Tide may be turning on farms destroying salmon habitat
A coho spawning in a small stream (Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife) I come today in praise of the Vancouver Sun and trust that events don’t prove that I…
December 2014
Late Year Update
As the year draws to a close, I’d like to review some events from late December; things that may have been skipped in “year end reviews”. I am also going…
Orbital Lapse
European Space Agency astronaut, Alexander Gerst, compiled this breathtaking series of timelapse videos from the International Space Station.
Dialectics of Santa Claus by Karl Marx
Image from United States Library of Congress An undiscovered text by Karl Marx. titled, Dialectics of Santa Claus: Critique of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Here is Marx’s analysis…
John Oliver on How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve – Don’t.
Just the sort of thing to appeal to a true Curmudgeon.
What Santa Forgot this Christmas
No, this wasn’t under the tree Christmas morning and am I pissed. The AeroMobil from Slovakia. 124 mph max speed with 430 miles on a full tank of gas. 29…
In Tuesday’s Sun: 2015 isn’t a year – it’s a lifetime
NEW YORK – It’s a cliché, but like a lot of clichés it’s true: a week is a long time in politics. British politician Harold Wilson said that, or something…
Unpublished, Published 2014 Edition
A short list of some of the ‘unpublished’ articles that we hurriedly published before the end of 2014.
Right-wing Charities That Should be Audited
A handful of right-wing, highly political charities that should be audited by the CRA.
The Trillion Dollar Trick
Hundreds of billions are being pumped into the US economy and financial markets each quarter. If we stop it, what will happen?
Python Pipelines Live by Strangling
Pipelines are like pythons: they slowly strangle their victims until they die.
Coincidence and the Con Terror Bill
Coincidence or convenience. Take your pick.
2015: EJECTion not ELECTion
EJECT Stephen Harper in 2015.
Why Alberta’s Change in Politics Should Matter More to Canadians
The end of the Wild Rose Party in Alberta signifies the beginning of the end of democracy in Canada.
Top 10 Climate and Energy Stories of 2014
With 2014 drawing to a close, DeSmog Canada decided to take stock of its most popular stories of the year. Readers came in droves for our our in-depth reporting on…
Just Three. What Are Yours?
Three will do; not four, not two. I want you to take a bit of time to dwell on this. What are the three character traits/flaws of Stephen Joseph Harper…
On Acting Nice
I’ve been watching lots of movies and thinking about this bit from Aristotle: “But we get the virtues by having first performed the energies, as is the case also in…
What a year 2015 has been in Alberta politics!
TweetDecember 29, 2015 Column by: Dirk Pranter, Provincial Affairs columnist, Edmonton Journal-Sun Tories re-elected for 14th time A snap mid-Summer election returned Jim Prentice’s renamed “Conservative Party of Alberta” to…
Chris Hedges: Predatory capitalism’s perversion of Christmas charity
Chris Hedges and Detroit’s Rev. David Bullock discuss predatory capitalism’s perversion of Christmas charity, justice and revolution on The Real News Network. The post Chris Hedges: Predatory capitalism’s perversion of…
On Pseudonymns
A post at Feminist Philosophers discusses why some bloggers feel the need to write under an alias, and the respect this decision necessitates. The reasons are primarily around safety. Bloggers…