The Platform Press
Emily Bell and I have written a Tow Center report exploring how Silicon Valley has reengineered journalism. We look at how publishers have been absorbed into the platform ecosystem, how…
March 2017
New column day
Here, on how Brad Wall’s costly and counterproductive decision to trash the Saskatchewan Transportation Company mirrors his government’s worst traits. For further reading…– Jason Warick reported here on the plan…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Julia Smith argues that one of the primary responses to the recent reports about banks exploiting consumers (and pressuring staff to carry…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 30, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Where a person dies without a will, an intestacy…
Can Donald Trump Pass A Sanity Test?
As you can imagine, even some of Donald Trump's closest advisers are said to be deeply worried about his mental state.They say he appears shell shocked. He apparently had no…
Renewables Had a Record Year in 2016
Renewable energy production is growing more every year and 2016 was no exception to that growth. In 2016 capacity of renewables increased by 8.7% and for the first time solar…
Frightening To Behold
Two days ago, as Donald Trump signed an executive order to roll back Barack Obama’s environmental legacy, he was surrounded by coal miners. “Come on, fellas,” Trump said. “You know…
Trump sure doesn’t know America.
When driving back with the wife from a trip to Washington several years ago, we took a lazy route north through the Appalachians. It was early summer and it was…
Are you gay?
That’s the question k. d. lang asked Jason Kenney: You're gay aren't you? @jkenney — k.d. lang (@kdlang) March 29, 2017 She asked it because Kenney had proposed outing Alberta…
Assdeep in wonder – a book of poetry – tops Audreys Edmonton bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended March 26, 2017, compiled on March 28, 2017, by Audreys Books…
Message to Jason Kenney: Alberta changed while you were away being a big shot in Ottawa!
PHOTOS: Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney. Why does this man look so puzzled? Below: Entertainer k.d. lang; the late Ralph Klein, premier of Alberta when Jason Kenney left for Ottawa;…
The very definition of willful ignorance
Chair of House Science Committee Says the Journal ‘Science’ Is Not Objective
Jason Kenney’s appeal to social conservatives targets Gay-Straight Alliances
Perhaps not completely understanding how much acrimony the Gay-Straight Alliance issue caused his party back in 2014, recently selected Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney brought the issue back to the…
Your money, his friends
So much for any talk of economic diversification, shared sacrifice or responsible budgeting – the Saskatchewan Party is on another corporate giveaway binge, and no amount of public money is…
Assdeep in Wonder – a book of poetry – tops Audreys Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended March 26, 2017, compiled on March 28, 2017, by Audreys Books…
More Sights In Hawaii
After a couple nights at the first place we stayed, we dropped off our keys and picked up the ones for the next place. The timeshare employees moved our bags…
Wall, Wall, Who Gets the Wall?
Trump’s interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has stumbled across a problem with the Cheeto Benito’s plan to wall off Mexico from the United State – a wall works two ways. “The…
Apropos of Absolutely Nothing at All
A musical interlude with Vlad “The Impaler” Putin
X: Recipe for Hate
…sounds like a Kellie Leitch campaign rally, doesn’t it? But, no, it’s Dundurn’s page about my new book, found here! Here’s the cover. If you are so inclined, you can…
March 29: Democracy …a good idea….
…too bad we don’t have one. A big story on the front page of Canada&World in our local Brunswick News is that a little, old lady left her purse on…