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By accommodating to Central European Time, I’ve been lucky enough to place myself well ahead of the news cycle in the New World. I say lucky because it means I can be more productive while amalgamating into the European context with the help of Viennese smiles and kisses abound, all while avoiding the ludicrous news events…
I first read Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man during my days in Canadian upper education. The best way to understand McLuhan is as the ultimate meta scientist. His writings and observations influenced advertisers, educators, and television producers in all kinds of elite circles. If I can try my hand at summarizing his vast…
Here is a speech I gave on investigative journalism in Atlanta, Georgia on 12. February, 2013. AFPGA was gracious enough to invite me alongside my Citizen Watchdog colleagues, and my warm-up act was the Attorney General of Georgia. My themes remained the same: become an expert, question the narrative, make them go off-script, connect the…
On Friday 15. Feb, 2013, I was invited onto the radio show of my mentor and former colleague Karl Knox. Karl Knox, progressive radio host Karl is a kingpin on the Montréal airwaves, starting the radio day on CJLO 1690AM, and built up a great career as a stand-up comedian and commentator, headlining shows all across the…
What began as a curious trip to discover my philosophical and paternal roots has now cemented my life passions and pursuits. In early 2011, I arrived in Vienna, Austria to finish my last semester of undergraduate education. I expected to make a lot of friends, touch up on Austrian economics at the home university of…
In order to move to a new country and start a new life, one needs permission from governments. It’s a sad fact of our immigrant-rich societies in the West, especially since we once celebrated the arrival of different cultures and peoples and enjoyed so much growth, ingenuity, and diversity in successive generations because of open…
This past week I was invited on the Ed and Ethan program, also broadcast on the Liberty Radio Network. These Canadian lovables are based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and produce one of the greatest liberty programs in the Great White North. Here is the show rundown with the embedded YouTube clip at the bottom. My contribution begins at 39:23….
DIRECT LINK TO MP3 This 14. February 2013 show was broadcast from the Sunshine State Studio on the No Agenda Stream with special guest and friend Alan Holmes, CEO of Hm Media Strategies. Alan and I know each other from the days of the grind in North Carolina, struggling along as victims of the economy…
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — As Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio basks in the political limelight as the newly anointed ’savior’ of the Republican Party, all eyes are on his bipartisan immigration proposal released last week. THE SAVIOR? Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan would mandate use of a federal database to certify the immigration status of workers. The…
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — If Gov. Rick Scott has his way, Floridians will be paying a little more for their government this year. Just over $4.2 billion more, to be exact. FIRST MOVE: Scott proposes $4.2 billion in increased spending in 2013. (photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr) That’s the final figure…