joseph mitchell, master writer of the master city
My desire is to get the reader, well, first of all to read it. That story was hard to write because I had to wonder how long can I keep…
2015
Podium
Admittedly a small field, but I came in second in my age group today in Lap the Gats. I am thrilled. Apparently there’s this thing on the internet called “humble…
Would You Raise Your Hand for Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry?
After a rough year of collapsing oil prices and the embarrassing dethroning of Alberta’s longtime Progressive Conservative government, the oil and gas industry could use a win. The latest campaign…
Chicago takes back their parks and fights against commercialization
An interesting article from In These Times on a neighbourhood in Chicago pushing back. Why We Organized to Kick Riot Fest Out of Humboldt Park Pushing the punk rock festival…
action bronson, hate speech, and protest: rape culture vs. freedom of speech
As part of the NXNE concert series in Toronto, rapper Action Bronson was slated to perform a free concert in Dundas Square. Bronson is apparently known for lyrics and videos…
On cooperative priorities
As part of their new “Hope and Wild Flailing” campaign theme, plenty of Libs are looking for any pretext – however lacking in reality – to attack Tom Mulcair. And…
This is What Happens When You Play With Children With Guns
What happens is that you get dragged into futile combat missions in distant corners of the world with what are almost always lousy outcomes. America’s foreign policy in the Middle…
Great Minds, Small Minds
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. That quote has been attributed online to Eleanor Roosevelt in the images shared by people too lazy to…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Jackson weighs in on the need for our public policy to ensure a fair initial distribution of income and power in order…
The Future of Alberta
Alberta has no future, with a socialist government, it is doomed. I’m joking of course. This is not a post about the economic future of Alberta, but rather, its political…
He Won’t Be Missed
H/t Michael de Adder Anyone who regularly reads this blog will know that I (along with guest posters The Salamander and The Mound of Sound) regard Peter MacKay as just…
He Will Long Be Forgotten
http://www.thestar.com/ Peter Mackay’s departure has generated a lot of commentary. Michael Harris writes that another brick has fallen out of the wall: Fortress Harper has just seen another huge breach…
The Desperate Loneliness of Stephen Harper
I've watched a lot of Stephen Harper speeches over the years, but the farewell speech he gave for Peter MacKay yesterday had to be one of the most bizarre.For not…
The two expressions of Joe Oliver.
This is not to imply that Canada’s Minister of Finance is two-faced. It is just that he seems to have only two expressions. One is that dour look that we…
Did the RCMP Release the Zehaf-Bibeau Tape for Political Reasons?
I'm not big on conspiracy theories, although I do believe that when living in Harperland paranoia can be a higher state of consciousness.But here's one for you: Why did the…
Is another recession on its way?
Is another recession on its way? Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Canada’s economy shrank in the first quarter by a whopping 0.6%. Is this…
Alberta’s shattered Tories have a tougher task ahead than the ‘inexperienced’ NDP
PHOTOS: A really smart guy tries to figure out a way back to power for Alberta’s post-Prentice Progressive Conservatives. Actual PC strategists may not appear exactly as illustrated. Doesn’t look…
#StopC51: Ottawa to host massive protest against Harper’s Bill C-51
On Saturday, May 30, Ottawa will host what’s likely to be a game-changing protest against Bill C-51, PM Stephen Harper’s “secret police” legislation. The post #StopC51: Ottawa to host massive…
To My Alien Abductor
To My Alien Abductor Life sucks, life is awesome. Lucky. Didn’t ask to be born. But writing bad poetry. Makes this shit. More fun than a barrel of Monkeys. I’ve…