Half way, a week away
Today my buddy Joel and I rode out to Dunrobin Shore and back — all in about 117km. I hit the half-way point for my yearly kilometre goal and I’m…
June 2017
On interim measures
I haven’t yet posted on Trent Wotherspoon’s announcement that he’s stepping down as the Saskatchewan NDP’s interim leader to consider joining the permanent leadership race. But I’ll take a moment…
The United States of Dumb and Dumber
It’s hard to figure out who’s dumber – the president of the United States or James “Ooker” Eskridge, the mayor of Tangier Island, Virginia in Chesapeake Bay. The island boasts…
Lots of insanity. Lots of greed. not much time.
The strong showing of the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, in the British election came as a tremendous shock to the British news industry. Just about all of them had…
Opinion: VSB trustees accountable for toxic work environment
by Janet FraserPublished on: June 15, 2017 Vancouver Sun With the recent resignation of the Vancouver school board (VSB) superintendent I’ve been asked, “What was really going on at the…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 22: Sears Days are numbered
Good news from the retail front — there’s going to be a giant sale at Sears Canada in the near future. Bad news from the job front — a lot…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nina Shapiro comments on the price of privatizing public goods. And George Monbiot weighs in on how the Grenfell Tower fire confirms…
Water jug in Zen brush app
Maybe a little overdone. Filed under: art
Is Andrew Scheer a Ghastly Con or a Reagan Republican?
We already knew that Andrew Scheer is a sinister religious fanatic, who doesn't believe in women's rights, and believes that gay Canadians are "abhorrent."We knew that he likes to smile…
We’ll Have To Wait And See
There are deep divisions in the New Democratic Party. And it’s is not the first time the party has faced the problem. Robin Sears writes: In 1939, M.J. Coldwell risked…
Trudeau: Poster Boy or Action Figure?
Goodness! Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being criticized for not living up to his promises? Is he just a poster boy? Why is he not living up to his billing?…
Trump Caesar and Ezra Levant’s Rebel Loonies
It's a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It's being staged in New York's Central Park.And it's controversial because its Caesar looks a lot like Donald Trump, and his…
Deck chair
Yes, lots of you have been here before: drawing with Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro. Well, this is day two. And if you believe, if you’ve read somewhere, that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Danny Dorling sets out how a more equal society leads to benefits for everybody. And Annie Lowrey discusses Richard Reeves’ take on the…
While America Takes Itself Down…
Has America taken a self-inflicted, mortal blow? Has it been brought down from within? Fareed Zakaria ponders the question that most Americans refuse to ask themselves. Partisanship today is more…
How the Death of B.C.’s LNG Dream Could Stoke a B.C. Natural Gas Boom
A race to expand B.C. natural gas pipelines and infrastructure is on, signalling two possible outcomes: the death of our homegrown liquefied natural gas (LNG) export dream, and the dawn…
While ‘yer waitin’ fer the train…
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The Philosopher Prophet of the Anthropocene
An intriguing article in The Guardian about a young man, Timothy Morton, described as the first philosopher for our new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.Part of what makes Morton popular are…
Terry May On the Run – To Where?
After her party’s disastrous performance in an unnecessary election entirely of her own choosing, Brit prime minister, Theresa May has been on shaky ground as she struggled to cobble together…