I’m Just Not Sure Anyone Who Matters Really Believes It.
We should all defer to the science types and their powerful consensus when it comes to us, the laity, having to make decisions on complex issues such as climate change.…
November 2015
The Nitty Gritty on Alberta’s Coal Phase-Out
It’s a sentence that feels weird to write: by 2030, Alberta will have shuttered the 18 coal-fired power plants that currently generate around 55 per cent of the province’s electricity,…
Fossil fuel lobby seen as main threat to meaningful progress in Paris
In the early-1950s, when it became widely known that smoking caused cancer, giant tobacco companies formed the Tobacco Industry Research Council (TIRC). Its main goal was to deny the harmful…
Climate and competitiveness in the tar sands
Anytime the oil barons and baronesses are smiling for the cameras with NGOs and politicians, we should at least be interested, if not outright worried. Was the release of Alberta’s…
Oh, I Get It. This Is How You Try to Spin War Crimes Into Human Error.
The establishing point: the U.S. military command has issued such a string of inconsistent explanations and excuses, effortlessly shifting from one to another as they were disproven that it doesn't…
A Couple of Historic Insights to Help You Make Sense of the Fiasco in Syria
From ForeignPolicy.com.Some Russians have described shoot-down in larger historical terms: it is the first time that there has been a real, military conflict between Russia and NATO, wrote the liberal…
Forcillo’s Fairy Tale
It's hard to imagine what the jury is going to make of this James Forcillo's explanation of why he emptied his service pistol, nine rounds in all, into Sammy Yatim…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 26, 2015
Your news links for today: Glenn Greenwald: Why the CIA is smearing Edward Snowden after the Paris attacks - LA Times New ATIP documents from CSE intranet - Bill Robinson…
Fear And Loathing
I remember very vividly when I was a young fellow how much the police seemed to be a part of the community. When I was in high school, I had…
Adler-Kinsella Show: Trudeau’s honeymoon, my honeymoon and the theory of relativity
All right here, on iTunes podcast thingy. Anthony Calvillo, me, et al.
The world may be a bit crazy right now…
… but at least the weather is awesome – if you are a winter-hater like me! No white death powder in the forecast well into December! Woot! Yeah, Turkey has…
New column day
Here, on how Brad Wall is looking like more and more of a climate change laggard compared to every other leader in Western Canada.For further reading...- CTV broke down the…
Ontario’s gift to Big Tobacco?
At the outset, let me say that I am a card-carrying Ontario Liberal, and I have worked for the party, off and on, for two decades. But I am also…
Rick Mercer and the Refugee Lifeline
As you know, I believe the challenge of settling thousands of Syrian refugees in this country is a gift not a burden.A chance to show that after the darkness of…
Putting The Numbers In Perspective
http://www.vosizneias.com/Canadians across the country are getting ready to w...
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- George Monbiot discusses the inherent conflict between consumption and conservation:We can persuade ourselves that we are living on thin air, floating through a…
Two thumbs up for the Charbonneau show.
As Cole Porter put it in “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” to open his hit musical Kiss me Kate, there really is no business like show business. And there is nothing…
Children Should be Taught Philosophy
Studying philosophy has greatly influenced my life and I encourage everybody to also study the field and practice. Engaging in philosophy can improve one’s sense of self while improving their…