We had quite a year this week. Sunny and warm, then windy, then a foot of snow! Anyway, it looks like its all over now - we might actually get…
On Friday, Globe and Mail journalist Carrie Tait and four of her colleagues received a National Newspaper Award for their work exposing dodgy health-care contracts tied to Alberta’s United Conservative…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Rita Bhowmick writes about the importance of care services both in keeping people healthy and ensuring equitable work opportunities. And Steven Lewis examines the…
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I have said for years the secret of Trump's appeal is that his followers worship him as The Golden Calf - because he has no philosophy of his own, he…
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This is not intended to be a comprehensive treatise on education but some thoughts on certain aspects of the education system. It is written within the context of the Ontario…
Government-run grocery stores have become an item among progressives lately. Inspired perhaps by the new... The post Public grocery stores—a good idea, or not? first appeared on Views from the…
I’m curious about the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, and the more I read, the more closely they all appear to intertwine until they’re sometimes indistinguishable. Buddhism overlaps with…
The Dunning-Kruger effect is when incompetent people do not have enough knowledge to know that they are incompetent, nor do they recognize competency in others. They don’t know what they…
What we do know is that the United Conservative Party Government led by Premier Danielle Smith yesterday launched a propaganda blitz that will use all Albertans’ tax contributions to persuade…
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This and that for your Thursday reading.- Samantha Hancox-Li writes about the need to build a new woke political movement that actively fights against the forces of reaction rather than…
Palantir, as discussed by Dean Blundell. The post Palantir, Part 2.0 first appeared on Excited Delirium.
While I hardly expect that Ontario should garner much sympathy from the rest of Canada, every so often I can't help but write about our poor state of politics. Led…
I think Canada needs to understand that the CUSMA negotiations are likely doomed. Trump no longer has the mental capacity to handle "the art of the deal" - as Iran…
Many thanks to Naheed Nenshi for his shout out in the Alberta Legislature Tuesday. Mind you, the NDP Opposition Leader was kind of complaining about me, but as Oscar Wilde…
One hindrance to cleaning up that which George Carlin called "God damn stuff" is that you find things that need your full and immediate attention. This relic from 1950 is…
Housing First refers to the provision of deeply subsidized permanent housing, combined with social work support, to a person who has experienced long-term homelessness. It’s often claimed that this approach…
