The Rape of Brunnhilde
I came to Houston today to see a new production of the opera Siegfried by the Houston Grand Opera. It was stunning – breathtaking – especially the final act, when…
2016
Finally, the U.S. Steps Closer to Racial Healing With a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The U.S. has a history of racial violence against blacks and indigenous peoples. Now is the time to follow the example shown by Canada and South Africa, and begin a…
From Lisa Kinsella’s new book, Text Messages With Warren
It’ll be a bestseller.
April 16: Sometimes you have to make a choice.
For its Saturday edition, the Irving press always has a Faith page. After all, the ownership of the paper is guided by its religious principles. That's why it proudly offers…
Muddle-headed editorial palaver
There’s a muddle-headed editorial in this weekend’s Collingwood Connection titled “Citizens, not rich developers should drive political ship” (sic*) that shows (again) how little the chain’s editorial writers understand m...
The NDP and the Leap Manifesto
Recently, I had the chance to look over the Leap Manifesto introduced at the recent NDP leadership conference. At first, I gazed upon this simple document with anger, as I…
The NDP and the Leap Manifesto
Recently, I had the chance to look over the Leap Manifesto introduced at the recent NDP leadership conference. At first, I gazed upon this simple document with anger, as I…
The NDP and the Leap Manifesto
Recently, I had the chance to look over the Leap Manifesto introduced at the recent NDP leadership conference. At first, I gazed upon this simple document with anger, as I…
First Steps. How to Democratize the Economy.
There were two very dispiriting essays this week. The first came from Chris Hedges on Monday. The other was Monbiot's op-ed on neoliberalism in The Guardian yesterday. Both are must-reads.…
when real life meets the onion: espn wants us to know that rape is traumatic… for the rapist
Ah, the things we miss when we don't follow mainstream media. I didn't even know the sports world was celebrating a rapist.This week, drinking wine in a hotel room in…
NDP Now Has Chance to End 13 Years of Error
Photo by Jonathan Allard In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair’s crushing repudiation at the NDP convention, the party is entering a period of self-reflection and reinvention that it has never…
Stuff Still Happens, week 15: Rachael getting harried
The first, 100% NDP Alberta budget was released on Thursday, and it was a jaw dropper. Faced with a stunning decline in oil and gas revenues (two years ago, the…
No, It’s Not Chechnya. It’s "Czechia."
This is bound to cause a little bit of confusion. When Czechoslovakia split up we were left with Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Now the Czech Republic is getting a…
Build a dozen pipelines, Alberta. It won’t help
Photo by Connor Mah “I won’t let up,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told delegates to the NDP’s national convention last week. “We must get to ‘yes’ on a pipeline.” She…
Climate justice movement shakes Canada’s NDP
Illustration by Malcolm Mayes In a stunning rebuff to the party establishment, delegates to the federal convention of the New Democratic Party, meeting in Edmonton, Alberta April 8-10, voted to…
Europe’s Islamist Legionnaires Come Home to Fight
Photo by Miguel Discart Introduction The terror bombings in Paris and Brussels have raised a cacophony of voices, ranging from state officials, Prime Ministers and Presidents, to academics, journalists and…
One More Thing About that Saudi Death Wagon Deal
To hear Uncle Steffie talk about it, you would think Canada's 15-billion dollar armoured fighting vehicle sale to the Saudis had no greater dimension. Dion never links it to what…
A Powerful Statement
And one that needs no words:Recommend this Post
New ‘Meta’ Study Confirms Consensus: 97% of Publishing Climate Scientists Agree We are Causing Global Warming
By John Cook, The University of Queensland When we published a paper in 2013 finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, what surprised me was how surprised everyone was.…
Monica, you, me and the Internet
Fascinating Guardian piece on online thuggery. Important, even. Here. One part of it really struck a chord with me: as a pale-skinned establishment kind of guy, I haven’t experienced even a fraction of…