Who Is Canada’s Bernie Sanders?
As we pivot to a new world, of course, we’ll have to contend with the election of Trump as president. But it’s not an absolute road block. Yesterday I wrote…
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Why did Trump win? Ask the Cheese Doctor!
The Cheese Doctor: Rapaille One of my favourite marketing gurus has some views on what lies beneath the appeal that Trump has for so many Americans, as this journalist wrote…
1,013 followers – questions?
I don’t know who you all are, but the blog machine tells me there are 1,013 of you following me here. You can also find me, Kenn Chaplin, on Facebook.…
Trudeau’s promises unravel in legal battle over Indigenous rights
Photo from Pangaea-Project.org Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party campaigned on the promise of a “renewed, nation-to-nation relationship” between the government and Indigenous communities. Trudeau promised the Assembly of First Nations that…
Don’t mourn, organize! Sarah Jaffe on organizing before and after Trump
You could almost hear the whole world hold its breath as the night of November 8th dragged on and Donald Trump’s march towards the presidency became clearer. While it may…
Why Trump Could Look Like A Crook Even Before He Becomes President
As you probably know, Donald Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to go after "crooked" Hillary Clinton.But strangely enough it's Trump himself who faces a greater chance of…
Nightmares sometimes become real; the US Election being one of them.
I woke up this morning 2 days after the US Election hoping I’d dreamed a very bad dream… but alas, not to be. It appears that Clinton will end up…
LawFact of the Day: Civl Litigation
Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Thursday November 10, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov…
Taiwan is About to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Taiwan might be the first Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage. The country is working on legislation that will permit people who love each other and are of the same…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Wolfgang Munchau writes that the rise of right-wing insurrectionism can be traced largely to “centre-left” parties who have focused most of their…
On The Road To Collapse
The writing is on the wall. And it’s been on the wall for a long time. David Suzuki writes: Clean air, water and soil to grow food are necessities of…
Citizenship and Newfoundland’s decision to join Canada – Raymond Blake #nlpoli
From Ray Blake’s recent post on the Acadiensis blog: Approaching the constitutional politics of Newfoundlandin the 1940s from the perspective of the rhetoric surrounding citizenship provides a multi-dimensional framework that…
And Two More Things
I hadn’t fully appreciated, until the U.S. election results came in, how much we have in common with the ovine species: H/t Carsten I’ve said it before, and I’ll say…
The Trump Travesty.
The Bastille has fallen. The Reign of Terror will soon begin. The tumbrils will roll in Washington. President Obama will keep that stiff upper lip as the patricians of politics…
Kellie Leitch and the Betrayal Of Our Canadian Values
You might think that as a doctor Kellie Leitch would understand that most Canadians were still in shock the morning after Donald Trump's victory.Both shaken up and nauseous that such…
The US Message for Canadian Electoral Reform
The US election is a wake up call for all Canadians that want to avoid a similar outcome here. Electoral reform now or a similar result will fall upon us.
Why national history matters – Jerry Bannister #nlpoli
“Nations matter. National cultures matter. And national histories matter,” historian Jerry Bannister writes in his commentary on the American presidential election just finished. “As we try to understand what has…
Donald Trump and the Birth of the Resistance
I watched the bloated fascist's victory speech, I heard his pathetic plea for unity.Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division; have to get together.It’s time. I…
It was the rise of the Davos class that sealed America’s fate Naomi Klein
Hillary Clinton’s embrace of neoliberalism was disastrous. The only answer now is to take on the billionaires Opinion by Naomi Klein-The Guardian They will blame James Comey and…