Mr. Glass Half-Full
Assassination in Turkey. Terror attack in Berlin. Shooting in Zürich mosque. Electoral college confirms Trump. 2017 will be like Monday was. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
2016
Gender Gap – Sunshine edition #nlpoli
The House of Assembly passed a bill during the last sitting that would allow the government to publish a list every year of all the people working for government who…
Tory harassment investigation: Move along please; nothing to see here, folks…
PHOTOS: MLA Sandra Jansen makes an impassioned plea in the Alberta Legislature on Nov. 22, calling out the hate and misogyny she has endured since announcing she was running for…
From the Depths of Hansard: Highways, Hemlock and Marmalade
Combing through Hansard, I frequently come across amusing, witty and interesting transcripts of debates that have occurred in the Alberta Legislature since the record keeping service began 45 years ago.…
This week’s column: f!@k 2016
Inspiration sometimes comes in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it came at Lee’s Palace on Tuesday night of last week. The Toronto club was dark, sweaty and noisy –…
Almost Done!
Tomorrow is the last day of autumn which means it is also the last day of L’automne (please drop by and like the page if you haven’t already). One of…
Trump exposes the "truth" myth
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t…
Trump exposes the "truth" myth
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t…
New EPA Study Highlights Fracking’s Risk to Groundwater, Notes Troubling Lack of Data
This article originally appeared on The Tyee. Another U.S. study has found that hydraulic fracking, which triggers small- to medium-sized earthquakes, can change the chemistry and quality of groundwater. The…
Caring for the Salish Sea
Monday, December 19, 2016 At West Coast we’re buckling down to protect the Salish Sea, the global atmosphere, and future generations – a journey that will take us through 2017…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Danielle Martin highlights how investments in ending poverty including a basic income can improve health outcomes among other key social indicators: Far more…
Read Chapter 2 of Trump’s Dystopic America: Lighting Up Hughes
Follow the continuing saga of life after inauguration. How will BigHands dance with China towards WWIII? Read and share “Lighting Up Hughes” – 21c at http://ow.ly/4PiR307hrIV
A Culture of War
As the Electoral College convenes today to annoint Donald J. Trump the next president of the United States, Henry Giroux serves up another timely warning – this time about the…
Dec.19: the end of patience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUCwCgthp_E https://southfront.org/new-data-more-than-100-us-uk-israeli-french-turkish-advisers-were-allowed-to-leave-aleppo/ Two readers sent me the items above – and I thank them because I would certainly never have found these in our mainline news media. We’ll start with…
Rafe: Site C Dam shows how broken our democracy is
BC First Nations Chiefs Roland Wilson, Liz Logan and Stewart Phillip took their anti-Site C message to Ottawa – to no avail (Liz Logan/ Twitter) This week I said I…
Hedges on Fake News – Why Don’t We Just Stop Swallowing?
For years I’ve been calling for a democratic restoration in Canada. We’re still a democracy but we dare not take that for granted, not when liberal democracy is on the…
Krugman – It’s All Bread and Circuses From Here On In
This may sound controversial but, really, it shouldn’t. The NYT’s Paul Krugman looks ahead to the ascendancy of Trump & Company and is drawn to images of the Fall of…
ICTs in Higher Education Systems of Arab States: Promises and Effective Practices – A Summary Report
Please take note that this is not the official UNESCO report of the forum, but only my personal report as invited international expert. The Regional Forum on ICTs in Higher…