Nothing Ever Happens on Friday
See what can happen when you spend a few hours picking plums? Consigliere Reince Priebus fired by Donaldo “The Bloat” Trumpini. His capo, Tony “Tourettes” Scarmucci gets the pink slip…
July 2017
Rafe to Horgan: Get Serious about Kinder Morgan, Woodfibre LNG
John Horgan being sworn in as Premier, with Environment Minister George Heyman looking on (Photo: Flickr/Province of British Columbia) Dear Premier Horgan, My congratulations to you and your new government.…
On Regret
I’ve taken many questionable risks in my life. I lean toward leading a life that’s lived fully over a safe and secure existence. Most I bounced back from easily from…
July 28: Extra – and just for New Brunswick.
This is an extra and unusual edition of my blog.It does not quote any press. And it deals strictly with the press in this province of New Brunswick. The good…
Ding Dong, Christy’s Gone.
Sounds like she’s getting while the getting’s good. British Columbia’s ex-premier, Christy Clark, has resigned as leader of the BC Liberal Party. Farewell, Christy, and remember that “door/ass” thing on…
Our "Post-America World"
Fareed Zakaria writes that the world is “over” America. The world has moved on. In London last week, I met a Nigerian man who succinctly expressed the reaction of much…
It May be 2017 But It’s 1965 in Trump’s Cave
US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has garnered considerable sympathy for the sadistic attacks he’s endured from Donald Trump lately but the little bastard really is a despicable low-life and not…
Climate warrior? Champion of ‘Big Oil’? Canada’s leader wants to be both
Photo by Women Deliver While President Trump moves to pull America out of the Paris climate accords, Canada’s prime minister describes carbon pollution as one of the globe’s biggest dangers.…
On Wasting Time
I had a brief Facebook conversation with Massimo Pigliucci about my decision to fritter away a morning watching the rain and petting my cat. He said, “It’s up to you…
Trump’s Mini-Me
It’s hard not to see Trump’s new communications director, Tony Scaramucchi, as anything but the Cheeto Benito’s “Mini-me.” “White House officials and outside allies say the President is revelling in…
"Privileged White Boy Beats Up Indian."
When I read that line beneath the photo of a bare chested Justin Trudeau standing beside a bare chested Patrick Brazeau, I thought, “oh no, not now.” That was years…
Well-Said!
Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I find myself thinking about the sad state of the world today, a state infinitely exacerbated by the current…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Stiglitz offers a reminder that tax giveaways to the rich and the corporate sector accomplish zero – or worse – when it…
Why the Cons Failed to make the Khadr Story Work for Them
You might think that the grubby Con Andrew Scheer was smart enough to realize that his ugly Khadr Show was going nowhere.And given it and himself the hook.But no, even…
X Recipe for Hate – hot off the punk presses!
Hey, look what was waiting for me upon my return from the West! Book eight – out this Fall on Dundurn!
On The Environment, Trudeau Gets An F
Justin Trudeau takes a good picture. His latest is on the cover of Rolling Stone. But, while image helps get you elected, Michael Harris writes, it’s what you do that…
The marriage of Alberta’s Alt-right.
Can you not just visualize Stan Laurel, in the person of Brian Jean, saying to Oliver Hardy, in the person of Jason Kenney, “Well here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten…
The Day The Mooch Blew Up The Trump White House
His name is Anthony Scaramucci, but everybody calls him the Mooch.He's Donald Trump's new communications director, and he's made it his personal mission to track down the leakers in the…
So long PAB! Alberta restructures government communications, eliminates notorious Public Affairs Bureau
PHOTOS: Public Affairs Bureau Managing Director Corey Hogan during his days as a political commentator for CBC Calgary, shown in a screenshot of a CBC broadcast. Below: Alberta NDP Premier…
Three Days on the Job and Scary Moochie Runs Amok.
Maybe Donald Trump is so depraved that he likes the deranged antics of his new-hire communications director, Tony Scaramucchi. Enraged that a New Yorker reporter, Ryan Lizza, had tweeted that…