Juxtaposition
Brad Wall is perfectly happy to waste time tweeting his outrage at a business operating with both foreign and domestic suppliers. But Brad Wall couldn’t care less whether provincial money…
November 2016
Night-Vision, Available as Ebook (For Free!)
The authors of Night-Vision: Illuminating War and Class on the Neo-Colonial Terrain have been working on significant additional material to include in a new edition, which is to be published…
Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumph
The events that led to Donald Trump’s election started in England in 1975. At a meeting a few months after Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative party, one of…
Just How did Trump whip Clinton? Here’s a big part of the answer
Here’s the teaser: For those who can’t understand how Hillary Clinton could win the popular vote by at least 2 million yet lose handily in the electoral college, perhaps this…
Elections – Why Bother, They’re Awful ( #Pickering #pickpoli )
There are a lot of people out applauding Pickering City Council's decision to appoint rather than hold a by-election to fill the vacant Ward 3 council seat because - as…
Elections – Why Bother, They’re Awful ( #Pickering #pickpoli )
There are a lot of people out applauding Pickering City Council’s decision to appoint rather than hold a by-election to fill the vacant Ward 3 council seat because – as…
Just How did Trump whip Clinton? Here’s a big part of the answer
Here’s the teaser: For those who can’t understand how Hillary Clinton could win the popular vote by at least 2 million yet lose handily in the electoral college, perhaps this…
Elections – Why Bother, They’re Awful ( #Pickering #pickpoli )
There are a lot of people out applauding Pickering City Council’s decision to appoint rather than hold a by-election to fill the vacant Ward 3 council seat because – as…
Sentence Appeals
It’s the end of a criminal trial and you have been convicted. The judge gave a sentence and you don’t think it’s fair. Can you appeal and get a different…
Why Does B.C. Still Kill Grizzlies for Sport?
In early October a provincial government news release landed in the inboxes of reporters and researchers around B.C. It boasted of a new government-commissioned report that concluded B.C. has “a…
Why Does B.C. Still Kill Grizzlies for Sport?
In early October a provincial government news release landed in the inboxes of reporters and researchers around B.C. It boasted of a new government-commissioned report that concluded B.C. has “a…
Nov. 23 A worse, worse day.
I’ll try to keep this first bit short; but it might help us to understand what the world is going through. We think of World War One and World Two…
Sentence Appeals
It’s the end of a criminal trial and you have been convicted. The judge gave a sentence and you don’t think it’s fair. Can you appeal and get a different…
You’re Not a White Supremacist, Right?
Sure, you’re not a racist, but you are likely living in a culture steeped in white supremacy. And male supremacy. A culture with rich, systemic norms and institutions that benefit…
Trump Will Blind NASA’s Eye on Earth
Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by Nasa as part of a crackdown on “politicized science”, his senior adviser on issues relating to the space…
Donald Trump’s Desperate Need To Be Loved
Donald Trump spent every day of his long campaign for the presidency demonizing Hillary Clinton and calling her a criminal.He vowed that one of his first acts if he was…
Van Jones Warning to Canada. Listen Up.
“It can find a home in your country, too, if you don’t stand up to it.” Van Jones understands the bigotry Trump has tapped across America does not respect borders.…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday November 23, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov…
UPDATED: Words Are Important
Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle…
France Phasing out Coal by 2023
Not to be outdone by other nations, France has announced that the country will eliminate use of coal for electricity by 2023. Yesterday we looked at Canada’s plan to phase…