By every measure, the Alberta Party had a better name than every other political party in Alberta. Surely somewhere – Saskatchewan, maybe, where the Saskatchewan Party still rules – there’s…
As we approach the year’s end, the year-end lists begin. First up, the dictionary people. For a few years now, dictionaries have issued their ‘word of the year’ lists, just…
Found in the internet. As a recent traveller through YVR, I wo argue with Jonathan Winters. Getting to the airport is relatively easy; getting through airport to the aircraft is…
Chag Sameach (חג שמח)! Happy final night of Hanukkah to all our friends! Next up: Christmas!
Interchange Canada is a little-known program in which corporations embed employees in the federal government while they stay on their sponsor’s payroll.
Hi all - I found some great posts this week to share.Short takes and funny postsWord of the year Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of…
“Conspiracy theories” are neither. They’re not “theories,” for starters. Almost always, they are fiction. There’s nothing theoretical about them. They are deliberate, calculated falsehoods designed to promote lies. They aren’t…
As I have been listening to the reporting about the deal between Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Carney, the Memorandum of Understanding, I wonder one thing: where is the…
TrumpWatch is what I call the world's most desired event. And usually I include a TrumpWatch section in my weekly Sunday Funday posts. But this week, I've seen a positive…
We paid $2 million for this? The report of Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! There’s no report, really,…
deadmau5 - Luxuria (Tinlicker Remix)
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Last discusses how the U.S. economy is coming apart under a regime which is attacking progress and security in any form. Matt Johnson…
Having made sure its secessionist wing’s Alberta separation referendum will have an easy time getting on a ballot, Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party cabinet has moved to ensure no…
The CBC At Issue panel This was the panel's "wrap up" discussion about 2025: TLDL: best stories of the last year (Trudeau, Carney, Trump, and Poilievre's election loss), most newsworthy…
What, the curious are asking, is Trump up to with Venezuela. He has positioned an... The post The Venezuela gambit first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses Donald Trump's mission of making cruelty and bigotry into default positions in American culture. And Jamelle Bouie comments on the…
How Secular Urban Moderns Can Re-Enter the Pluriverse Through the Metaphors of ScienceFor decades, scholars of decoloniality and pluriversality have argued that the modern world is not the only world.…
