Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nina Shapiro comments on the price of privatizing public goods. And George Monbiot weighs in on how the Grenfell Tower fire confirms…
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Water jug in Zen brush app
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Is Andrew Scheer a Ghastly Con or a Reagan Republican?
We already knew that Andrew Scheer is a sinister religious fanatic, who doesn't believe in women's rights, and believes that gay Canadians are "abhorrent."We knew that he likes to smile…
We’ll Have To Wait And See
There are deep divisions in the New Democratic Party. And it’s is not the first time the party has faced the problem. Robin Sears writes: In 1939, M.J. Coldwell risked…
Trudeau: Poster Boy or Action Figure?
Goodness! Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being criticized for not living up to his promises? Is he just a poster boy? Why is he not living up to his billing?…
Trump Caesar and Ezra Levant’s Rebel Loonies
It's a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It's being staged in New York's Central Park.And it's controversial because its Caesar looks a lot like Donald Trump, and his…
Deck chair
Yes, lots of you have been here before: drawing with Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro. Well, this is day two. And if you believe, if you’ve read somewhere, that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Danny Dorling sets out how a more equal society leads to benefits for everybody. And Annie Lowrey discusses Richard Reeves’ take on the…
While America Takes Itself Down…
Has America taken a self-inflicted, mortal blow? Has it been brought down from within? Fareed Zakaria ponders the question that most Americans refuse to ask themselves. Partisanship today is more…
How the Death of B.C.’s LNG Dream Could Stoke a B.C. Natural Gas Boom
A race to expand B.C. natural gas pipelines and infrastructure is on, signalling two possible outcomes: the death of our homegrown liquefied natural gas (LNG) export dream, and the dawn…
While ‘yer waitin’ fer the train…
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The Philosopher Prophet of the Anthropocene
An intriguing article in The Guardian about a young man, Timothy Morton, described as the first philosopher for our new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.Part of what makes Morton popular are…
Terry May On the Run – To Where?
After her party’s disastrous performance in an unnecessary election entirely of her own choosing, Brit prime minister, Theresa May has been on shaky ground as she struggled to cobble together…
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. But, Really, Just Don’t Ask.
Who is buying Trump property? Who knows? Not you and not me. A USA Today investigation finds that something has changed since the inauguration with those who’ve been buying property…
Trump’s Benighted Cuba Stance
Donald Trump is attempting to curry political favour in Florida by turning back the clock on warming U.S.-Cuba relations initiated by Obama. However, that cynical move is likely to have…
Trump is the illegitimate president
Not merely because of what he has done since he became president. But also because of what he did during the election. It has amazed me, for months, that millions…
That’s All There Was
Ruth Marcus writes that, in forty years, she’s never seen anything like it: Sometimes my role as a columnist is to advise readers not to overreact, to maintain perspective. Today…
Saturday Photo: Another Invasive, and One Not So
The perfume of Russian olives fills the air these mornings. A bit like the scent of orange blossoms, it lingers all day. I love the trees hardiness, as well as…
Jeremy Corbyn and the Politics of Hope
I must admit I'm still enjoying the aftermath of the British election.Seeing the Cons and their media stooges trying to explain why Jeremy Corbyn is so popular with young people.After…