When Progressives Shoot Themselves In The Foot
As you may know, one of the things that drives me wild is to see progressives attacking each other, instead of the real enemy.Only to end up shooting themselves in…
2017
Time To Jettison Failed Ideas
On our 100th birthday, Michael Valpy writes that “we fell in love with ourselves.” But, on our 150th birthday, our mood has changed: A recent exploration by polling firm EKOS…
The Tube is Heating up While London is Trying to Stay Cool
London’s tube system is literally heating up the city – and that’s a problem. A hundred years ago their subway stations were places to cool down during hot summer days…
Harry says nobody wants the crown!
That was the good news the other day. In an interview with American Newsweek Magazine, Prince Harry of the House of Windsor said that nobody in the royal family really…
Alberta Liberal David Khan’s call for election spending laws to include PACs strikes a chord
PHOTOS: Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan, who is worried about the activities of the province’s Political Action Committees. Former premier Ed Stelmach is visible behind him. Below: Progressive Conservative Leader…
The Chair
Excellent work! Broken Light: A Photography Collective Please welcome first-time contributor Katie Kelleher, a 29-year-old artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. She has been faced with mental health challenges, including…
Will Mandryk Eat His Privatization Crow?
Has anyone watched Mandryk eat crow about this doozy of a column defending Wall’s last campaign yet? “NDP must get off privatization merry-go-round“ “On Tuesday, Wall emphatically said “no” to…
June 25 And The WCAI: Not To Beat A Dead Horse, But….
Look, I know that ARC has spending an inordinate amount of time focused on the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) and their MEGA Rally in Calgary this past weekend. As…
Wonder Woman
Last Tuesday I went to see Wonder Woman , with Jeri. We tried the reclining seat theatre at the Southland Mall. The chairs were no so great. They had cool…
This week’s column: ten reasons Trudeau is going to win again
Justin Trudeau is going to win the next federal election. Now, we know, we know. The election is far away. He’s broken some promises. His legislative achievements are modest. The…
June 26: Canadian hero kills—-somebody….
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/highrises-evacuated-in-london-amid-safety-concerns-about-cladding-1.4176046 Our news media haven’t, as a rule, paid much attention to what caused the terrible high-rise fire in London, England. The cause was the much admired ability of capitalism…
Liberal friends win, taxpayers lose
Regular readers know that BC has a surplus of electricity, created mainly by BC Hydro’s steadily increasing purchases of private power, even though domestic consumption has been flat since 2005.…
World’s biggest coal company closes 37 mines as solar power’s influence grows
Photo from PhilippBreu.com The largest coal mining company in the world has announced it will close 37 mines because they are no longer economically viable. Coal India, which produces around…
Python Politics
Theresa May, Brexit, Python – Perfect.
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of June 26, 2017
Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of June 26, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates,…
The Perils of Judicial Partisanship
The U.S. Supreme Court has greenlighted Donald Trump’s 90-day Muslim travel ban. The U.S.S.C. hasn’t heard arguments yet. No, arguments won’t be heard until sometime in the fall, sometime after…
Jeremy Corbyn is Prime Minister
Looking to the UK, it definitely feels like a series of those weeks where decades happen. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour narrowly lost but really won the election, its vote share up…
Erased
Life is too short. Gord Tulk – he of the nearly-4,000-comments-does-this-guy-work – is gone, for good. This is my space, with my rules, and cheap shots championing the “free speech”…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 26, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 26, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: US Supreme Court strikes down NC law banning sex offenders from using…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Greg Leiseron discusses why the abject failure of Kansas’ anti-social experiment with trickle-down economics shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anybody: Claims…