The Premier’s Penthouse
“We run a $40 billion corporation that matters an awful lot to the people of Alberta and the economy of this country”—former Premier Redford in the Legislature, March 4, 2014…
2014
some thoughts on emily brontë’s wuthering heights
Cover of 1943 Random Houseedition with woodcut illustrations Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847, under a pseudonym. Brontë died the following year, at age 30. It was the only…
Ecopathy: The environmental disease
Besides the many diverse costs resulting from our environmental damage to nature, we are now beginning to suffer a loss of reputation. Under a new category of study called “ecopsychology”,…
Another important day for self-acceptance
If I have learned nothing else about my bipolar II today, it is that I am certainly not the only one in similar circumstances who has found photography…
Another important day for self-acceptance
If I have learned nothing else about my bipolar II today, it is that I am certainly not the only one in similar circumstances who has found photography…
Disappearing Monarch butterflies need citizen scientists’ help
From the age of five, Fred Urquhart was fascinated by monarch butterflies in his Toronto neighbourhood. Born in 1911, he spent hours watching the orange and black insects flutter about,…
On The Sixth Extinction
Look inside! We’re in the midst of a mass extinction, but Elizabeth Kolbert is actually somewhat hopeful about it all. We are at a truly extraordinary moment of history in…
Kyle Harrietha nominated as Liberal byelection candidate for Fort McMurray-Athabasca
Big news out of Northern Alberta, where on Saturday evening in a contested nomination, my friend Kyle Harrietha was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada’s candidate for the upcoming…
The Heritage Front: The True Story in Race Traitor
KOBO: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/race-traitor-the-true-story-of-canadian-intelligence-service-s-greatest-cover-upAmazon: http://www.amazon.com/Race-Traitor-Canadian-Intelligence-Services-ebook/dp/B00JA05FYM A few years back, we posted a link to Elisa Hategan's novel, Race Traitor. While it was a work of fiction, it was still very obviously based…
Ukraine: Angela Merkel and the Sleepwalkers
With all the huffing and puffing going on around Crimea, Ukraine, and Putin’s metamorphosis into Hitler, it’s a pleasure to read that Germany’s Merkel is trying to learn from the…
Why, When We Know So Much, Are We Doing So Little?: Jim Hoggan on the Polluted Environment and the Polluted Public Square
“Speak the truth, but not to punish.” These are the words the famous Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh told DeSmogBlog and DeSmog Canada founder, president and contributor Jim Hoggan…
Strategies and Tactics – April Speaking Event
I’ll be speaking at this roundtable on April 9th in Montreal. Looking forward to it!
One of the greatest, yet underrated, bands in punk rock is…
One of the greatest, yet underrated, bands in punk rock is returning to Canada for the first time in about a decade. Stage Bottles, from Frankfurt, Germany, will be playing…
Ukraine: Some Commensense on Dealing with Russia
Putin’s Push: Reality versus Rhetoric Congratulations to Thomas Graham, a senior fellow at the Jackson Institute, who was the senior director for Russia on the US National Security Council staff…
EQAO, Literacy and Ability
My 9-year-old says that EQAO stands for Evil Questions Attacking Ontario. I think she’s on to something. We just administered the literacy test at our school this week. I’ve always…
Is BC Playing Russian Roulette with our Children?
Patrick SmythGuest Contributor This is one heck of a gamble. Like my Granny said, be wise not to put all your eggs in one basket. I used to do this…
Someone bought my house
Living Room So I kind of got busy there for awhile and didn’t write much about what was going on. Among other things, we fixed up my house and put…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Dean Starkman writes about the media’s failure to see and report on the culture of corruption and manipulation that led to the…
March 30: A "must read"
Bernie Sanders is a U.S. senator from Vermont. He is neither Democrat nor Republican. He is an Independent Senator, and he is so popular in Vermont that he has been…
“Is no Franche”
We had the great delight to be able to stay in a small apartment in Paris for just a few days, down some maze-like streets a short walk away from…