WADA and the IOC Will be One Another’s Salvation or Undoing
Too many of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ostensible sport partners appear to feel that the agency has betrayed them, by unmasking the ugly truths that lie behind the Olympic’s impeccable…
October 2016
Horace and him. And maybe me, too.
Horace and Me, subtitled Life lessons from an Ancient Poet, is a recent book by Harry Eyres (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2013) about his efforts to connect the dots of…
Free Trade Is Never Free
While it is beginning to look like International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s departure from CETA negotiations was more of a ploy than the end of talks, the hiatus at least…
The Dangerous Demonization of Justin Trudeau
It's a strange thing about Justin Trudeau. He may be the most popular Prime Minister in recent Canadian history, and a nice guy.But nobody is hated and demonized by some…
Donald Trump, the Anti-Lincoln, and the Nightmarish Election
There are now only sixteen days to go before the U.S. election, but they promise to be some of the scariest days of our lives. For Donald Trump and his…
Trudeau tests veto on vote reform.
This scenario has taken place before. He does it in Quebec thinking nobody in the rest of Canada is going to hear about it. Justin Trudeau is hardly the first…
It’s Over
Andrew Nikiforuk has been writing for sometime that bitumen’s heyday is over. There are four reasons that account for the decline and fall of black goo: 1. There is no…
My Newspaper Column for November, 2016
It looks like the world has dodged a big bullet as a result of the U.S. not electing Donald Trump on November 8. I say this with some confidence, because…
My Newspaper Column for November, 2016
It looks like the world has dodged a big bullet as a result of the U.S. not electing Donald Trump on November 8. I say this with some confidence, because…
Canadian academics’ open letter to Wallonia on CETA deal
Read Canadian academics’ letter to the Parliament of Wallonia and the people of Belgian. The academics expressed their support for Wallonia’s continuing rejection of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade…
Oct. 22: The Gutter that is the irving press Deepens.
Today, for the third day in a row, the front page headline story is another sensationalist one – and again on the same murder trial. “Deceased victim was stabbed more…
The Death March of Donald J Trump
It has been one of the few graces common to American politics that presidential candidates, Democratic and Republican, have been graceful in defeat. John Kerry, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Al…
Shawnigan’s ‘Dirty Dirt Pit’ Was In Non-Compliance With Permit-Failure To Comply Could Mean Fines And Jail Time.
Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo A soil treatment facility in Shawnigan Lake is now complying with pollution- containment conditions of its provincial permit following last week’s remedial orders…
Greenwald and Snowden Versus Assange
There’s not a lot of love going around for WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, these days. It seems his friends list is down to perhaps just Donald Trump. Even his hosts,…
An Affliction of the Mind or Why We Can’t Handle Climate Change
We’re just too set in our ways to have any real hope of tackling the basket of looming existential challenges facing mankind and, for that matter, pretty much all life…
Obama’s Legacy and American Soft Fascism
As we watch Obama end his 2nd term as president we need to be mindful of the increasing Soft Fascist …
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Kivanc points out that what little job growth Canada can claim primarily involves precarious work. And Nora Loreto discusses the crucial…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Scott Sinclair and Stuart Trew applaud Wallonia’s principled stance against the CETA. And Joseph Stiglitz discusses the need to set up social and…