This Was Bound to Happen. Ivanka Under the Spotlight.
A buffoon of a president, almost as unpopular at home as he is abroad. His glamorous fashionista daughter hawking her signature brand of clothing and accessories. A ticket to Indonesia.…
2017
Teaching Digital at the Kennedy School of Government: A Road Map (part 1)
Part 1: Why Digital Matters Digital technologies matter because our society, our economy, and our organizations have — for better and worse — become digitized. If policy makers and public servants can’t understand what…
Monitoring Program Performance in Calgary’s Homeless-Serving System of Care
I’ve just written a blog post discussing how program performance is monitored in Calgary’s Homeless-Serving System of Care. Points raised in the blog post include the following: -The Calgary Homeless…
Comey, committees and crisis
Now in HuffPo.
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily #LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Tuesday June 13, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Did you know that your Employer has a duty…
In yesterday walks tomorrow
Remember this? I was a kid, but I sure do: That was October 20, 1973. By November 17, Nixon was declaring that he was “not a crook,” when he was.…
The British Election
These are tough days for progressives. But things are looking up in Britain — just when it looked like the left was dead. Tom Walkom writes: While Labour didn’t win…
Donald Trump’s Deeply Disturbing Loyalty Test
Donald Trump is still claiming that he did not try to force James Comey to sign a loyalty oath. And that Comey is the liar not him. But yesterday we…
It’s Not the 99%, Class is About the Top 80%
Since the Occupy movement in 2011 there has been conversations about the 99% versus the 1% of wealth holders. The idea then was to show the massive inequality between those…
Concern for the United(?) Kingdom.
The mood in the United Kingdom today is concerning. It is the sort of sad mood caused by a relative that might need mental health assistance. You are despairing of…
With 588 invalid signatures, petition to St. Albert City Council opposing borrowing bylaw for library ruled invalid
PHOTOS: Supporters of the St. Albert Public Library gathered for a reception in the crowded downtown facility in 2015. Below: St. Albert City Councillors Bob Russell (Photo: City of St.…
Naxalbari@50: Meet the woman who lit the first fire of uprising (repost)
Her frail frame hides her fiery past. At 74, Shanti Munda walks with a hunch and her coarse cotton saree clashes violently with the trendy jeans and buzz cuts of…
Did children build the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna? (repost)
New evidence from Akhenaten’s capital suggests that a ‘disposable’ workforce of children and teenagers provided much of the labour for the city’s construction New evidence from Akhenaten’s capital suggests that…
Soldiers of Odin: Requiem?
There was a point when I and the then other members of ARC would keep a close eye on what PEGIDA Canada was up to, both online and when they…
Annie Mathieu (repost)
(Québec) « On a eu beaucoup de soutien de la part des partis au pouvoir, mais des partis d’opposition, ça a été le silence radio. » Saïd El-Amari a été…
A Tale of Two Elections
Two extraordinarily different elections occurred last week in Europe. The first, of course, was the 2017 UK general election, which was nothing short of historic. The second, was the French…
Ten reasons I am quite satisfied with the Trudeau government
Doing the right things – daycare, defence, etc. Not doing the the wrong things – re-opening the Constitution, etc. Staying out of the papers Cooling it with the selfie stuff…
Chief Justice McLachlin Giving Up the Gavel
She’s done a fine job for the past 17 years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. That’s coming to an end on December 15th when Beverley McLachlin…
Oh Yeah, Thucydides, That Guy. Remember Him?
You’ll have to go back to the fifth century B.C. when the Athenian, Thucydides, looked at Athens and Sparta and pondered whether an aggressive, rising power challenging a dominant power…
June 12:a mad, mad world
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-military-latvia-1.4155341 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-troops-latvia-1.4155939 Two views on Canadian troops now in Latvia. Note how the first one, in particular, draws attention to Russian ‘aggression’ in Crimea. In fact, though, this all began…