Stupidity Squared
Television made Donald Trump. Television elected him. In retrospect, Neil Postman’s critique of the medium makes Trump’s rise seem almost inevitable. In Amusing Ourselves To Death, Postman argued that the…
2016
Alex Jones and the Madness of Donald Trump
Alex Jones is a right-wing radio host, a fanatical Trump supporter, and one of America's most deranged conspiracy theorists.A man so crazy you have to see it to believe it…Read…
The devil is in the details, Ms. Wynne.
The Ontario government’s water torture continues. There has been a reluctance to write about the so-called ‘reforms’ in political fundraising until we knew more of the details. We are still…
Transition Reactions p13: Legitimate academic inquiry
In my readings on feminism in Islam and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), there has been a consistent thread across all views within this specific area: Establish what…
The Sunshine List Case hits the court #nlpoli
The public sector unions’ attack on freedom of information is finally in front of a judge. The unions want to block disclosure of the names of public servants in response…
The twists keep coming: Ex PM pitches woo to Wildrosers for Kenney Con coup as candidate cries counter Kudatah!
PHOTOS: “That group of NDP activists was this big!” Jason Kenney is shown at the launch of his campaign to spring a kudatah on the Progressive Conservative Party in this…
Alberta’s overseas Army, Navy and Air Force Election of 1945
Months before the end of the Second World War, the largest global conflict in human history, the Alberta government conducted a vote of Alberta-residents serving in the three branches of…
Guest Post: Where’s the evidence for a health care sustainability crisis in Canada?
PHOTOS: Well, that’s one way to “bend the cost curve” … premier Ralph Klein’s way. The old Calgary General Hospital begins to fall an instant after the dynamite was triggered…
Canada’s $3.3bn fossil fuel subsidies undermine climate action: Report
Canada’s $3.3 billion in federal and provincial subsidies to fossil fuel companies undermine climate action, says a new study by four prominent Canadian environmental groups. The post Canada’s $3.3bn fossil…
Small Mercies? Is Trump Softening Stance On Climate Change/Paris Agreement?
There are signs. Climate change denier Myron Ebell may not get top spot at the EPA: Myron Ebell, a prominent climate change skeptic who runs the Competitive Enterprise Institute libertarian…
Small Mercies? Is Trump Softening Stance On Climate Change/Paris Agreement?
There are signs. Climate change denier Myron Ebell may not get top spot at the EPA: Myron Ebell, a prominent climate change skeptic who runs the Competitive Enterprise Institute libertarian…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Smooth operator cats.
Return of a former blogging member (and the addition of a new one)
We’d like to welcome back James Laxer. He was a blogging affiliate and then stopped blogging in 2012, but has decided to resume his blogging career. Please also welcome our…
22 years after the publication of Web of Hate
… we, as a society, are dealing with a significant surge in hate crimes in Canada and the United States. I never thought I would again be interviewed about Web…
Young Scientists Call "Bullshit" on Trudeau
Remember when Justin Trudeau said that his government’s decisions would be evidence based and follow scientific knowledge – unlike the Harper government? Many of us who have been watching the…
Back to Work Boobless
I’m really glad I decided to go back to work part time for a week. I highly recommend that path for anyone getting this surgery. I thought I’d be completely…
The imminent federal decision on Northern Gateway…and the oil tanker ban?
Monday, November 14, 2016 As the deadline approaches for a federal decision on the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, West Coast Environmental Law Staff Counsel Gavin Smith reflects on his meetings…
Ten Years
Nation, when I first put virtual pen to paper 10 years ago today, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. My utter lack of recognition about the…
Ten Years
Nation, when I first put virtual pen to paper 10 years ago today, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. My utter lack of recognition about the…
How the Leader of the Free World Became the Leader of the Global Right Wing.
AmeriKa’s president, Donald Trump, will not be the leader of the free world. He will, however, be the leader of the global right wing. Across Europe, the radical right is…