She’s someone.
For the Ottawa Citizen on October 12, 2017 In the wake of allegations swirling around Harvey Weinstein, a powerful, dominant figure in Hollywood, where the emerging picture suggests decades of…
October 2017
On Charlie Gard, medical harm, and fate
For Maclean’s on July 18, 2017 It’s the most commonly cited phrase from the Hippocratic Oath, the binding document—one of the oldest in history—upon which physicians swear: “First, do no…
(Un)civil discourse
This column appeared on the CBC on July 31, 2017 “It is simply impossible to overestimate the love, bordering on worship, that reporters in Washington long had for McCain, and…
Christopher Hayes Done With WCAI After November 4
When the Justin Trudeau visited Spruce Grove, AB on October 20, the folks in the WCAI took notice…. and really did nothing about it other than write about how if…
Calgary MLA Dave Rodney to make way for new Conservative Leader; ex New Democrat Karen McPherson to join Alberta Party
PHOTOS: Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney, centre right, gets close to the new Conservative leader … in 2011. Below: Newly elected United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney; another look at Mr.…
A Must Watch – The Chronology of American Crazy
C’mon, we’ve all known that just to the south of us, in the homeland of our American cousins, our largest trading partners and closest allies, a degree of crazy lubricated…
PEGIDA Canada Protest in London, ON Routed…. Again
This is becoming common place whenever PEGIDA Canada protests. They had moved their protests out of Toronto since they were routinely outnumbered. Seems the change of location hasn’t helped: Another…
Meet your “new” leader: Jason Kenney
Well done UCP! Your new leader is Jason Kenney, the candidate least likely to beat Rachel Notley in 2019. You could have saved yourself the bother and elected ET for…
Postmedia’s colours
Rafe Mair was a man with long experience in government, journalism and political activism. He warned us of the consequences after Canada’s largest newspaper chain crawled in bed with the…
Two Years of Liberal Government: A Voices-Voix Report Card
Photo by Simon Fraser University In 2017, what with Trump-and-May fueled disasters in the US and the UK, not to mention Rolling Stone covers, political complacency tempts Canadians (and sometimes…
Jason Kenney as the new face of Conservatism in Alberta
When the Legislative Assembly resumes for its fall sitting on Monday, there will be a new seating plan. A new Official Opposition United Conservative Caucus made up of twenty-two former…
Feeling the Heat, Trump Lashes Out.
Whenever Donald Trump’s knickers bunch up he hauls out his Hillary Clinton punching bag. The Mango Mussolini must have a raging case of swamp ass today, fearful of just who…
Tick Talk
Painting by Jan van Kessel (1626–1679) Human knowledge will be erased from the world’s archives before we possess the last word that a gnat has to say to us.” -Henri…
Jagmeet Singh’s First Major Policy Opportunity: Tax Reform
Still from promotional video It’s been about a month since Jagmeet Singh became the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party on the back of an emphatic—if unexpected—first ballot triumph.…
KPMG misses point of university education
Photo by Ovahlordx The province’s KPMG report on post-secondary education fails to recognize what universities are supposed to achieve. The Winnipeg Free Press reported on Oct. 4 that the accounting…
In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated Law
Photo by Becker1999 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory today in its fight to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline.…
Islamabad Takes the Piss Out Of Tillerson
Rex, the “King without a throne,” Tillerson recently blamed Pakistan for not doing enough to suppress insurgents who cross over to attack US and Afghan troops. That earned Old Rex…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 41: Now the hard part begins for the UPC
The United Conservative Party – somehow fresh-faced and old at the same time – has chosen its first leader. Jason Kenney, a career politician who has spent his entire life…
The Rape of Puerto Rico
The US island territory of Puerto Rico has had a rough time of it going back years before the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The hurricane did, however, take down the…
What Do We Do About Them?
The advent of social media was supposed to call forth our better angels, Instead, Neal Gabler writes, it has unleashed our darker angels and made Donald Trump possible: It is…