October 2016
Has Donald Taken the Wheels Off His Campaign War Wagon?
Harper telegraphed it was over for him and his rancid government three days before last October’s election when moving trucks showed up delivering pallets of flat pack boxes and hauling…
Michael Harris – He’s Gonna Blow!!!
Michael Harris on the rapidly bursting blowhard.
Halting Construction of Site C Could Save $112-million Annually, Says Energy Expert
As the cost of producing energy from wind and sun continues to drop, power produced by the Site C dam will be an increasingly bad bargain, according to leading U.S.…
Why Proportional Representation Is Likely To Produce Better Public Policy
Here is a piece I wrote for CCPA on the policy benefits of a more proportional electoral system.
Bang the War Drums. Rattle those Sabres. Mental Mobilization for War Proceeds Apace.
It’s a form of conditioning, something we’re not very good at detecting. The warning came in the form of an editorial in the German financial paper, Handelsblatt. It offered the…
Our New Normal
I’ve noticed it. Chances are good you have too. “It” is the marked change in local precipitation patterns. I live in a place where we’re used to pretty torrential downpours…
Debates: do you wonder…
…why the Trudeau guys spend more money on social media than mainstream media? …why you can do not so well in debates (as was the case, some felt, with Justin…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Baratunde Thurston makes the point that even beyond income and wealth inequality, there’s an obviously unfair distribution of second chances in the…
Narcissism and the Growth of Hate Politics. . . .
David Brooks wrote an excellent op-ed piece for the New York Times today entitled Donald Trump's Sad, Lonely Life. Brooks recounts the genuine state of mental illness and isolation in…
Narcissism and the Growth of Hate Politics. . . .
David Brooks wrote an excellent op-ed piece for the New York Times today entitled Donald Trump’s Sad, Lonely Life. Brooks recounts the genuine state of mental illness and isolation in…
Narcissism and the Growth of Hate Politics. . . .
David Brooks wrote an excellent op-ed piece for the New York Times today entitled Donald Trump’s Sad, Lonely Life. Brooks recounts the genuine state of mental illness and isolation in…
Me and Lisa on Canadaland Commons with Supra
Trade secrets get revealed, and tales get told. Spin is spun. Lots of swearing and laughs ensue. Here.
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of October 11, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct 11, 2016 at 7:20am PDT ‘I had several questions,’…
Using Seawater to Farm in the Desert
The future of farming in much of the world could look like something out of science fiction. Sundrop farms in Australia has a farm up and running that produces food…
In War, Soldiers and Sailors Get Killed
When Justin Trudeau brought Canada’s CF-18’s back from Iraq, Canadians might have thought that our armed forces personnel were out of harms way. But, Tom Walkom writes: On Thursday, a…
Donald Trump and the Republican Civil War
Donald Trump is said to be holed up in his bunker in the Trump Tower, surrounded only by his most faithful supporters, like Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie, and the…
What gender wars are these?
It is among the usual platitudes of those proposing proportional voting systems for Canada that more women will be elected if we just switched to a proportional voting system. Nobody…
Brace Yourselves, The New Ontario Autism Program is Coming
The Toronto Star recently sat down with the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Michael Coteau to discuss changes being made to autism services in Ontario. A common theme…