Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Branko Milanovic points out how the commodification of our interactions may create an incentive for short-term exploitation:Commodification of what was hitherto a non-commercial resource…
PHOTOS: NATO pilots salute back in the day, when you could make a case there was actually a reason for the military alliance to exist. Below: Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Receiving and responding to the comments of thoughtful and well-informed people is one of the reasons I maintain this blog. Yesterday I put up a post entitled, How Stupid Are…
Receiving and responding to the comments of thoughtful and well-informed people is one of the reasons I maintain this blog. Yesterday I put up a post entitled, How Stupid Are…
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterChevron wins court decision that blocks enforcement of US$8.6B Ecuador pollution judgment in U.S.Judge allows ‘look-see’ at computers seized in blogging…
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterChevron wins court decision that blocks enforcement of US$8.6B Ecuador pollution judgment in U.S.Judge allows ‘look-see’ at computers seized in blogging…
There must be a better way to spend a hot summer than arguing about how we vote for our federal government in Canada. Reading the transcripts or watching recorded hearings…
Last week, Donald Trump blamed the "disgusting and corrupt media" for not covering him "honestly" and for putting "false meaning into the words I say." Philip Bump, of the Washington…
Last week, Donald Trump blamed the "disgusting and corrupt media" for not covering him "honestly" and for putting "false meaning into the words I say." Philip Bump, of the Washington…
For those interested, I’ve done a manual transposition of British Columbia’s 2013 general election onto the new boundaries finalized by the provincial commission. You can read their reports here as…
For those interested, I've done a manual transposition of British Columbia's 2013 general election onto the new boundaries finalized by the provincial commission. You can read their reports here as…
For those interested, I've done a manual transposition of British Columbia's 2013 general election onto the new boundaries finalized by the provincial commission. You can read their reports here as…
Wondering what it’s like for our family at holidays, weddings and the like? Watch the Irish Olympian O’Donovan brothers and you’ll get the general idea.
Well there he was yesterday, marching in Montreal's gay pride parade, just like he did in Toronto and Vancouver.And no doubt winning tens of thousands of new supporters.But what's just…
The provincial government has been on its current course since about 2007. There were three elements to the Conservatives agenda under Danny Williams. They changed somewhat over time but these…
The provincial government has been on its current course since about 2007. There were three elements to the Conservatives agenda under Danny Williams. They changed somewhat over time but these…
Crofton residents homes, gardens, vehicles, and kids toys were covered with an oily spray that resulted from a mechanical failure at the Catalyst Pulp Mill. Catalyst Crofton environment manager Brian…
What's going through his mind?
With every day that passes Donald Trump looks more like a loser, and less like the next American president.As he now spends most of his time blaming the media for…
Despite the constant rain, which I was actually enjoying very much after an intense heat wave, there were events all over the city and I caught a few. West Verdun,
