Alternatives to Corporate Globalization: Cooperatives
In this guest post Tom Webb gives a summary of the pitch in his new book, that co-operatives are the answer to the problems of the global capitalist agenda. At…
February 2017
Car Free in Sudbury, Day 11: Sunday Shopping
Sunday. We had survived a week without a car, but we’d had some help. Alice’s birthday was a huge success on Friday evening, in large part due to the help…
The Second Civil War
The battle lines have been drawn. Donald Trump says he wants to “make America great again.” Chris Hedges says he wants to “make America ungovernable.” He warns his readers that…
Car Free in Sudbury, Day 11: Sunday Shopping
Sunday. We had survived a week without a car, but we’d had some help. Alice’s birthday was a huge success on Friday evening, in large part due to the help…
Top 10 Legal headlines
Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of February 6, 2017 from @wiselaw on Twitter. For more information on employment law, family law, and wills, estates and…
The end of days
Me on CKNW about the end of the American epoch:
A Reason For Hope
Although the White House is currently overrun with a band of lunatics that has quickly brought about very dark days, I can’t help but think that there are reasons for…
You can Learn to be Luckier in Life
Are you lucky? Do you want to be? Because you can increase your luck skills by practicing – seriously! Christine Carter demystifies how luck works at the Greater Good Science…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 6, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 6, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: At least five judges block Trump’s immigration order; more than 4,000 lawyers…
How The Europeans Are Trolling Donald Trump
When you see the way some of Europe's most respectable magazines are portraying Donald Trump, you get a pretty good idea what many Europeans think of him.For their covers couldn't…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif discusses her experience facing prejudice against Muslims in Canada. But Ashifa Kassam reports on the growing public response to violence, as…
Waiting for Mr. Trump.
The reporters and pundits are causing unnecessary concerns. Does anyone really believe that Justin Trudeau cannot handle a meeting with Donald Trump? What is to worry about? Trudeau meets Trump;…
Trudeau’s Trump war room
Here: “They’ve done exactly what they should do. They’ve set up a war room to deal with Donald Trump problems,” said Warren Kinsella, president of Daisy Group and a former…
Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli
The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade…
Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli
The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade…
Why Canadians are lucky Rona Ambrose was hanging around the Caribbean with a billionaire
PHOTOS: The scene abroad N. Murray Edwards’ yacht imagined. Actual Canadian bitumen billionaires and their onboard guests may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real N. Murray Edwards, Prime…
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down (repost)
An earlier version of this story appeared in Das Magazin in December. On November 9 at around 8.30 AM., Michal Kosinski woke up in the Hotel Sunnehus in Zurich. Read…
Kellie Leitch: An Example of “New Racism”
On Sept 7, 2016 Kellie Leitch posted a tweet in which she shared an article that appeared in Macleans magazine. The article set out her proposal to vet all newcomers…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Claudia Chwalisz points out that in addition to relying on a distortionary electoral system, the Trudeau Libs’ majority was built on a…