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"Petroturfing presents an incisive look into how Canada's pro-oil movement has leveraged social media to rebrand the extractive economy as a positive force. Revealing the deep divide between Canada's environmentally progressive reputation and the economic interests of government and private companies operating within its borders, Jordan B. Kinder highlights the limitations of social media networks in the work of promoting environmental justice"--

Rule I. Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement -- Rule II. Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that -- Rule III. Do not hide unwanted things in the fog -- Rule IV. Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated -- Rule V. Do not do what you hate -- Rule VI. Abandon ideology -- Rule VII. Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens -- Rule VIII. Try to make one room in your home as beautiful as possible -- Rule IX. If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely -- Rule X. Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship -- Rule XI. Do not allow yourself to become resentful, deceitful or arrogant -- Rule XII. Be grateful in spite of your suffering.

This article examines print and screen media produced and circulated by groups and organizations that promote Canadian oil from self-described positions of distance from the oil and gas industry. Offering the term 'petroturfing' to describe their collective efforts, I argue that the media produced by these groups and organizations advance their aims to consciously shape our collective energy imaginaries by mirroring the new media strategies and structures of progressive environmental non-governmental organizations. I ultimately show how petroturfing is a 'permanent campaign' for Canadian oil that obscures the fundamentally uneven distribution of social and ecological costs and benefits of fossil fuel extraction, foreclosing the possibility of imagining and, in turn, working towards a future beyond the dominant fossil fuel energy regime.

Cell phone related car accidents have received a lot of attention in the press and academic journals over the past few years.1 Articles have discussed the impact of driving while using a hand-held or hands-free cell phone, and in some instances have identified liability on the part of employers. A number of cases have gone to the jury on employer liability based on respondeat superior, where the employer is held responsible for the actions of an employee acting within the scope of employment.

Students of American political thought have long noted changes in the goals pursued by colonial American communities. Relations between Americans and their communities, previously characterized by security and peaceful existence were transformed into relations grounded in economic well-being. This shift in focus had the effect of altering the relationship between individuals and their community. Obligating members to behave industriously has the effect of weakening the social, familial, religious, and political controls originally used to keep the "sinful" individual in check. These weakening ties were exacerbated by colonial developments in constitutional theory that contribute to the movement away from the religious origins of American political thought. This secularizing process paves the way for the introduction of individualism into American thinking prior to 1776.

"The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart. After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats. In While Time Remains, Park sounds the alarm for Americans by highlighting the dangerous hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares to think independently. Park arrived in America eight years ago with no preconceptions, no political aims, and no partisan agenda. With urgency and unique insight, the bestselling author and human rights activist reminds us of the fragility of freedom, and what we must do to preserve it"--