PHOTOS: Parson Manning spreads the Gospel of Market Fundamentalism in his days as leader of the Reform Party of Alberta. The actual neoliberal preacher-men of Confederation may not appear exactly…
My child has a race face.
Rosalie Silberman never wanted to be a judge. But the phone kept ringing. Would she like to be a Family Court judge? She was 29 and pregnant but sure, why…
Anyone who has watched the American media's coverage of the race to the White House knows that it is grossly unbalanced.And that Donald Trump gets more coverage, and free publicity,…
As you might have seen the past 10 days – 2 weeks , our site was not updating blogposts from our affiliates’ feeds. Basically, the database went screwy… we suspect…
Ever since I first visited Mexico, more than 30 years ago, I’ve been fascinated by its culture. It’s beautiful, exotic, alien, yet also comfortable and attractive. One of the things…
This past Saturday Republican primaries were held in Kentucky, Maine, Kansas, and Louisiana. Donald Trump managed to win both Kentucky and Louisiana by fairly comfortable margins. It was amusing then…
Here's a CBC report on the glowing health of the U.S. economy. It takes the official government figure, and says unemployment is down to 4.9%.http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/labour-force-united-states-economy-1.3474276So it is, by the methods…
There was a time when Liberals knew that, when it comes to foreign conflicts, it's a rare day that any side has clean hands. The very nature of these uprisings/insurgencies/civil…
Let's not dismiss this out of hand. Yesterday, son-in-law went to cast his expatriate vote for the Democratic primaries in Vancouver. I guess the ex-pat vote is tallied and delegates…
Here is another Peter Rusland article originally published in the South Cowichan Echo. Apparently the Environment Minister rejects the long standing guidline contained in the ‘Precautionary Principle’ approach Peter…
From the Washington State Democratic Committee:Or how about Star Wars Trump?
It's hard not to think of the Toronto Star as a notch above any other daily newspaper in Canada. It's not a great paper. People in other countries don't speak…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Bill McKibben offers his take on the news that the entire northern hemisphere has reached two degrees Celsius above its normal temperature level,…
On the one hand, she says what everyone else (including me) has said – Trump is a wild dog the GOP set loose in their own backyard, and now they’re…
Please show you support democracy in Saskatchewan. Last Saskatchewan election, this happened instead thanks to our lackluster media ignoring the Greens who fielded a full slate of 58 candidates. A…
It was depending upon your point of view, either a ghastly gaffe, or a fascist moment.Donald Trump in Orlando yesterday, leading his followers in a solemn pledge to vote for…
We spent our last day in Oregon poking around downtown Ashland, looking at scarves and jewelry and used books. We don't shop much when we travel, but there were a…
Neither Finance Minister Charles Sousa nor Premier Wynne really understood what they were doing in the recent budget. They were offering half measures. They insulted both students and seniors. They…
A recent Toronto Star piece about climate change chose to explore, not the well-known physical peril it poses, but rather the mental one. Citing a 2012 report from the U.S.…
