What Will They Call It Next?
How about “The Park formerly known as Glacier National Park“? GNP got its name for the 150 glaciers that it featured. Out of that 150, 124 are now gone. The…
May 2017
What Is to Be Done in Venezuela?
Photo from Public Domain The news from Venezuela is grim: A “fall in oil prices, soaring interest rates…have intensified an already deep-rooted recession. The country is being pauperized. It has…
High Crimes and Misdemeanours
Richard Nixon famously said, “when the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” Of course Milhous was saying that to David Frost, long after he had resigned the presidency…
Canada Revenue Agency suspends controversial Harper-era audit of charities
The Canada Revenue Agency has suspended the controversial Harper-era auditing of Canadian charities’ political activities. But some targeted organizations such as the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a respected left-leaning…
New column day
Here, examining how Steve Keen’s warning about the UK’s excessive financialization and consumer debt applies even more strongly in Canada. For further reading…– Keen makes reference to the BIS’ international…
Dippers – Sorry to Kick Your Crutch Out From Underneath You, But…
In the wake of Tuesday’s near-miss election for the NDP, Green supporters were quickly made the Dippers’ whipping boy, the sine qua non excuse for their failure. A UBC analysis…
The white working class, back in charge
Lisa and me and several other political folks – a Prime Minister, a Premier, and some impressive cabinet ministers and strategist types – were at a fascinating event in Toronto…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 11, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. If a deceased person owed support to a spouse…
We’ve Heard It All Before
With Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier recently resurrecting the widely discredited and tired trope of a rising tide lifting all boats, Star reader Salmon Lee of Mississauga offers all of…
Exercising a lot Increases Lifespan
Everybody already knows that exercising is good for your health, this isn’t new. What is new is associating the amount of exercise to telomere length. Telomeres are plentiful in young…
Things Are Starting To Crumble
The wheels are starting to come off the Trumpmobile. Daniel Dale reports in the Toronto Star that, in the wake of FBI Director James Comey’s firing, several revelations have come…
Lying liars who lie
Latest @realDonaldTrump tactic: fire everyone looking for evidence, and then complain that there's no evidence. ##USPolitics #COMEY — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 11, 2017
Taking back our civil rights.
You hate to have to remind our Liberal government in Ottawa that one of the basic tenets of liberalism is human rights. It is as though the cabinet members get…
Alberta authors Linda Phillips and Janice MacDonald top Audreys Books fiction and non-fiction bestsellers lists
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Pipelines, pipelines, pipelines – An Alberta view of the BC election
British Columbia voters reduced Christy Clark’s BC Liberals to minority status in the provincial election this week. The BC Liberals, who have formed government since 2001, elected candidates in 43…
Alberta authors Linda Phillips and Janice MacDonald top Audreys Books fiction and non-fiction bestsellers list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Another Surgery Down
I feel like a pro at getting surgery now. That’s probably not a good thing. It occurred to me it’s kind of like travelling. The first time in an airport…
CITY-TV: will Trump ever lose his voters?
And other questions. Video: Political strategist @kinsellawarren joins us to talk about the fallout of Trump's firing of Comey https://t.co/hsoa71l61o pic.twitter.com/S0AWbrshV2 — CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) May 10, 2017
May 10:The frightened people of New Brunswick.
Our truthful Bunswick News press has announced that the provincial government will clean up two of its worst-polluted beaches. I am touched and moved by this gesture. But it makes…
#BCElxn2017 is good news for the environment
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 There will be a lot of discussion for weeks, maybe months, about who won the 2017 BC election (and who lost). But regardless of which party…