Today in the no-spin zone: Sheila Copps and the burqa-wearing oppressed
By Paul Wells - Monday, July 6, 2009 - 82 Comments
“How genteel we Canadian women are. Just like our burka-loving sisters in Afghanistan, we are expected to carry out our work quietly in the shadows, because that is our place in politics and in life. Heaven forbid we should be noticed, feted or written about.”
— from a column in which Sheila Copps defends a sister whose work was rudely fact-checked
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Do the evolution (III)
By Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 5:48 PM - 28 Comments
Interviewed on the political chat show that’s named after a hockey term, Gary Goodyear has confirmed his belief in evolution. Sort of.
Jane Taber: So you do believe in evolution. You believe in the theory of evolution. Let’s just get this off the table right now.
Gary Goodyear: We are evolving, every year, every decade. That’s a fact. Whether it’s to the intensity of the sun, whether it’s to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement versus anything else, whether it’s running shoes or high heels, of course, we are evolving to our environment. But that’s not relevant. And that’s why I refused to answer the question. The interview was about our science and tech strategy, which is strong…
From a couple offices over, Wells argues that this is positively Lamarckian (see here, here or here).
Full interview with Goodyear here.
