A Stranger Asks, “So, Do You Work?”
A stranger asks, "What do you do?". They really mean, 'do you WORK?'. When you reply that you care for a loved one, they look past your shoulder, scanning the…
2016
A Stranger Asks, "So, Do You Work?"
A stranger asks, "What do you do?". They really mean, 'do you WORK?'. When you reply that you care for a loved one, they look past your shoulder, scanning the…
Global Weirding – U.K.
The Brits will have to put away their beach wear for a while. After the recent heat wave and predictions this will be the hottest summer in more than a…
Orlando and the Plague of Fundamentalism
I got a call from my brother yesterday morning. He's gay. Naturally the Orlando massacre came up in our conversation. The discussion got around to religious fundamentalism, people of that…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…
Now I know why my friends don’t want to hear about climate change
About three years ago I decided to devote a lot of time to writing about the threat of climate change. I felt then – and feel now – that the…
Justin, Meet Edmund
When I think of Israel's headlong plunge into fascism and our government's indifference (or worse) to it, I can't help but think of Edmund Burke's classic warning:All that is needed…
Unfiltered Hatred
I don't feel completely right posting this video in which a hatred-spewing 'Christian' pastor, Stephen L. Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church, offers his evaluation of the Orlando massacre.…
happy birthday to me
Apparently I have been alive on this planet for 55 years. That seems completely impossible. Yet there it is.As always on my birthday, I feel incredibly fortunate to be alive…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Cynthia Kaufman discusses Moses Naim's theory that while a transnational ruling class has managed to exercise almost total control over the functions of government,…
False Hope and the Great Illusion – Life in the Ghetto of Neoliberalism’s Predator State
Chris Hedges figures we're fattened lambs being prepped for slaughter by the agents of corporatism, those we ourselves put in office. He writes, of course, of America. Canadians, naturally, don't…
Greece has its problems with the EU, but we would never leave
George Kyris Those who support Brexit often see Greece as an example of the problems within the EU. Nigel Farage has encouraged Greeks to leave the union in order to…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of June 13, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterCan You be Fired for Being Too Attractive?Assisted dying bill unconstitutional: constitution expert Peter HoggLawyer responds to Judge's sharp, unjust criticismNew…
Unspeakable
If there is any good to come from this terrible massacre, let it be the realization that the things that may set us apart are small indeed compared to the…
Stairway to Litigation
In high school in Calgary, I detested Led Zep. I particularly detested ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ that staple of every high school sock hop. I was a punk, you see. ‘Stairway…
Killings in the Philippines, and more killings in Florida
The facts are wholly different, of course: in the former case, two Canadians – Robert Hall over the weekend, and John Ridsdel last month – were held hostage, and later…
It’s Later Than We Think
The real battle in the United States won't be between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Chris Hedges writes that the real battle is between corporate power and ordinary citizens. And,…
The braggadocio of the blogger!
That is one way to describe it. There is a hollowness in the endeavour. It is not just a hobby or an interesting way to waste away a few hours…