The pros and cons of getting drunk at the theater
Ten years ago I wrote a post about a performance of Ibsen's Ghosts at Stratford (link). The performance was powerful, tragic and grim - but the seemingly-drunken audience tittered and…
2016
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of June 6, 2016
Here are the leading headlines from Wise Law on TwitterGregor Robertson warns Vancouver's economy at risk due to housing prices Trump: doubles down on judgesB.C. Christian university takes fight with…
Politicians are just like us.
Maybe it is because they are never a hero to their valets that we have never been overly impressed with politicians. As a publicist and confidante to many politicians over…
Why Are the Cons Demanding an Illegal Referendum?
As you know I have been attacking Rona Ambrose and her Cons for trying to sabotage plans to introduce electoral reform.By demanding a referendum which they know would almost certainly…
Bobby Kennedy
…was assassinated on this day in 1968, when we lived in Dallas. I remember it. Many years later, I had the great fortune to work with his son, Bobby Kennedy,…
I have no comment on this story whatsoever, in any way, shape or form
However, if pressed, I will say this: The scrupulously neutral tone surprises me, considering the source, and possibly suggests they have formed the opinion that it is big. The presence…
Canada Is Cool Once Again
Our Prime Minister Justin. Check out his tattoo. Before coming out and saying so, I had to wait a bit. I had to make sure that the Trudeau-led Liberals were…
Canada Is Cool Once Again
Our Prime Minister Justin. Check out his tattoo. Before coming out and saying so, I had to wait a bit. I had to make sure that the Trudeau-led Liberals were…
Canada Is Cool Once Again
Our Prime Minister Justin. Check out his tattoo. Before coming out and saying so, I had to wait a bit. I had to make sure that the Trudeau-led Liberals were…
The Future Belongs To The Independents
Bill C-14 has gone to the Senate. Who knows what will happen to it there? A clue can be found in independent senator Frances Lankin's email to several of her…
Entitlements and examples #nlpoli
Canadian income tax law requires that all people over the age of 71 must take payments from their registered pension plan.Lorraine Michael is over the age of 71 and so…
Party like it’s 2016! Alberta NDP hold their convention in Calgary
In the past, the media and political watchers would pay little attention to a provincial convention held by Alberta’s New Democratic Party. Back in 2009 during a stint as a…
A timely reminder on this historic day: The hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia
PHOTOS: Canadians soldiers storm ashore at Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, 72 years ago today. Below: The late University of Victoria Professor Reginald H. Roy, author of 1944: The…
The Wildrose and PCs Weigh In On Medically Assisted Dying
We’ve seen a lot of fireworks in the Alberta Legislature but nothing can match the rhetoric and misinformation that characterized the response of the Wildrose (and to a lesser extent…
Saturday Photo: Chestnuts in Blossom, Paris under Water
The song says: April in Paris, Chestnuts in Blossom. That's true as far as it goes perhaps, although when I've been there in early May the chestnuts were always lovely.They…
Saturday Photo: Chestnuts in Blossom, Paris under Water
The song says: April in Paris, Chestnuts in Blossom. That's true as far as it goes perhaps, although when I've been there in early May the chestnuts were always lovely.They…
Is This Any Time for Canada’s Justice Minister to be Playing Politics?
When it comes to the assisted dying issue, Trudeau justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, is playing politics - with people's lives at stake....the federal justice minister hasn't told the full story…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading.- David Korten writes that despite the trend of the past few decades, there's nothing inevitable about international agreements inevitably favouring capital over citizens rather…
"It’s Obscene" – Look At the Handiwork of the Butchers We’re Arming.
There's only one way to honestly judge the Trudeau government's decision to go ahead with a multi-billion dollar weapons contract with Saudi Arabia. You have to look at what those…