Classifying Heterodox Economics (guest post from Marc Lavoie)
This is a guest post from Prof. Marc Lavoie, emeritus professor of economics at the University of Ottawa and winner of the 2025 Galbraith Prize from the Progressive Economics Forum…
Tonight, a short respite from politics
I must say, I am feeling discouraged tonight: - Poilievre went on Joe Rogan and Canadian media just ate it up. Then Poilievre gave a tone-deaf statement about what a…
Danielle Smith sure doesn’t look like a suitable person to be privy to Canadian state secrets
When Premier Danielle Smith revealed Wednesday during Question Period in the Alberta Legislature that she is seeking national security clearance from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, she put Canada’s spy…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Krugman notes that Donald Trump has upended the theory that presidential influence on the economy is overstated, as every new difficulty facing…
As I was saying to Winnie, my 9th cousin, once removed …
In my spare time (which is all of it), I’ve built a modest family tree on a website called FamilySearch, a free service graciously provided by the Mormon church out…
The Long Sixties: The Life and Legacy of Loren Goldner [NYC 03/29]
Sunday, March 292pm @ Woodbine Manhattan(414 Broadway, 3rd floor) Join us to celebrate Loren’s recently published book The Long Sixties: Conversations with a Lifelong Revolutionary (Kersplebedeb 2025) Featuring a panel…
SOS From Ontario
As a resident of Ontario, I confess to being disenchanted these days. After Doug Ford has won three successive elections with very substantial majorities, he seems untethered, his megalomaniac plans…
The Iran War is getting hotter, and Cuba is getting help: "The United States may retain its power, but its moral authority and its claim to lead the free world are gone."
The whole world is realizing that the United States is just a paper tiger now. And we know that Trump and Hegseth and their gang of idiots: 1. Don't know…
UCP to rural municipalities: Forget about ever collecting those unpaid O&G property taxes
Monday’s report of the Alberta Government’s so-called Property Tax Accountability Strategy Working Group had lots of big ideas about how to recover unpaid taxes “from companies that are still operating…
Bonus – The Lambda Editorials
In addition to writing the Fifth Column during my time on the Laurentian University student newspaper, Lambda, I was also news editor and was occasionally asked to write the editorials.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Applebaum weighs in on the inevitable recognition by any remotely rational actor that it's pointless to offer Donald Trump any respect or trustworthiness…
Henry Heller
Professor Henry Heller, scholar, teacher, author, Marxist, revolutionary, and comrade in many campaigns over the decades, died on January 15, 2026. He was a remarkable man for many reasons and…
Ontario Budgets are highly misleading
In the lead up to the Ontario provincial Budget, it's useful to flag just how unreliable they have become as a guide to public spending and provincial deficits in recent…
Canada Continues to Defend Sovereignty with “Elbows Up”
America openly threatened Canadian sovereignty last year and has engaged in a planned economic destruction of the nation. The Republican Party views the entire hemisphere as theirs and is actively…
That One-Seat Difference
One feature Prime Minister Mark Carney offers Canada more than almost any other is a sense of control and stability.
A Round-up of Opinion: On Carney, On Poilievre, On Canada, and On Trump
This is just a miscellaneous roundup of various comments and opinions. On Carney: Just for a second, I thought maybe this was true: Carney eyes Bloc MP to complete his…
No Order of Canada for Cherry? That’s the pits, sour grapes Conservatives insist
Tout le monde MAGA Alberta, apparently anxious to quit Canada as quickly as possible and maybe even join the gong show south of the 49th Parallel, is all of a…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blissed cat.
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-03-17 21:20:00
We bow our heads in profound sorrow as we remember Eva Schloss, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a guardian of memory, and a voice of conscience for generations. She has passed…
The tech bros rebel
The heads of large corporations are perhaps the most powerful men in the United States.... The post The tech bros rebel first appeared on Views from the Beltline.