AAccording to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu, a bountiful supply of good jobs is the best way to generate shared prosperity and also to cultivate civic and political participation from the broad cross-section of society. But organizations that regularly appear in corporate media are paid to oppose the concept of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The NDP leadership campaign so far: pretty boring, and seriously distracting when the UCP is running wild
The worst thing about the seemingly endless Alberta NDP leadership race isn’t that it’s boring, although it is. NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). It’s that the NDP Caucus in the Legislature appears to be totally distracted by it at a time the United Conservative Party Government
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Occupational hearing loss
We dined recently at an “upscale casual” restaurant in Port Coquitlam. The service and the food were fine, but I was troubled by the noise level. My iPhone decibel meter calculated an average of 86 decibels with a peak level of 95 dB reached often. While the noise level I
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 29, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to ban use of cellphones in school classrooms starting in September #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yc5tx2d7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingThings Are Good: Walking Increases Wellbeing and Productivity
Are you looking to improve your productivity AND your well being? Then just go walk it off. Walking is a good way to stay fit and have fun, but it’s also a good way to relax your mind. By going for a walk you give yourself space to let the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Patterns
As a regular consumer of media, I find myself more and more looking for patterns. While there is likely no such thing as totally consistent media narratives, I do think a preponderance of print, television and social media frame stories in ways that doubtlessly influence our perception of events.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the Infant-fada’s winners and losers
Who benefits from these metastasizing campus encampments? Who loses? The losers are easy to spot. They’re the families who scrimped and saved and borrowed to send junior to an Ivy League school – only to learn that he/she/they have adopted Yasir Arafat’s fashion stylings, and are sleeping through final exams
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 29, 2024
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Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 29, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 29, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Former tabloid executive David Pecker on stand as first witness Toronto police chief asks for OPP review after judge in Umar Zameer trial raised concerns about officer testimony National Enquirer publisher testifies he
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: University Protests and Free Speech – Greg Lukianoff
A common thread that runs through many of the issue around free speech and the freedom of expression in our Canadian society is the application of the rules and making sure they apply to everyone in the same manner. If our institutions could stand up and once again treat equality
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Cell Phones and Cigarettes
I have some concerns with the new rules for schools as reported by the CBC. The biggest concern is that the funding cuts came Friday, but yet another cell phone ban is big news. As a teacher, I hate both cell phones and cigarettes being allowed at schools for so
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Animal crackers
Just a few tweets about animals to enjoy! I’m sure by now the whole world has recoiled in horror after hearing that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem boasted about killing her dog. She really deserves the title “Christ, what an asshole!” Mitt Romney: “I strapped a dog to the roof
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Municipal Government Act already gives the government power to fire councillors – so why fix what ain’t broke?
When then municipal affairs minister Danielle Larivee fired three Thorhild County councillors in 2016, the county’s reeve accused the Alberta NDP of “Soviet-style government.” Former NDP MLA Deron Bilous, who served as municipal affairs minister immediately before Ms. Larivee (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Under the circumstances, this hardly seems fair.
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: What is University For – Part 1
In case you’ve missed it, many students on university campuses have been protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The police have been heavy-handed — or outright violent — with some of the students. Yet one prof wrote about his primary concerns in the NY Times: that the constant noise disrupts his class
Continue reading52 Ideas: If we were going to have a serious conversation about the Canadian Economy…
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to go down rabbit holes. It is a part of my nature to want to know more. Anyone who has spent even a little bit of time with me would not be surprised that an ad spot on a podcast could cause
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Masters in Hate
What is Columbia University? It’s a university in New York City, of course. It’s also a place that we’ve been hearing a lot about in recent days. It’s symbol of sorts, now. It’s also 36 square acres of hate. Listen to Khymani James, one of the leaders of the group
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Ready to Set up Housekeeping
For several years there have been Mallard duck couple nesting in the Mount Royal cemetery. This morning I was glad to see them there again. They probably aren’t the same couple–ducks don’t have very long lives, and the American Bird Conservancy says they only stay together a season–but it is
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On Police Accountability
“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.” ― Franz Kafka, The Trial One of the most intriguing books I have ever read in my long reading life is The Trial. The above quotation represents the heart of the
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