspire, and mark the important role fathers (and other adult male role models) can play in promoting healthy and gender equitable relationships in our world.” The site […]