Global Carbon Output Decreases
In order to avert catastrophic climate change we need to dramatically cut global carbon output. That’s what the Paris Agreement is all about and it comes in to force in…
November 2016
Now I’m Trendy, Dammit
The NY Times published a piece last night:“‘Going flat’ after breast cancer,” about the nascent movement towards openly having a boobless chest. And here I thought I was doing something…
It Sounds Radical But It’s Not, Not Really.
There’s been no end of weirdness over the past couple of decades but, being the most adaptable species of complex life on Earth, the only creature able to inhabit every…
Politics, not covered in glory
Let me tell you a story. In my first year at Carleton U. – after a year or more of punk rock bacchanalia back in Calgary, and the corresponding impact…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Toby Sanger offers some important background to the federal government’s expected plan for privatized infrastructure by noting that the anticipated result would…
Tired Old Nostrums And Tired Old Men
Conservatism used to be intellectually vibrant. But, David Brooks writes, the rise of Donald Trump represents the last stage in conservatism’s meltdown. It has become a refuge for old white…
The FBI Has Finished The Job of De-Legitimizing America’s Democracy
The only thing we know for sure about next week’s election is that either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be proclaimed president elect. Oh yeah, there’s one other thing…
Will America avoid its ‘Rob Ford’ mistake next week?
Comedy Central meme interview with Trump supporter. Over two weeks ago, Canadian columnist Andrew Coyne wrote this insightful article entitled, “How does Donald Trump still have supporters?” In it, Coyne…
Will America avoid its ‘Rob Ford’ mistake next week?
Comedy Central meme interview with Trump supporter. Over two weeks ago, Canadian columnist Andrew Coyne wrote this insightful article entitled, “How does Donald Trump still have supporters?” In it, Coyne…
Dear Justin, Please Fix This. NOW!
We knew that Harper and civil liberties were like an oil spill and water. Nothing good could come of that combination. After all, it’s what gave us C-51. In no…
Donald Trump and the Return of the Daisy Girl
As we all know, Donald Trump is a threat to everything decent in America. From its women and girls, who he would grope like a beast, to its democracy he…
Building higher walls #nlpoli
A new government security policy does everything short of banning people from Confederation Building altogether. Visitors to the main government building in St. John’s now have to enter through a…
October, 2016
So I am pretty happy with myself today because at the beginning of the month I decided that I would walk the lower path at the Verdun waterfront everyday in…