How One Hawaiian Mayor is Making His Town Better
Hawaii is a beautiful part of the world and like most gorgeous parts pf this planet it’s feeling the pressures of climate change. Despite the American government’s blatant rejection of…
2017
Our Summer Of Discontent
We live in a time of multiple crises — the dangers from climate change, economic inequality and revived racism are real. But E. J. Dionne argues that the most pressing…
X: Recipe for Hate gets five out of five stars!
My publisher Dundurn has (smartly) arranged for teachers to read the book, since it’s (partly) aimed at a YA audience. Here’s what one teacher in the U.S. had to say:…
Fact Checking Donald Trump’s Worst Speech Ever
Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix the other night was so deeply disturbing it made many all over the world wonder what could be done, if anything, to keep him away…
New column day
Here, asking why Justin Trudeau and Gerald Butts are so willing to offer political cover to the Trump administration (including the now-departed Steve Bannon). For further reading…– Ryan Lizza’s report…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Danny Dorling wonders whether we’ve finally reached the point of shifting toward greater income equality, while noting the uncertainty in trying to…
Justin Trudeau doesn’t have the chops.
It is often amusing when Canadian writers try to compare Prime Minister Trudeau with American President Trump. They seem to think that Justin Trudeau has been understudying for his current…
Anti-Government Rally in Calgary August 27: Canadian Combat Coalition Collapse and III% Schism
Another day, another futile and rather impotent rally. The North American Freedom Fighter (formerly the Canadian Combat Coalition, but I'll get to that soon enough) is planning a rally for…
The Block’s worst abuse of power yet
I warned you. I warned you The Block would blame others for their own evil acts, that they would scheme and connive to sell your assets behind closed doors, and…
A Glimpse Of The Religiously Insane
Behold. Recommend this Post
Letter from Former B.C. Premier Calls for Halt to Site C Dam
The Site C dam is an “economic, fiscal, environmental and aboriginal treaty rights disaster,” according to former B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt. In a letter submitted to the B.C. Utilities Commission,…
4-Laning MR 35 and the Multi-Million Dollar Costs of Convenience, Part 2
In Part I of this series, I questioned some of the reasons that Greater Sudburians are being told by elected officials and others that we must 4-lane MR 35 between…
America’s Backroom Revolution or Constitutional Coup?
It may be the ultimate expression of neoliberalism – revolution. Only don’t think of George Washington and his Continental Army. The generals in the neoliberal revolution will be billionaires and…
Disturbing New Footage Shows Diseased, Deformed Salmon in B.C. Fish Farms
New footage released to DeSmog Canada shows deformed and disfigured salmon at two salmon farms on the B.C. coast — just as British Columbia reels from news of the escape…
Dear Ezra. Do Let the Door Hit Your Ass On Your Way Out.
And I hope it hits you hard enough that you squeal. The New Republic has a feature on Ezra Levant and his Rebel Media. The article focuses on how the…
The Decarie Report 2017-08-23 14:47:00
With apologies, I am going to try something different today. To understand current events, it’s important to understand them in a very broad context of years and places. It’s not…
Today in Breitbart
A Steve Bannon fidget spinner. The timing is perfect just as fidget spinners are going the way of Pogs in the 1990s. Over at the re-Bannoned Breitbart News Network, the…
Exxon Hoist On Its Own Petard
Petro-giant Exxon is facing a load of grief. Several US state attorneys-general are gunning for the company and a new report based on Exxon’s own internal documents has produced what…
The Essential Role of Perspective
The reports sound pretty awful – more than 800 dead in floods that are sweeping India, Nepal and Bangladesh. But how to make any sense out of that? I went…