As Big Oil tanks, why is Canada so slow to adapt?
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: Premier of Alberta/Flickr) The business model of Big Oil has already started to collapse. The model is premised on strong…
2017
July 27: this time, it’s a mad, mad, mad, mad me.
Today (July 26) there was an infuriating letter in Letters to the Editor for the Moncton Times and Transcript. It was especially irritating because it reflects the views of over…
Donald Trump Is A.. (Your Word Here)
My word for this depraved, degenerate is “asshole.” Donald Trump is an asshole, maybe the biggest asshole of the 21st century. The Republican Party, that supports and empowers Trump, is…
Losing people to the right, emotion, and movement building
I’ve been thinking, lately, about the transition that some people go through from having left politics to having not-left politics. It’s not that it happens all that often, in my…
There’s Your Problem
100 km.Traffic Jam Approaching Beijing. It’s encouraging that leading climate scientists are coming to view global warming/climate change as part of a greater challenge confronting the survival of our civilization.…
81 days left until Edmonton’s Municipal Elections
Don Iveson officially launched his campaign for re-election as Mayor of Edmonton at an event at La Cite Francophone yesterday. Here is the video of his campaign launch speech, which…
Alphabet Stage, a children’s book by Linda Phillips and Denise Hayward, returns to top of Audreys Edmonton Bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 23, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday July 27, 2017. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation. Parties in Ontario civil cases are required to make full…
New column day
Here, on why we should be skeptical of Donald Trump’s NAFTA demands – and why it should be willing to walk away from the table if it’s not possible to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Dennis Howlett writes that a properly designed and fair tax system can reduce inequality both by ensuring support for the people with…
The Rolling Stone Cover and the Con Clown Lisa Raitt
As soon as I saw Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone, I groaned loudly, and cranked up the music in my ears, because I knew exactly how the…
A Deal She Can’t Refuse
Sarah Kliff is reporting at Vox.com that Donald Trump is threatening to make life difficult for all Alaskans unless Senator Lisa Murkowski drops her opposition to Trumpcare: Wednesday afternoon, Alaska’s…
These Cities Promote Ice Cycles
Since it’s summer you might not be thinking of winter bicycling. Why not though? If you’re like most people, you’ll be out on a bicycle a few times during the…
Paradigm Shift in Climate Change Policy
In the news, Caroline Lucas, in The Guardian says one good policy isn’t enough; we need a paradigm shift: “Rather than simply looking for one headline-grabbing policy, the government should…
HOW TO TALK ABOUT CAREGIVING AT WORK
Talking about caregiving at work can be difficult and stressful. And that’s important because 35% of ALL employed Canadians have caring responsibilities at home. Dr.Zachary White is an expert in…
Playing the racism card.
According to the Black Experiences Project, the Greater Toronto Area is rife with racism. And it all seems targeted at blacks. If you read writers such as Desmond Cole, Royson…
Revealed: ‘SFH KINDA SUCKS’ cover
Coming to iTunes next month!
Brian Jean vows to lead Alberta back into the health care wilderness where we wandered with Ralph Klein
PHOTOS: Calgary General Hospital at the moment it was blown to smithereens in November 1992 by Ralph Klein’s conservative government (Photo: City of Calgary). Below: Outgoing Wildrose leader and United…
This is not satire
This headline: “Conservatives say Trudeau’s Rolling Stone cover jeopardizes NAFTA talks“ Is not satire. I thought it was. It wasn’t. The Conservative Party of Canada is serious. They are seriously…
A dark and broken cup
Just an unpleasant interaction. Its over. It passes. We move on. Filed under: art Tagged: comment, life