The column on cultural appropriation HuffPo refused to publish
“All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen West, my friend and I…
“All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen West, my friend and I…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Patrick Butler writes about the increasing number of UK families mired in poverty and insecure housing even with one or more people…
Blockchain technology is changing the world of commerce and law, now it can be used to track real world blocks instead of just digital blocks. The technology got attention thanks…
The planet is warming much faster than we thought. Dahr Jamail writes: The reality of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) continues to outstrip our ability to model worst-case scenarios, as it…
*Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 23, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market A third of Cosby’s…
The disappointment progressives have felt with the New Democratic Party over the last couple decades has been something we have argued about but maybe not understood as well as we…
Facebook has become hugely popular in Newfoundland and Labrador and, not surprisingly, some creative and enterprising fellow came up with a running joke – these days called a meme –…
ILLUSTRATIONS: Poster thanks to the U.S. Army, circa 1941-42 or whenever they finally got around to joining the fight, with a little help from PhotoShop. Below: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi…
The Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI Canada) in concert with the Canadian Combat Coalition (again, really?) is planning three events in the coming few weeks. The first is one that…
My January and March posts on the Ontario electricity sector described how decisions by different Ontario governments gave rise to excess electricity generation with an inflated cost structure, leading to…
Ralph Nader interviewed Noam Chomsky last Saturday about Chomsky’s new book Requiem for the American Dream and film of the same title currently on Netflix. He’s trying every type of…
Talk shit on the Internet for Jason Kenney! Fat shame the socialist hordes! Threaten the cucks and the squishes with death! Most interesting bit is if you AREN’T a Conservative…
I read this on Facebook and absolutely love it. The author, Arun Gupta, understands and acknowledges cultural appropriation as a fact and a legitimate concern (as do I). But he…
As I noted here, Jagmeet Singh’s entry into the federal NDP’s leadership race has attracted an enviable amount of notice from the media. But the combination of a relatively late…
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There are, we are told, some eighty million refugees in the world. The response of Christians all over the world has been almost unanimous. Kick them out of the country.…
I’ll plan to add more to Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury’s profile later on if he adds more public-facing content to his campaign. For now, though, I’ll put forward at least a…
Photo by BGM Riding Association About a week ago, Ontario NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh ended months of speculation by officially throwing his hat into the Federal NDP leadership race. While…
OUCHhttps://t.co/XaPL1AbCm5 pic.twitter.com/zpZGkQxDFP — Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) May 22, 2017
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Krugman criticizes the use of non-compete agreements to trap workers at low wage levels with no opportunity to pursue comparable employment –…