How Caregiving Changes Us – What Dies, What Grows
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how we change over time as caregivers – the parts of ourselves that die and the new parts that grow. What has died…
February 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District says: Donald Trump is an asshole!
And he is! Sing along! Come to our gig on February 23 at Cherry Cola’s and buy the T-shirt!
How Caregiving Changes Us – What Dies, What Grows
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how we change over time as caregivers – the parts of ourselves that die and the new parts that grow. What has died…
Updates: Calgary-Heritage and Calgary-Midnapore by-elections
A quick update on the upcoming federal by-elections in Calgary-Heritage and Calgary-Midnapore: – Former Conservative MP Lee Richardson will not run for the Liberal nomination in Calgary-Heritage, but three other…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 5: Horror hits home; Trudeau breaks a promise; Stupor Bowl ads
Events on Sunday in Quebec City served as a reminder, if we needed one, that Canada is not immune to madness. Last Sunday, a sad loser walked into a Quebec…
Trudeau and electoral reform
This week Justin Trudeau killed the prospect of significant electoral reform in this Parliament. His argument that there isn’t a consensus may be true. However, he is rightly getting flack…
In These Troubled Times
… I rather envy this young woman her job: Should the subject of alcohol’s rather substantial role in American history interest you, I can highly recommend Susan Cheever’s Drinking in…
Trudeau and electoral reform
This week Justin Trudeau killed the prospect of significant electoral reform in this Parliament. His argument that there isn’t a consensus may be true. However, he is rightly getting flack…
Donald Trump’s Horrible Saturday Night
I think it's safe to say that Donald Trump had a lousy Saturday night. And either ended up climbing the golden drapes in his Mar-a-Lago estate, or rolling on the…
A No Win Situation From The Start
This week there has been much rhetoric about the failure of the Liberals to move forward on electoral reform, apparently this is all Trudeau’s fault and no blame can be…
A better role for NDP’s Nate Cullen.
Frankly, it has been disappointing. Nate Cullen MP from British Columbia has been so busy bitching and whining, he is missing the real opportunity. He has the right to complain…
A No Win Situation From The Start
This week there has been much rhetoric about the failure of the Liberals to move forward on electoral reform, apparently this is all Trudeau’s fault and no blame can be…
When You Normalize Your Demons
Some commentators have been surprised by the ascension of Donald Trump. Nick Cohen writes that they shouldn’t be. Trump comes from the world of business. And, in the business world,…
Wildrose reaction to proposed raise for front-line health workers illustrates the party’s rightward shift
PHOTOS: Rob Anderson, on the right, the Wildrose Party’s finance critic under Danielle Smith, at a rally supporting public sector workers in 2012. With him are AUPE President Guy Smith,…
Trudeau’s big lie
I am reluctant to refer to my prime minister as a liar, particularly when I generally hold him in high regard, but when the lie reaches a certain magnitude, one’s…
Trudeau’s big lie
I am reluctant to refer to my prime minister as a liar, particularly when I generally hold him in high regard, but when the lie reaches a certain magnitude, one’s…
Dear General "Mad Dog" Mattis
Congratulations on your appointment as secretary of defense. You might find your job a lot easier if you pull your head out of your ass. You have claimed that Iran…
Eating Up the Hill: The #AlternativeFacts Taste of British Columbia at the Parliamentary Restaurant
Every couple of Fridays, The Parliamentary Restaurant allows the unwashed staffer masses inside for a buffet. And when I heard that last Friday’s buffet menu was “Flavours of Canada: British…
Eating Up the Hill: The #AlternativeFacts Taste of British Columbia at the Parliamentary Restaurant
Every couple of Fridays, The Parliamentary Restaurant allows the unwashed staffer masses inside for a buffet. And when I heard that last Friday’s buffet menu was “Flavours of Canada: British…
This Irish Senator speaks for me
…and for those of us who long for someone to have this much honesty and courage here.