Saturday Photo: Rock of Ages, How Concrete Built the World as We Know It
This is the week that I start work in earnest on my next book, tentatively titled Rock of Ages: How Concrete Built the World as We Know It. Now that…
2017
The Golden Mean Has Disappeared
Rather than practising the fine art of political compromise, Lawrence Martin writes, Americans are heading to the extremes: It was thought that Mr. Sanders was boneyard-bound politically after his primaries’…
Exposed: The Con Tax Scam to Fool Canadians
For weeks I've been warning that there was something funny or fishy about the way Andrew Scheer and his Cons were attacking the Liberal government's plans to reform our tax…
Does Wynne win with weed?
Everyone seems to be a bit nonplused by the possibility of Premier Kathleen Wynne promoting the sales of marijuana in Ontario. It might not be the best idea to come…
Alberta Legislature Members’ Services Committee passes ‘Derek’s Rule,’ banning Airbnb rentals of MLA apartments
PHOTOS: Former Wildrose and UCP caucus member Derek Fildebrandt, now an Independent Alberta MLA, in happier times for him when he was an employee of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Below:…
Musical interlude
Watchmen – Say Something
Uh, Yeah, Duly Noted
There’s an eye-opener. Canada’s top officer at NORAD, a lt.-gen no less, tells us that the US does not consider itself obliged to defend Canada in case of a North…
True Integrity? Not The Block…
There’s an interesting article online called, 13 Traits of People With True Integrity that opens with the (unintentionally?) funny line: Integrity, for those who are not familiar, is quite important.…
Our Dilemma in Three Graphs
In a world where mankind is already running headlong into so many walls this is what some see in store for the next twenty of thirty years. If they’re right,…
Ostracizing Washington?
Donald Trump is not going to like this. He’s being sidelined while the leaders of 34 major economies gather in Montreal this weekend for talks aimed at preventing Washington from…
My Weekend Cooking Tip
In a word, two words, “sous vide.” I was a fierce apostate until my daughter bought me the device last Christmas and a true believer ever since.Granted my cooking is…
The Right Corrupts Everything, Even Think Tanks.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way.When America’s great think tanks were born, they were specifically intended to advance the public interest, the public welfare. That was before they were…
There’s No ‘Maytag Man’ to Fix Neoliberalism.
I recently went through a slow death experience involving a flatscreen Sony TV. It would work, sort of, after a while of whinging. At first it only took a few…
The Sad End of a Great Space Adventure
Early this morning, about 1.2 billion kilometres away from Earth, an amazing 20-year voyage came to a sudden end.When the Cassini spacecraft crashed into Saturn.And I must admit that when…
Pope, Calling. Is Anybody Listening?
When the Pope speaks out on climate change, he’s not just another world leader spouting off his pet world view. Pope Francis has the straight goods delivered fresh and hot…
"Shitstorm Irma"
Hurricane Irma will be remembered by Floridians for high winds, storm surges, flooding and widescale destruction. But what about the turds? Pollution reports submitted to Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection…
Donald Trump and the Antifa Question. Again
Donald Trump is trying to make us believe that he has turned over a new leaf, and that he's not as bad as we thought he was.But sadly for him…
Can emissions shrink while the Canadian economy grows?
David Suzuki asks: Is the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change framework correct in assuming Canada can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while growing its economy? The post Can…
Dumb: rank sexism at Postmedia
On the day the amazing and indefatigable and irreplaceable Ashley Csanady is leaving the Post, I bring to your attention this, about Jenn Stranzl, an amazing and indefatigable long-time friend…