Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Wolfgang Munchau writes that the rise of right-wing insurrectionism can be traced largely to “centre-left” parties who have focused most of their…
November 2016
On The Road To Collapse
The writing is on the wall. And it’s been on the wall for a long time. David Suzuki writes: Clean air, water and soil to grow food are necessities of…
Citizenship and Newfoundland’s decision to join Canada – Raymond Blake #nlpoli
From Ray Blake’s recent post on the Acadiensis blog: Approaching the constitutional politics of Newfoundlandin the 1940s from the perspective of the rhetoric surrounding citizenship provides a multi-dimensional framework that…
And Two More Things
I hadn’t fully appreciated, until the U.S. election results came in, how much we have in common with the ovine species: H/t Carsten I’ve said it before, and I’ll say…
The Trump Travesty.
The Bastille has fallen. The Reign of Terror will soon begin. The tumbrils will roll in Washington. President Obama will keep that stiff upper lip as the patricians of politics…
Kellie Leitch and the Betrayal Of Our Canadian Values
You might think that as a doctor Kellie Leitch would understand that most Canadians were still in shock the morning after Donald Trump's victory.Both shaken up and nauseous that such…
The US Message for Canadian Electoral Reform
The US election is a wake up call for all Canadians that want to avoid a similar outcome here. Electoral reform now or a similar result will fall upon us.
Why national history matters – Jerry Bannister #nlpoli
“Nations matter. National cultures matter. And national histories matter,” historian Jerry Bannister writes in his commentary on the American presidential election just finished. “As we try to understand what has…
Donald Trump and the Birth of the Resistance
I watched the bloated fascist's victory speech, I heard his pathetic plea for unity.Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division; have to get together.It’s time. I…
It was the rise of the Davos class that sealed America’s fate Naomi Klein
Hillary Clinton’s embrace of neoliberalism was disastrous. The only answer now is to take on the billionaires Opinion by Naomi Klein-The Guardian They will blame James Comey and…
If Alberta PCs can’t ensure basic rules around inclusivity and harassment, they’re not fit to govern: Rachel Notley
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley at yesterday afternoon’s press conference in the Legislature media room. Below: U.S. President Elect Donald Trump and his unsuccessful Democratic Party challenger, Hillary Clinton (Photo…
Jean-Francois Hamelin – La Pointe
Stopped in at the vernissage for the exhibit, La Pointe, by Jean-Francois Hamelin taking place at the Centre culturel Georges-Vanier which runs until January 5. It is a tight little…
Revenge of the ‘Deplorables’
Photo by Gage Skidmore The people Hillary Clinton derided as a “basket of deplorables” have spoken. They have voted out of the pain of their economic misfortune, which Clinton’s branch…
How the Future Voted
America is a society deeply divided across any number of lines – ethnic, sectarian, gender, economic, political, religious and, increasingly, generational. Here’s what the electoral map would have looked like…
Quick reflections on the November 2016 elections
Photo by Gage Skidmore Had it not been for the Electoral College, at this moment we would be discussing the plans for the incoming Hillary Clinton administration. That’s right. She…
What the Foreign Policy Gang Had to Say
For the first time in its half-century existence, Foreign Policy made a presidential endorsement and it didn’t go to Donald J. Trump. With that in mind, here are some thoughts…
How did 59 million Americans come to support a loud-mouthed boor?
There will be plenty of analysis in the coming weeks about the results of the United States Presidential election focusing on how Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. As many people…
so now what do we do?
Having spent most of the last 30 years as a journalist and editor I am now wondering why I didn’t go and do something useful like become a telephone sterilizer…