What I’ve Learned About Myself Caring For My Mom
For many years I was the primary caregiver in our family for our son who has severe disabilities. Nicholas needed a lot of therapy and was often ill enough to…
February 2017
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 27, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 27, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Wrongful Dismissal and Ontario’s Employment Law Framework Good idea: LSUC considers banning…
History made as ‘Moonlight’ becomes first LGBT-themed film to win Best Picture Oscar
What a beautiful shocker! I’m thrilled this morning after last night’s win by Moonlight as the surprise Best Picture winner at the Oscars, which is now the first LGBT-themed film…
UPDATED:The Momentum Continues
The Trump resistance movement, about which I have previously written, is showing no signs of abatement. It surely is the bright spot in our increasingly dark times. in today’s paper,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC reports on Nav Persaud’s research showing how universal prescription drug coverage could produce improved health outcomes for a lower cost. But Scott…
The Warm Up Act
Donald Trump’s deportation squads portend a dark future. Chris Hedges writes: The warmup act for a full-blown American fascism and orchestrated race war is taking place in immigrant and marginal…
What I’ve Learned About Myself Caring For My Mom
For many years I was the primary caregiver in our family for our son who has severe disabilities. Nicholas needed a lot of therapy and was often ill enough to…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 27, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 27, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Wrongful Dismissal and Ontario’s Employment Law Framework Good idea: LSUC considers banning…
This week’s column: hateful promise made, hateful promise kept
It feels like a lifetime. But the Trump regime has only been in power for just over a month. When you look at the wreckage littering the landscape–unconstitutional anti-Muslim bans,…
History made as ‘Moonlight’ becomes first LGBT-themed film to win Best Picture Oscar
What a beautiful shocker! I’m thrilled this morning after last night’s win by Moonlight as the surprise Best Picture winner at the Oscars, which is now the first LGBT-themed film…
The Momentum Continues
The Trump resistance movement, about which I have previously written, is showing no signs of abatement. It surely is the bright spot in our increasingly dark times. in today’s paper,…
The Warm Up Act
Donald Trump’s deportation squads portend a dark future. Chris Hedges writes: The warmup act for a full-blown American fascism and orchestrated race war is taking place in immigrant and marginal…
Repeating Ontario’s Train Wreck.
You sometimes wonder about politicians who get in trouble and keep going back to the guru’s who helped get them into trouble in the first place. It is like having…
“Warren, what did you do?”
I get that a lot. Mainly from the women in my life. Glad to know I’m not the only Warren who hears it. "WARREN, WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!" #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bBmalDLzCJ…
jordan is the anti-egypt and petra is the anti-giza
From what little we’ve seen of Jordan so far, it is the opposite of Egypt in many respects. I admit we have a small sample size, but in both countries,…
Davis’ paranoia #nlpoli
Perhaps one of the most disconcerting aspects of former Premier Paul Davis’ testimony at the Barry Inquiry last week is the clear evidence that he still lacks a level-headed, rational…
jordan is the anti-egypt and petra is the anti-giza
From what little we’ve seen of Jordan so far, it is the opposite of Egypt in many respects. I admit we have a small sample size, but in both countries,…
Davis’ paranoia #nlpoli
Perhaps one of the most disconcerting aspects of former Premier Paul Davis’ testimony at the Barry Inquiry last week is the clear evidence that he still lacks a level-headed, rational…
petra, day two
Staying overnight in Petra was a great idea and worked out beautifully. After an elaborate but nondescript (and overpriced) breakfast buffet at the Petra Moon, we left our luggage at…
Conservative parties compete to demand fat tax subsidies for Alberta’s education special interest groups
PHOTOS: In Alberta, private schoolboys like these would have 70 per cent of the cost of their education paid for by taxpayers! (BBC photo.) Below: Progressive Conservative leadership frontrunner Jason…