Bernie Sanders Offers Both A Prescription And A Warning
Spending five minutes watching this video will likely provide more truth and insight than were heard in the entire U.S. presidential campaign. Recommend this Post
2016
That Didn’t Take Long. Is This Assange’s Reward?
Is Julian Assange getting an early Christmas present? A week after Donald Trump’s election victory and six years after Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a Swedish…
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…
Will Trump Embolden Bigots in Canada?
Yesterday we read Kinsella’s post about a white power, Alt.Right handbill posted in his neighbourhood. Today we have an account from CBC Ottawa of a woman, Anna Maranta, a rabbi…
Stop Giving Trump Chances To Be Civil
He won’t. We already gave him two. His whole campaign: many of us wrote him off as a lark. I imagined only 30-35 million people would vote for such a…
Canada’s Climate Action Called ‘Inadequate’ at UN Climate Talks in Marrakech
Last year the Canadian government enjoyed a positive reception at the UN climate talks in Paris. After 10 years of climate inaction under a Conservative government, the international community anticipated…
Canada’s Climate Action Called ‘Inadequate’ at UN Climate Talks in Marrakech
Last year the Canadian government enjoyed a positive reception at the UN climate talks in Paris. After 10 years of climate inaction under a Conservative government, the international community anticipated…
Stiglitz Throws Down the Gauntlet to America’s President-Elect
Donald Trump has promised to “make America great again.” That was his whole schtick and he rode it to an upset win over the odds-on favourite, Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately Trump…
Our Miner’s Canary – the Arctic
Do you remember how balmy temperatures were in the high Arctic last winter? No? Well it’s a safe bet that most have probably forgotten all about it. That too is…
Team Trump visits Ottawa: a REAL barbaric practice
A couple blocks from where I used to live in Ottawa. (If I hadn’t blocked him, I might even be interested in Norman Spector’s ongoing claim that Team Trump is…
Meanwhile, Back At Home
While the Gong Show unfolding in the U.S. will likely continue to preoccupy a great many of us in the weeks, months and years to come, we would be remiss…
Five Ways to Fix Environmental Reviews: Young Scientists to Trudeau
Fallout from environmental assessments or development decisions that don’t meet the highest scientific standards will land on the shoulders of the younger generation, which is why Canada’s lack of scientific…
Five Ways to Fix Environmental Reviews: Young Scientists to Trudeau
Fallout from environmental assessments or development decisions that don’t meet the highest scientific standards will land on the shoulders of the younger generation, which is why Canada’s lack of scientific…
Values: Kellie Leitch made me go back to one of my books
Fight the Right, to be precise. here’s what I found. It’s what Leitch is doing, and with some success, too. “…Conservatives like the ones gathered at the Values Summit believe…
Capturing Animals in 3D for the Future
We are witnessing one of the largest extinction events in history because people deny that climate change is happening. Regardless of the deniers and the death of entire species we…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday November 15, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov…
Kellie Leitch, Donald Trump, and the Racist Rebel
I don't know from what diseased mind or minds those hateful posters came from. I don't know whether those racists were inspired by their Lord Emperor Donald Trump.Or boosted by…
Hayek In Full Fruition
Donald Trump has admitted that he doesn’t read much. Instead, he pays attention to” the shows.” However, there is one book — even though he’s probably never read it —…