December 2015
Cognitive Dissonance, Parisian-Style
It's a wonderful thing. Indications are that the nations of the world are on the verge of abandoning the 2 degree Celsius ceiling for global warming in favour of a…
Saturday Photo: Red Flowers….
Just a bit of colour for a grey day.
Of Trump and Le Pen and Populism, Xenophobia and Neo-Nationalism
Not even the Globe's Margaret Wente can imagine Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination much less the White House. I would like, for once, to think Maggie is right…
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz – candidates for president and vice-president
We have limited capacity to take more refugees. Our prayers for American friends.
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Lana Payne discusses Jordan Brennan's research showing that corporate tax cuts have done nothing to help economic growth (but all too much to exacerbate…
Why It’s Suddenly Cool To Be A Canadian Again
It's hard to believe, but it looks as if we can safely sew those little Canadian flags on the back of our backpacks again.After having to remove them during the…
Setting The Record Straight
Every so often I receive forwarded emails apparently designed to expose some unpalatable truths about how Canadians are being treated inequitably by their government vis-à-vis the financial support it metes…
It’s Time To Spend
http://business.financialpost.com/People scratched their heads this week when Bank of Canada gover...
Referenda have stature not status.
A reader took a few minutes yesterday to remind Babel-on-the-Bay that referenda are not legally binding on governments in Canada. And neither, for that matter, are opinion polls. But the…
Historic Paris Climate Deal ‘Major Leap for Mankind’
An historic deal to limit global warming to “well below 2C” and to make every effort to keep temperate increase to 1.5C will be agreed by 195 nations today in…
Rachel Notley and Alberta’s Monstrous Harvest of Hate
When Rachel Notley was elected Premier of Alberta I thought it was a shining moment for that province.I thought she would be able to make Alberta more than a one-party…
Agreement in Paris Paves Road For The End of Fossil Fuels
History was made today in Paris as the leaders of 195 nations agreed to an ambitious, science-based pact to move the world away from the fossil fuels that are to…
The Blog Awakens
So, after months of campaigning, successfully, the Liberal Party is now back in government. Hooray!We have a Prime Minister we can be proud of. I have a Member of Parliament…
The Blog Awakens
So, after months of campaigning, successfully, the Liberal Party is now back in government. Hooray!We have a Prime Minister we can be proud of. I have a Member of Parliament…
John’s still aghast
Almost one year ago, this piece was submitted as a comment to another article. It still makes as much sense as it did last December so I feature it at…
Free Dominion Lost Appeal
Hey, remember when Richard Warman sued Free Dominion and a number of "John Does" (some of who's identities were learned, thus losing "John Doe" status)? And remember how excited the…
We need open data to fight climate change
Apocalyptic floods. Historic droughts. Food insecurity and mass migration. This is the future that faces us all if world leaders fail to agree and enforce a strong and binding deal…
Two Men Charged in Calgary Anti-Muslim Vandalism
It didn't take long for arrests to be made.On Thursday Miguel Lavergne was charged with six counts of public mischief with hate crime harges pending. A second man was in…