Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melanie Schmitz writes that Donald Trump’s plan to hand giant tax goodies to the rich is opposed by nearly three quarters of Americans.…
August 2017
The Night Donald Trump Went Off The Deep End
On Monday, after his speech on Afghanistan, some in the media were praising Donald Trump for looking and sounding "presidential."Which I thought was hilarious because I knew it wouldn't last.…
This Little Light Of Mine
David Suzuki writes that in dark times — and these are dark times — “we must shine brighter:” Charlottesville was a tipping point, not so much because hatred and ignorance…
About that Hamilton PC “criminal” investigation, and credibility
On August 8, I linked to a QP Briefing story that claimed that police had launched a criminal investigation into the Ontario PC’s candidate selection in Hamilton, here. Two days…
The Tories’ Brown can’t get traction.
You would think that Ontario Conservative Leader Patrick Brown would be sitting pretty these days. We have Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne clinging to power and the New Democrat’s Andrea Horwath…
4-Laning MR 35 and the Multi-Million Dollar Costs of Convenience, Part 1
Hey, Greater Sudbury – I think it’s time we had a serious conversation about roads. Specifically about how building more roads and enlarging existing roads are not meeting the needs…
Hard to believe it’s been 6 years: Looking back to 2011, and Election Eve 2008, with happy memories of Layton, Jack
PHOTOS: NDP Leader Jack Layton, looking fragile and using a crutch, in Edmonton in April 2011. Below: Mr. Layton that day, again, and some of the mourners in front of…
When regulators don’t believe in regulation
When a new government takes office, there is often a significant change at senior levels of the civil service and among OIC political appointments. One person still employed by the…
Housing Affordability and Inequality: Low-Income Renters in Ontario
In this first of a series of housing-related posts I analyze rental housing expenditures for low-income households in Ontario. Rent is the single largest expenditure element for renters in the…
What You Need to Know About NAFTA’s Investigation into Oilsands Tailings Leaks
For years environmental organizations have called on the federal government to do something about the leakage of billions of litres of toxic chemicals from Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds into the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Angled cats.
55 days left until Edmonton’s municipal elections
With 55 days left until the October 16, 2017 municipal elections in Alberta, more candidates have put their names forward to run for public office. Here are some of the…
CBC Radio badly off track with too much personal storytelling
During CBC Radio’s 81 years the public broadcaster has been the country’s most important life-line, unifying the nation and helping us understand each other and the important issues of the…
Who is wrecking CBC Radio and why are they doing it?
During CBC Radio’s 81 years the public broadcaster has been the country’s most important life-line, unifying the nation and helping us understand each other and the important issues of the…
A Uniquely American Approach to Discussing Sea Level Rise
Americans know the sea is rising. A good many wealthy Americans own rather expensive waterfront abodes. They’ve come to “get” the reality of sea level rise, storm surges and saltwater…
Bannon Bites Back
That didn’t take long. With Steve Bannon booted from the White House last Friday and back at the helm of Breitbart news the same day, it didn’t take long for…
From the beach, Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands
Our last day we walk up the beach along the North Sea. This is remarkable colour-wise, for drawing on a sunny day outside when the screen is quite hard to…
An Invaluable Primer on Neoliberalism
It arrived by stealth, largely unnoticed. It boils down to the idea that markets are superior to governments and that the political caste should defer to markets wherever possible. It…
Summer writing round-up
I know it’s been a bit quiet on the blog this summer, but that’s in part because I’ve been doing a bunch of writing elsewhere. Here is a quick summary…