What Lurks Beneath?
Let’s be fair. Climate change isn’t all bad. Then again, it’s a safe bet that Abraham Lincoln’s last visit to the Ford Theatre was pretty decent right up to the…
2017
Politics in Cinema
May the fourth be with you and May you enjoy this post and share it throughout the galaxy! To say that cinema has become a favorite past time of people…
Politics in Cinema
May the fourth be with you and May you enjoy this post and share it throughout the galaxy! To say that cinema has become a favorite past time of people…
I choose activism for Black liberation
The Toronto Star screws up and loses a great columnist. Cole's Notes This week I met with Andrew Philips, the Toronto Star’s editorial page editor, who has essentially served as…
Well done, LPC
…really well done. But Star Trek is still way better than Star Wars. Stephen Harper’s apprentices? These are not the leaders you are looking for. #Maythe4thBeWithYou #cpcldr #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/rX84SicXS1 —…
Dear Kev
Column, now on HuffPo. Got a lot of comments about this one. Sample: “You’re mean, but I like it.” Snippet: You weren’t going to ever, ever beat Justin Trudeau. He…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 4, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. An estate trustee is entitled to be paid for…
Cats Actually Like Humans
It might seem that your cat dosen’t care about you, but that’s not the case. After years of false allegations that cats don’t care about humans we know have empirical…
Weather Porn
Since few seem willing to confront root causes, I guess that’s what these stories of weather disasters are becoming. Recommend this Post
Operation Medusa
Harjit Sajjan has been in hot water of late for claiming that he was the “architect” of Operation Medusa. It’s never wise to blow your trumpet too loudly. Immodesty always…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – James Wilt argues that the labour movement should be putting its weight behind green housing which will produce both social and environmental…
In the Senate: “Some are more equal.”
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm we were told that some animals are more equal than others. This makes it an appropriate analogy for the institution in Canada known as the…
Donald Trump: Crazy Like a Fox or Just Crazy?
Last weekend I watched Donald Trump celebrate his first 100 days in power with a rally in Pennsylvania.And a speech that Michael Gerson in the Washington Post called the most…
Infighting Amongst Canadian Islamophobes: Part 3
This is as much a bit of a PSA to Anti-Racist Canada's allies as it is a spotlight on Islamophobic bigots. I'm going to post the screen shot of a…
Is the Queen Dying? Could It Be Philip? Maybe the Corgis?
The Queen’s royal staff have been summoned to an emergency meeting at Buckingham Palace. Staffers are said to be descending on London from royal residences across the U.K. The news,…
Christy Clark, Rotten to the Core
There’s a reason Christy Clark governs from the cloak room. The less British Columbians can see her, close up, the better off she is. With the scantest of “drive by”…
Into the Fire by Jerron Hawlwy, Graham Hurley, and Steve Sackett tops Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
#CaptSask Premier Wall Defends Fast Food Again
I guess I can send subliminal messages to the Premier through Twitter. How else do you explain this coincidence? OMG, the Premier does listen to me. https://t.co/bhaDBSucfl — John Klein…
Mothers of colour challenge white feminism
Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines Edited by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens and Mai’a Williams Between the Lines and PM Press, 2016 This is an extraordinary book. Its…
“Things are serious”: Update on the French Presidential Election
Photo by Blandine Le Cain “C’est grave,” (things are serious) said the monsieur who sells me the papers every morning. A resident of Mantes-la-Jolie (a working class town at the…