The People’s Manifesto
Our society exists to provide the means and opportunity for each of us to fulfill our maximum potential and reach our highest aspirations, whatever we perceive them to be, while…
May 2016
“…because my sister and I were very close”: An Interview with Ulrike Meinhof’s Sister Wienke
Today is the fortieth anniversary of the death in of Red Army Faction founding member Ulrike Meinhof. On May 9, 1976, Mother’s Day that year, Ulrike was found hanged in…
Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Lobby Hard As Feds Change Tune on Pipelines
It’s been a month of mostly good news for Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, the two companies pushing to build major pipeline projects from Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s coast.Tags: Enbridge…
It’s Over. The GOP Just Needs to Realize It’s Dead.
Peggy Noonan has penned the obituary of the GOP. The Grand Old Party is over. To pundit Noonan, the Republican Party needs to prepare for something akin to the Confederacy…
Banning Phosphorus
In 2014, Toledo experienced a water crisis that caused the city to issue a “do not use” warning for more than 500,000 residents. They had to rely on bottled water;…
Showboating politicos don’t put out fires
And that’s why Justin Trudeau has rightly said he won’t be heading out to Fort Mac just yet. In my own (personal) experience, politicians need to be very, very careful…
Defending the Process
I don't mean to sound Cromwellian but I'm sure feeling the vibe.Isn't it time we expected our elected representatives to uphold the integrity of the process of government? Isn't it…
LawTalk with Garry Wise, Omar Ha-Redeye, Bob Tarantino, and Mitchell Kowalski
Join us for a night of discussion live on Blab on Wednesday May 11, 2016 at 9:00 pm.A photo posted by @wiselaw on May 9, 2016 at 7:54am PDTDownload Blab…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Carolyn Ferns writes that a long-awaited child care program would represent the best possible Mother's Day gift for Canadian families.- Danyaal Raza and Ritika…
We Are All Capuchin Monkeys
Or at least I suspect we will feel like the one on the left in the following video, once the Panama papers releases its database of tax cheats and avoiders…
I Know It’s Tornado Season, But
... this certainly doesn't seem normal to me:Recommend this Post
Enjoy Beer Thanks To Hops
Beer is delicious and has been a part of healthy living for years, but why is it good for us? Beer can provide mental benefits because it helps people relax…
Postmedia water-cooler talk
Informed speculation, as it were, is as follows: The board has taken over, and Godfrey is basically out. I’m told his role is now purely symbolic, and he is not…
The New York Times and the times in Fort Mac
Front page of yesterday’s Times. I am a devoted reader of the New York Times. It was via the Times, in fact, that I first learned of the Carville-Clinton war…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of May 9, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Medically assisted suicide bill is 'clearly unconstitutional,' lawyer says - Toronto StarLawyer who won Carter case in High Court says…
Dignity is needed in Death Bill.
Our parliamentarians need help with Bill C-14, the doctor assisted death bill. They should read On Death and Dying a book published in 1969. It was written by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross…
What A Gift!
Dan Leger writes in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald that a President Trump would be a gift to the enemies of the United States:But if your goal is to undermine American democracy,…
Donald Trump and the Republican Civil War
I've finally decided that I'm going to have to settle back comfortably in my hammock, take a deep breath, remind myself it's almost summer, and start enjoying the Donald Trump…
Choices and values: ideologically-driven nonsense versus reality #nlpoli
Memorial University history professor Robert Sweeny discovered something recent. he discovered that the finance minister's budget speech and the Estimates contained two different sets of numbers.Hot on the trail of…
The Panama Papers: Now You Can Help Track Down Tax Cheats
All over the world today some of its richest people are quivering in their boots.Because for over a month hundreds of journalists have been digging through the so-called Panama Papers,…