- America’s Last Chance (January 16, 2012)
The United States is rapidly being turned into a police state.
- Boom and Bust... Literally (January 14, 2012)
The richest country in the world is faced with literal “boom”—in the form of exploding sections of electric, gas and steam systems—and “bust”—in the form of collapsing roads and bridges—on a widespread and regular basis.
- 'Upstanding Citizens' Escape Justice in Tory 'In-and-Out' Scandal (November 16, 2011)
The "In-and-Out" Scandal: Case should have proceeded against 'Upstanding citizens'.
This is a story about illegal activities, deceit and lying involving an overzealous group of Canadians who seemed prepared to do just about anything to accomplish their mission – win a federal election.
- Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones (October 30, 2011)
Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area.
- Taking liberties: When elite representatives define 'national security' (October 24, 2011)
Most reporters assigned to the national security beat are not physically embedded within the RCMP and CSIS in the way those covering the occupation of Afghanistan seem to become stenographers for the Canadian military. But they tend to write as if they were, buying the assumptions created and sustained by those who benefit most from them while generally ignoring the fact that these agencies have a historical profile that reads "pathological liar."
- Lies Rob Ford has told (September 15, 2011)
- McGuinty demands Hudak apologize for ‘foreigners’ comments (September 11, 2011)
Dalton McGuinty is demanding Tim Hudak apologize for deriding a Liberal plan to help new Canadian professionals as a perk for “foreign workers” or “foreigners.” ... Vic Gupta, the Tory candidate in Richmond Hill, said his party has nothing to apologize for because the scheme is an “insulting” example of “affirmative action.”
Hudak, however, is not backing away from his choice of words.
“We’ve lost so many jobs. This notion that the Liberals had an idea that to pay $10,000 to a company to hire foreign workers ahead of anyone else . . . well, no matter how you cut it, it is an affirmative action program that is unequal and unfair and I stand against it,” the PC leader said in Hamilton.
- The CIA and the Drones (September 6, 2011)
- America in Decline (August 5, 2011)
- Rights vs. Privileges (July 6, 2011)
We now owe our 'liberties' to the good will of the government, which can withdraw them at any time, rather than to our ability to force the government to respect them.
- A Wikileak on the US and Al-Jazeera (January 31, 2011)
A Wikileaks-released cable from the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar, shows that U.S. officials were angry with Al Jazeera in the wake of Israel’s three-week assault on Gaza, because, alone of news networks the world over, al-Jazeera had actually shown what was happening on the ground to Gazan civilians besieged by an unrelenting Israeli air, artillery, and ground attack.
- Public Disinterest: Information Commons Dismantled (December 14, 2010)
Seventy-five years after the Federal Radio Commission declared there was no room on the public airwaves for “propaganda stations” and denied a license renewal to a station that attacked Jews and law enforcement agencies, the airwaves are filled with both propaganda and venom. Today the airwaves, stripped of commons rules, feed hatred.
- Net freedom 'at stake' on WikiLeaks (December 8, 2010)
Internet service providers are cutting access to the whistleblower site, raising broader concerns about online freedom.
- PayPal admits US pressure over WikiLeaks account freeze (December 8, 2010)
PayPal today admitted it suspended payments to WikiLeaks after an intervention from the US State Department.
- First a Hand on Your Crotch, Next a Boot in Your Face (November 24, 2010)
Since 9/11, we have given up many of our rights and our government has condoned practices like torture, legalized assassination, kidnapping, indefinite detention without access to council or trial – all in the name of keeping us 'safe' and 'free'. We have adopted practices and behaviors that we used to abhor in other nations and regimes. These practices, as demonstrated by the TSA, have nothing to do with keeping us safe or free – quite the opposite.
- TSA's Gestapo Empire (November 24, 2010)
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is a far greater threat to the lives and freedom of Americans than the 'terrorists' it claims to be protecting them from.
- A city that forgets its history is condemned to delete it (November 6, 2010)
John Ralston Saul, author and a self-proclaimed “public intellectual,” has taken it upon himself to rescue Baldwin and LaFontaine from obscurity.
- U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy Wikileaks (March 15, 2010)
This document is a classifed (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. ``The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. government are providing sensitive or classified information to Wikileaks.org cannot be ruled out''. It concocts a plan to fatally marginalize the organization. Since WikiLeaks uses ``trust as a center of gravity by protecting the anonymity and identity of the insiders, leakers or whisteblowers'', the report recommends ``The identification, exposure, termination of employment, criminal prosecution, legal action against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistlblowers could potentially damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others considering similar actions from using the Wikileaks.org Web site''.
- Academics Urge Government Climate Action (December 17, 2009)
More than 500 university faculty members from universities across Canada signed a letter to the Canadian Government calling for immediate drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The letter points out the time frame of reductions is critical.
- What is Distinctive about the Library of Congress In Both its Collections and its Means of Access to Them (November 6, 2009)
The Library cannot solve its space problems by adoption of a “digital strategy”
without seriously damaging our larger mission to promote scholarship of unusual scope and
depth. If the Library’s own access to its own general book collection were to be dumbed
down to only the levels of subject access provided by Google, Amazon, or Internet search
mechanisms, we would effectively be endorsing, and institutionalizing, the level of
ignorance exemplified by the Six Blind Men of India.
- Sources Calendar (October 29, 2009)
Listings of events of interest to journalists, editors, researchers, publishers and others working in the media and in publishing, covering Canadian and international events, press conferences, meetings, festivals and holidays, as well as award deadlines.
- Sources News Releases (October 29, 2009)
News releases from organizations and companies on a wide range of topics. Includes an extensive topic index, an archive of releases going back to the 1970s, and links to experts and organizations knowledgeable about the issues covered in the releases. Available via RSS feed as well as on the Sources.com website.
- 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance (October 22, 2009)
23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance.
- The Twitterest Pill (October 9, 2009)
Who judges the legitimate and illegitimate uses of communications technology in social movements? Which networked alliances have State-sponsorship, and which ones face criminalization and State-crackdown? Social media are relying on open network access, but this openness too easily sugarcoats itself in democratic notions (participation, interactivity, freedom). At the same historic moment, we are also witnessing an expansion, integration, and refinement of sovereign police power. When the two converge we begin to see an increase in repressive intervention into, and pre-emption of, information use.
- Volunteer Translators Wanted # English to French (September 4, 2009)
Connexions, an independent non-profit research organization and information clearinghouse based in Toronto, Canada, seeks volunteer translators to translate articles, and terms in our subject index, from English to French, and from English to other languages
- India's UID And The Fantasy Of Dataveillance (August 24, 2009)
The perils of establishing nationwide identity systems have always been a hot topic of debate in countries that attach great value to privacy and human rights of its citizens. In India, there is not even a whimper of protest from politicians and civil society groups.
- Media relations for politicians (June 30, 2009)
Public relations tools for elected officials and community leaders.
- Our business is helping you to promote your business (June 29, 2009)
Established in 1977 as a directory of expert sources for the media, SOURCES has evolved into a major Internet portal featuring leading professionals and businesses in almost every field. Thousands of journalists, media buyers, market researchers, businesses, and consumers use SOURCES to find the people who can answer their questions and solve their problems.
- The Real Expenses Scandal (May 26, 2009)
One of the consistent features of Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) is that the projects are reverse-engineered to meet the demands of corporate investors. This, for example, is how the £30m public scheme to refurbish Coventry#s two hospitals became a £410m private scheme to knock them both down and rebuild one of them - containing fewer beds and fewer doctors and nurses.
- Helping you reach the media (May 14, 2009)
Media coverage is the most valuable kind of publicity there is because it is based on the news value or information value of what you do or say, and is therefore far more credible than paid publicity like advertising. SOURCES makes it possible for organizations, institutions, companies, and individuals to reach the media effectively, consistently, and inexpensively. SOURCES has been helping organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals get media attention for over 30 years.
- Unintended Consequences (May 12, 2009)
It will prove difficult to separate speaking against members of protected classes, or criticizing their practices, from hate. The two things are easily conflated. Once enacted, hate crimes will become independent of specific violent acts. An eventual likely outcome will be that speaking against members of specially protected classes will itself become a violent act of inciting violence.
- Achieving Success as a professional speaker (2009)
Attaining success as a professional speaker is no easy matter! Talent and hard work are absolute musts. And, another absolute is EXPOSURE # success as a professional speaker depends on promoting yourself and becoming known to the people who are the gatekeepers to your audience.
- Sources media training (2009)
Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.
- Sources News Release Archive 2009 (2009)
News releases from 2009.
- Sources Select Authors (2009)
Authors available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
- Sources Select Speakers (2009)
Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
- Sources Select Universities, Colleges, and Institutes (2009)
Academic experts available to take media calls about their area of expertise.
- Wikipedia's article about Sources (2009)
- Sources Archived News Releases 1977 - 2008 (December 31, 2008)
News releases from 2008 and before.
- Jason Kenney uses fake Down's Syndrome suicide bombers story to try to discredit Dallaire (May 13, 2008)
- PEN Canada calls for changes to human rights commission legislation (February 4, 2008)
Human rights commission legislation should be changed to ensure that commissions can no longer be used to attempt to restrict freedom of expression.
- Fascinating insights on political communications (2008)
Bonner approaches each subject, some as a scientist, as he does when examining the first televised debate between Nixon and Kennedy, but ultimately as an artist who knows that there is much more to communication than the mechanics. He knows how to deliver a clear message and to make it believable.
- Sources News Release Archive 2008 (2008)
News releases from 2008.
- Sources News Release Archive early 2008 (2008)
- Sources (portal for journalists and writers) - Wikipedia article (2008)
An information portal for journalists, freelance writers, editors, authors, and researchers, focusing especially on human sources: experts and spokespersons who are prepared to answer reporters# questions or make themselves available for on-air interviews.
- Sources Archived News Releases 2007 (December 31, 2007)
- Sources Archived News Releases 2006 (December 31, 2006)
- Sources Archived News Releases 2005 (December 31, 2005)
- Sources Archived News Releases 2004 (December 31, 2004)
- Sources Archived News Releases 2003 (December 31, 2003)
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