A Hurricane is Coming. . .
I haven’t blogged since Trump lost the vote but won the election. Like many people, I have been disheartened. But I have been disheartened before, and I had very little…
January 2017
Syrian immigrant who fled Middle Eastern conflict, and his son
You may recognize the son.
When You Deal With Caligula
This week the world got an object lesson in how Donald Trump deals with his trading partners. He will build a wall between the United States and Mexico and lie…
The Block torpedoes the hospital, again
When their sole-sourced consultant’s report failed to give The Block the high ground to oppose the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital’s redevelopment plan, the weasels on council and in the…
We needed to hug Trump’s ‘Deplorables.’
In the heat of last fall’s U.S. election, Hillary Clinton foolishly claimed that half of Donald Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables.” These were the obvious Trump supporters…
A Critical Take on Staples
Almost a century ago W.A. Mackintosh and Harold Innis created the staple approach to Canadian studies which came to be the core of “Canadian political economy.” Post World War II…
Things not to do on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the…
Trump wants to publish the “crimes” of “aliens”
…and, even when he’s being a fascist pig, he can’t be original.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, and after the week we have collectively witnessed
Follow this account, St. Louis Manifest. It’s important. My name is Joachim Hirsch. The US turned me away at the border in 1939. I was murdered in Auschwitz pic.twitter.com/pfvJtMpIps —…
Musical interlude
Iris – Guide On Raging Stars
This is our government – acting (finally) like a sovereign government
Here: Canada will increase its funding to international organizations that provide abortion-related services after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking American funding for those services. “Women’s rights…
Seawall improvements under way in advance of summer season
Next week, the City of Vancouver begins construction to upgrade the seawall in South False Creek in order to enhance the safety and comfort of all users. The first section…
Three cheers for the irving press!
On Jan. 26, it included a column on the editorial page by Gwynne Dyer. I met Gwynne many, many years ago when we were both commentators on a CBC radio…
Seawall improvements under way in advance of summer season
Next week, the City of Vancouver begins construction to upgrade the seawall in South False Creek in order to enhance the safety and comfort of all users. The first section…
Three cheers for the irving press!
On Jan. 26, it included a column on the editorial page by Gwynne Dyer. I met Gwynne many, many years ago when we were both commentators on a CBC radio…
How rich elites took over BC…and the Liberals welcomed them
Imperial Metals’ Murray Edwards, Real Estate magnate Bob Rennie and Kinder Morgan’s Ian Anderson The following is re-published with permission from author Roy Hales and The Eco-Report. It’s been a…
Oil Oil Everywhere, and not a Barrel to Burn
There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the recent crash in crude oil prices. Ironically, both environmentalists who want people to stop buying oil and many of the producers…
Oil Oil Everywhere, and not a Barrel to Burn
There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the recent crash in crude oil prices. Ironically, both environmentalists who want people to stop buying oil and many of the producers…
Screw the police after this week’s abysmal behaviour
I’ve tried to be a moderate person in my writings here and elsewhere, trying to respect both progressive and conservative sides of the political divide, while staying true to my…
Ministry’s Hands Are Tied On The Racial Slurs Of Trustee Elgie
(The York Region District School Board Acted To Protect Trustee Nancy Elgie From a Code of Conduct Review) This week has been a very tough week for the York Region…