Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Alex Ballingall reports on Niki Ashton’s environmental platform which identifies corporate greed as a major obstacle to environmental justice, and proposes…
July 2017
What A Mess
I suspect that most people in the West realize to some extent the self-indulgence of drinking bottled water, not to mention the many other liquids that are conveyed to the…
No Charges, No Fines For Mount Polley Mine Disaster as Three-Year Legal Deadline Approaches
As the three-year anniversary of the Mount Polley mine disaster approaches, so too does the deadline for the province to lay any charges against mine owner Imperial Metals. Considered one…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Martin Lukacs discusses the need for collective action to fight climate change – and the dangers of allowing ourselves to be distracted…
Reality Catches Up With All Of Us
Benjamin Hart writes that Republican propaganda against the Affordable Care Act has turned out to be what it always was — hot air: Once a Republican Congress and president possessed…
Change the future; Not the past.
It seems to be the rage these days to want to tear down icons of the past. Why are we wasting so much time, rhetoric and effort in this pursuit?…
Donald Trump and the End Game Scenarios
They've been praying up a storm at the White House, laying their hands on Donald Trump.And begging for heavenly intervention, or at least a get-out-of-jail card.But it's going to take…
“Syriza has failed.”
For the Greek economist, the single currency has simply allowed Berlin to dominate the European market and to become a global exporter country: “The Euro was a disaster”. And on…
Wildrose and PC party members alike vote 95% in favour of Alberta conservative merger
PHOTOS: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, who says he will resign as Alberta Opposition leader to pursue the leadership of the United Conservative Party, creation of which endorsed by members of…
Overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks…
Hunter S. Thompson: As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks,…
Alberta III%
Yep, I’m still away and hopefully stretched out on a beach enjoying a Cuba Libre, though given my constitution more than likely laid up in a hotel room regretting not…
"I Wish I Had Better News." Yeah, I’ll Bet.
Sea level rise is probably going to be one of the two, perhaps three greatest climate change impacts we’ll experience in the U.S. and Canada over the next few decades.…
Leadership 2017: The Quebec Question
Don MacPherson has joined the many commentators whose main take on the federal NDP’s leadership race is to zero in on how Quebec voters might react to Jagmeet Singh’s Sikh…
The strange life of Bobby Fischer
Forty five years ago this month, a momentous event took place in Iceland that shook the world. After 21 games spread over almost two months, the eccentric American chess master,…
Well Hello Dr. Strangelove
His real name is Guy B. Roberts and he’s Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) programmes at the Defense Department. He may be assistant…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – George Monbiot examines the history of James McGill Buchanan, Charles Koch and others who have used massive amounts of time and money to…
Industry Sways Feds to Allow Offshore Drilling in Laurentian Channel Marine Protected Area
If an ocean valley becomes federally protected but seismic work and offshore drilling is allowed in more than 80 per cent of the territory, is it really federally protected? That’s…
The Traitor Cons and the Trudeau Derangement Syndrome
As you know, I believe that the decision by Andrew Scheer's Cons to take their campaign against the Khadr settlement to the U.S. on the eve of the NAFTA talks,…
Me on Adler
On socks, Alberta and No More Mr. Spice Guy. Here.
Bullying the hospital again
Brian Saunderson never seems to tire of creating conflict with our local hospital. When he’s not acting all lawerly and grilling the volunteer members of the board and its representatives…