Wading into the science on sea level rise – BC lags behind
Thursday, May 18, 2017 If you’ve been following BC’s sea-level woes extra closely, you’ll know that planning for a sea-level increase of “1 metre by 2100” has become a kind…
May 2017
3 Ways B.C. Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
The prospect of a new provincial government in B.C. has sparked fresh political debate about Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which is opposed by B.C.’s NDP and Green Party, despite…
Popular participation, not populism
Photo by Emilio Pedros The struggle for the vote for workers and for women was resisted at every stage, and when universal suffrage was finally won, every effort was made…
The $15 minimum wage is good: busting business lobby myths
With the Ontario government seriously considering raising the minimum wage thanks to the tireless organizing efforts of the $15 and Fairness campaign, the labour movement and thousands of supporters, the…
I Feel His Pain
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Let’s At Least Do What The Premier Wants/Wanted
.@cathmckenna announces system to bring @PremierBradWall into line carbon pricing, pic.twitter.com/ybzoqjULjP — David Akin (@davidakin) May 18, 2017 “Saskatchewan will choose what we call a tech fund approach, where we…
Donald Trump, pouring gas on himself and lighting a match. Again.
Again. And again and again and again. .@realDonaldTrump: never misses an opportunity to keep his big mouth shut. But, by all means, keep at it, Comrade Trump. #USpolitics https://t.co/JbfbY2LbZG —…
Tongue-Tied in Caregiving: Why is Asking and Offering So Hard?
Most days I drive across a bridge linking my neighborhood with our son Nick’s suburb. Homeless folks hang out at the stop lights either side of the bridge. They bob…
Autocrats, dictators, and our Dynastic age. . . .
It seems to me that one of the most troubling aspects of political culture is the remarkable tendency for autocrats and dictators to garner large amounts of public support regardless…
Autocrats, dictators, and our Dynastic age. . . .
It seems to me that one of the most troubling aspects of political culture is the remarkable tendency for autocrats and dictators to garner large amounts of public support regardless…
Autocrats, dictators, and our Dynastic age. . . .
It seems to me that one of the most troubling aspects of political culture is the remarkable tendency for autocrats and dictators to garner large amounts of public support regardless…
Caesar Was Felled in Minutes. Trump May Take a Little Longer.
It really is a lot like handing your 16-year old the keys to a brand new Corvette and telling him the only traffic signs he has to obey are those…
Berlin-Warszawa Express by Eamon McGrath tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 14, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Mueller Has a Lot to Gnaw On
If there’s one thing that marks the Trump administration it’s their favourite pastime, lying. That and the erratic ramblings of the Cheeto Benito. It’s getting tough for Trump’s handmaidens. A…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Owen Jones discusses UK Labour’s true social democratic platform as a model for progressive parties around the globe. And Simon Wren-Lewis points…
Roger Ailes, Cable News Lecher in Chief, Dead at 77
Disgraced founder and ex-CEO of FOX News, Roger Ailes, has gone to the Great Celestial Studio in the sky. Ailes, who possibly defined the term “dirty old man,” was shown…
The Noose Tightens
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Donald Trump and the Demon Child In His Head
It's hardly surprising that Donald Trump is not happy with the appointment of a special counsel. But judging by that tweet this morning, the voices in his head are now…
Billionaire Shipping Magnate Sponsors WWF Research Vessel
Kjell Inge Røkke made billions from running a shipping company and now he wants to give back to the very thing that made him wealth – the high seas. He…