There’s No Selfie to Fix This One
When Justin Trudeau or one of his drones pimp pipelines they’re sure to claim they’re “following the science.” Oh yeah, the science is on their side. Science says dilbit pipelines…
2017
Knowledge, Education, and the Role of Teachers
Responses to questions in advance of my presentation in Warsaw later this month.1. From your perspective, how do you see changes the modern society undergoes, especially in the field of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Noah Smith offers a reminder that market principles don’t work for everything. And Amelie Quesnel-Vallee and Miles Taylor note that in the health…
Soft Power Works
While Donald Trump was threatening North Korea with “fire and fury,” Canada secured the release of one of its citizens — Hyeon Soo Lim — from the Hermit Kingdom. Michael…
Mike Pence demurs.
There is nothing a politician loves more than a boost from the media—especially a newspaper that normally disses him. Vice President Mike Spence considers it a win if the New…
Judge dismisses bid to have St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse removed from office
PHOTOS: St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse. Below: Mayoral candidates Cam MacKay and Cathy Heron. ST. ALBERT, Alberta An Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice yesterday dismissed an application by a…
Justin, Brace Yourself.
Prepare to get taken to the woodshed, Junior. In a move that brings joy to my heart, our new NDP/Green government has shown its ready to back up its promises…
Derek Fildebrandt’s mini-Skypalace: proof Tory entitlement is still a thing in Alberta
PHOTOS: A scene from Derek Fildebrandt’s mini-Skypalace, the taxpayer subsidized Fildepartment in downtown Edmonton, grabbed from his Airbnb listing. Note the binoculars to the right of the window, presumably used…
On that Hamilton cop, er, thing
PCs are angrily telling me there’s no crininal investigation. Libs are angrily telling me there is. QP Briefing, too. Here’s the cops’ only statement I’m aware of: Now, if you…
Regarding Brad Wall
As I drove back from Saskatoon this past weekend, I noticed something. Just outside of the grain terminal near Allan, an old stalwart had disappeared from the side of the…
Indigenous Law Legend Thomas Berger To Lead B.C. Into Trans Mountain Pipeline Battle
The new B.C. NDP government has officially taken its first major step in attempting to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. On Thursday morning, it announced it will seek…
What Was Behind McMaster’s NSC Purge
This seven page memo is the stuff of soap operas. It is also what triggered General H.R. McMaster to purge the National Security Council of its Mike Flynn/Steve Bannon proxies.…
If I Needed Another Reason to Give Up on Travel
Imagine you come out of your home, look down the street and see this: That’s what tourism can feel like – not just look like but feel like – today…
New column day
Here, on Yvonne Boyer and Judith Bartlett’s report (PDF) on how Indigenous women were pushed toward tubal ligations within the Saskatoon Health Region – and how the now-departing Brad Wall…
On Having the Lowest Graduation Rates
This recent article in my local paper tells us that our region is lowest in the province for graduation rates. ON FIFTH YEAR RATES They worry that “Students who did…
Has Donald Trump Made War Unavoidable?
Well now we know that Donald Trump's verbal blast at North Korea was totally improvised. President Trump’s aides knew he planned to deliver a tough message to North Korea on…
Another Wheel Falling Off Trump’s Little Orange Wagon
It sounds like a war is underway between Donald Trump and his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. There’s a report that Manafort, under investigation by Robert Meuller’s task force including…
The Plight of the Millennials
Further explanation here. First, a bit about statistical norms and the normal distribution. In social sciences, for something to be considered a statistically significant characteristic of a group, it just…
2012 Derek Fildebrandt to 2017 Derek Fildebrandt: No Tax Dollars for Airbnb
Photos: 2012 Derek Fildebrandt (above), 2017 Derek Fildebrandt (below). For Immediate Release CALGARY – Standing in front of a giant inflatable pork chop, 2012 Derek Fildebrandt denounced 2017 Derek Fildebrandt…
Has Donald Trump Driven David Brooks From The New York Times?
Apparently so. In today’s column, Brooks tells New York Times readers that he simply cannot take any more Donald Trump. He’s had it. For the past two years Trump has…