Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Alana Semuels examines new research showing a decline in U.S. social mobility within an individual's working life:Carr and Wiemers used earnings data to measure…
July 2016
140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of July 18, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterParks Canada accused of favouring development and tourism over environment2 Bailiffs Shot to Death at Michigan CourthouseCosby switching lawyers in civil…
A Shameful Legacy
During the dark years of the Harper administrations, Canadians became almost inured to the lengths it would go while promoting its neo-liberal agenda. The extolment of free trade, the promotion…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Turkey’s attack on Democracy is Our problem too. . . .
President Recep Erdogan is arguably the greatest charlatan in European politics at the moment. He is a man who actively courts an image as a populist democrat while he simultaneously…
Global Economy Becoming Efficient
Usually when economists talk about efficiencies they means firing people so executives can get better returns, this time efficiency is found by using electricity in smarter ways. The myth that…
The Leadership Race and the Delusions of the Cons
As we all know Rona Ambrose and her Cons are having a really hard time attracting any star leadership candidates.The only candidates they have managed to attract so far, like…
Queer
I am still uncomfortable with that word. I know that many gays and lesbians use it all the time – essentially to take back the word, and strip of its…
Leaders In Search Of Scapegoats
Where have all the leaders gone? That's the question Michael Harris asks over at ipolitics. The newly anointed and the wish to be anointed don't inspire a lot of confidence:As…
Louisiana, where the inmates run the asylum
If you are heading to Louisiana, here are some things you need to know: You need to be 18 to consume alcohol You need to be 18 to get a…
The lost art of politics.
The other day, the question came up: What is wrong with politics? You have to figure there are several good books in that question so you are hardly going to…
The right decision on shrimp #nlpoli
On the surface, it looks like a classic political compromise. The federal government caved to political pressure and reallocated the shrimp quota to give more to the inshore sector. But,…
Appointment of environmentalist Tzeporah Berman sparks Wildrose hysteria – here’s why
PHOTOS: Environmentalist Tzeporah Berman, whose appointment to the Alberta Government’s climate panel prompted a full-scale freak-out by the province’s right, which, apparently, sees her as, well, an Orc. Below the…
Eating up the Hill: The Smoque Shack
I know I’ve been a bit less than diligent in my Hill and Hill-adjacent food blogging lately. So, in the spirit of public service, on the weekend I ventured to…
Eating up the Hill: The Smoque Shack
I know I've been a bit less than diligent in my Hill and Hill-adjacent food blogging lately. So, in the spirit of public service, on the weekend I ventured to…
Eating up the Hill: The Smoque Shack
I know I've been a bit less than diligent in my Hill and Hill-adjacent food blogging lately. So, in the spirit of public service, on the weekend I ventured to…
ANCESTORS ROLL CALL! What Did They Think? (poem by Jalil Muntaqim)
What did they think? Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Akai Gurley, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, life precious blood spelled in the mud FREEDOM … When will it come? What did…
Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean Photographed with Aryan Guard/Blood & Honour Associate
Okay, the title of this article could rightfully be accused of being click bait and of being unfair to Brian Jean, but it is also an accurate title.Much like the…