10 Years of Wise Law Blog
My calendar tells me that yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the commencement of Wise Law Blog. 3,284 posts later, here we still are. There is so much I could…
April 2015
The three chords that are the basis for all human achievement
Recorded on this day in 1963, a veritable gift from God Herself. Listen, know, and heed The Word: G, C, D.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Week of March 30th
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: An Alternative ABS Structure for Better Legal Business Closing arguments to be presented in Boston Marathon trial Roma refugees…
Canada takes water for granted amid melting snowpacks, glaciers
BC’s Glacier National Park has seen decreasing snowpacks in recent years (Sesivany/Jiri Eischmann/Wikipedia) How long can you go without water? You could probably survive a few weeks without water for…
Pompeii: Swords-and-Sandals Flop
As a film setting, the town of Pompeii in the first century CE is a lot like the deck of the Titanic in 1912: no amount of special effects or…
John Oliver Takes on the Surveillance State
From Last Week Tonight
On Helping People Get Outraged
John Oliver’s show about surveillance is a must see: Amazing, right!?! But what sticks with me most, as a teacher and an environmentalist, is this line: “Is this a conversation…
Fighting austerity in Québec is tied to Canada and colonialism
Photo by Gerry Lauzon Cracks in the fatality of austerity are quickly spreading outward on the streets in Montréal. Thousands and thousands are actively joining a growing grassroots protest movement…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Dean Baker reminds us that we shouldn’t let ourselves get distracted from the serious problems with inequality when defenders of the status quo…
PCs and NDP seal up full slates, election call expected tomorrow
With Alberta’s provincial election expected to be called tomorrow, both the governing Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party are expected to have candidates in place in all 87 constituencies today.…
Why The "Fight Against ISIS" Is A Farce
Prime Minister Harper's current political "divert the public's attention" strategy is to beat on the war drums over ISIS. Yes, ISIS is a brutal lot, and they are doing a…
Why The "Fight Against ISIS" Is A Farce
Prime Minister Harper’s current political “divert the public’s attention” strategy is to beat on the war drums over ISIS. Yes, ISIS is a brutal lot, and they are doing a…
Nothing is Right in the Middle East
Photo by Rooj Alwazir There is nothing, absolutely nothing right in the Middle East these days. There seems to be no hope left, and no fervor. All that was pure…
The Next System Project: A Practical Example
Yesterday’s post revolved around The Next System Project, an initiative committed to exploring replacements for the traditional institutions that are failing our world so badly. One major focus of the…
Violence against Indigenous women and the case of Cindy Gladue
Photo by Thien V. (Howl Arts Collective) This conversation is triggering and discusses violence against and the injuries of Indigenous women. I wish we didn’t have to have it and…
Canada Can be Fossil Fuel Free
Canada has an international reputation as being a dullard when it comes to the environment. That’s not shocking given that the present “conservative” government has sabotaged international climate meetings, has…
The Keys To His Kingdom
https://boblarson.org/ The Easter Season, Michael Harris writes, is a good time to consider whether or not Stephen Harper actually practises the religion he professes. There is, for instance, the Christian…
How come Sen Mike Duffy is charged with ACCEPTING a bribe yet no one in the PMO was charged with MAKING a bribe??
… just sayin’
Stephen Harper and the Day of the Duffy
He has tried to run from the scandal from the day it was exposed. Tried to make us believe that he knew nothing.That it was all Nigel Wright's fault, and…
The Candidate: “What do we do now?”
That question is never answered in the movie: The Candidate. It is the final line of the film delivered by actor Robert Redford. The bad news for any serious political…