If We Can’t Pry Our Politics Free of Neoliberalism, We’re Screwed
Like it or not, neoliberalism is the prevailing economic orthodoxy in Canadian politics, the NDP included. It’s also the seed of our destruction as a nation and it’s going to…
2015
The Continued Rise of Anti-Intellectualism
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter* Anti-intellectualism Is Killing…
Washington Post: Even U.S. Bourbon makers call for more ISP choice
Canadians deserve faster, cheaper Internet choices independent of Big Telecom. Even U.S. Bourbon makers at Jim Beam have figured this out, and are calling on THEIR leaders in the U.S.…
Anatomy of the NDP Surge
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
Anatomy of the NDP Surge
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
Anatomy of the NDP Surge
The political scene in Canada has changed dramatically since April. Around the time of the Alberta election it became clear that the NDP was surging in the polls nationally. The…
Humanists must engage with the Truth and Reconciliation Report
Earlier today I finally had some time to sit down and read parts of the Truth and Reconciliation report and set out why Humanist Canada’s response was woefully inadequate (at…
Gearing up for another Calgary-Foothills By-Election
Voters in Calgary-Foothills will face their third election in less than a year when a by-election is called to replace Jim Prentice in the next few months. I’ve created a…
Joseph Stiglitz: how I would vote in the Greek referendum
Photo by SpaceShoe The rising crescendo of bickering and acrimony within Europe might seem to outsiders to be the inevitable result of the bitter endgame playing out between Greece and…
Some Times Things Go Really Wrong. Some Times They Go Really Right.
It’s about the worst thing you’ll ever hear on a cockpit voice recorder – the pilot saying, “Wow, pulled back the wrong throttle,” seconds before the passenger plane falls out…
Goodbye, for now
I’m minutes away from leaving Toronto, and wanted to make one last goodbye post. It may be my last post until August, or even September. A few things to keep…
Maybe That’s Why It Was Buy First, Fly Later.
Lockheed’s F-35 joint strike fighter is one for the books. In fact there’ll be several books written examining how it was conceived, developed, built and sold and they’ll be studied…
Socialist barbarians at the gate of Fortress Liberal
Quote: Jennifer Hollett, the former MuchMusic VJ and now digital strategist, and Linda McQuaig, journalist and author, are the NDP candidates in the two federal ridings located in the heart…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, July 2, 2015
Your news links for today: Access Copyright’s Post-Secondary Tariff – The Glacier is Starting to Melt at the Copyright Board – EXCESS COPYRIGHT Industry Canada Transparency Report Guidelines Intensely Problematic…
Vancouver man raising a stink about dog waste going into landfill
Dedicated bins like those in Pacific Spirit Regional Park urged Doo’s & don’ts: By Cheryl Chan, The ProvinceJuly 1, 2015 Raymond Greenwood is hounding the city to fix a crappy…
New column day
Here, following up on these posts about the possibility the Cons might decide to ignore their own fixed election date and delay the election expected for October 19. For further…
July 2: this will probably be a short blog because…
…I have to be at the shore at noon, sitting on a bluff overlooking either the salt water (if the tide’s in) or the sandbars (if it’s out) while I…
Minimum Wage and the Laughable National Post. . .
The National Post Editorial of June 30th which argues that the performance of Rachel Notley in Alberta is a good reason not to vote for the NDP in October is…
Shaming Those Who Deserve It
Many of them probably sleep quite well at night in the belief that their unethical, criminal behaviour is likely never to see the light of day, and even if it…