Notes from a taster trip to Northern California
Mallory Irene and I went to The Bay and drove up the coast this August. We flew into San Francisco and took the BART up to Berkeley Hills where Irene…
2017
Leadership 2017 Candidate Rankings – September 3
The major development since last week has of course been the release of the NDP’s national membership numbers. And as would have been expected, they lead to a change at…
Were the BC Liberals to Blame for Fire Season From Hell?
{This is a short column that I submitted last month to the Williams Lake Tribune, the 100 Mile Free Press, and Vanderhoof Omineca Express. So far it has not been…
Were the BC Liberals to Blame for Fire Season From Hell?
{This is a short column that I submitted last month to the Williams Lake Tribune, the 100 Mile Free Press, and Vanderhoof Omineca Express. So far it has not been…
Were the BC Liberals to Blame for Fire Season From Hell?
{This is a short column that I submitted last month to the Williams Lake Tribune, the 100 Mile Free Press, and Vanderhoof Omineca Express. So far it has not been…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – George Lakey describes how Denmark has built the world’s happiest society by building a political movement and an economic model centred around…
Saturday Photo: Or What Happens When the Internet Lets You Down
No picture this weekend, to show my profound disappointment that we didn’t have internet for 24 hours this weekend. Amazed at how much we have come to fit regular views…
*Echoes Of History – Part 111: Contemporary Economic Terrorism
I must confess that I continue to feel the impact of reading The Blood of Emmett Till. This is a good thing, as it has made me much more aware…
Look At The Connections
For the moment, Hurricane Harvey has taken the focus off Donald’s Trump’s connections with Russia. Ruth Marcus writes that it’s important to keep your eyes on Trump’s Russian business partners:…
Donald Trump and the Climate Change Trap
It was a bizarre sight, like a scene out of a really bad disaster movie.Donald Trump back in Texas again, handing out food at a Houston shelter.And complaining that his…
Onward religious warriors.
A picture said it all. It was of a Buddhist monk, in saffron robes, with his begging bowl, sitting between the cement walls of modern expressway ramps. It makes the…
MacKay, Hughes and Russell ID’d as St. Albert city council members who made statements criticized by Cuff Report
PHOTOS: St. Albert City Council, all smiles, back in the day a bit. From left to right, Bob Russell, Sheena Hughes, Tim Osborne, Nolan Crouse, Wes Brodhead, Cam MacKay and…
Book Review: Politics Without Stories
David Ricci’s Politics Without Stories was released in the midst of an election campaign which upended many assumptions about U.S. politics. But it nonetheless offers a plausible explanation for much…
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Jesse Wielenga of WCAI Seems Discouraged and "Operation Boom"
Jesse Wielenga, vice-president of the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam, is sick of all the lies being told about him…. those lies of course being the the things he has actually…
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Eric Grenier offers his take on the membership numbers released this week – including Jagmeet Singh’s impressive signup totals. And Sarah…
what i’m reading: the attention merchants by tim wu
Everywhere we look, every available space is filled with advertising. The Toronto skyline is a sea corporate logos. The due-date receipt from my library book features an ad on the…
Invisible Horseman: An Interview with Photographer Troy Moth
Troy Moth is an artist and photographer living on Vancouver Island. Moth’s iconic images are featured on art gallery walls and trendy t-shirts alike, famed for their stark, smoky portrayals…