Matt Lauer, Okay, But Garrison Keillor?
NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer is gone. Lauer was sacked over sexual harassment claims. Lauer’s co-anchors on Today, the long-running morning show, announced his firing at the start of…
2017
2025. Think About It. That’s Not Far Off For a Thirsty World.
Two big factors in the survival of humans in our overpopulated world are the availability of clean freshwater and basic sanitation, toilets. Right now we’re desperately short of both. It’s…
Theresa May Blasts Trump for Re-Posting Videos from Brit Hate-Monger
From the “And You Thought He Couldn’t Get Any Lower” file, the Mango Mussolini has again shown his true colours and, once again, he’s got the Brits mad at him.…
Banks Warned to Heed Climate Change Perils
Australia’s financial regulator has put the country’s banks, insurers and lenders on notice. They have to factor climate change risks into their financial dealings or the regulator will intercede. Geoff…
Nov. 29: The Crash of an Empire
I just had an interesting letter from a reader who once voted for a Conservative prime minister – because he was an economist, and so, she wrote, someone capable of…
My U of C law prof is being appointed to the Supreme Court – and she is in my new book!
Amazing! The newest addition to the Supreme Court of Canada will be Sheilah Martin. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday morning his nomination of Martin to fill the seat on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Doug Henwood interviews Brooke Harrington about the role of offshoring in hiding and concentrating wealth: (W)hat does it say about the state of…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday November 29, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates,…
I Never Identify a Problem Without Suggesting a Solution!
In my last post, I talked about how we can easily move from being caregiver to being perceived by medical professionals as ‘a family from hell’. This breakdown of relationships…
One For The Record Books
Robert Kuttner has an interesting op-ed in this morning’s New York Times. Trumpworld, he writes, is controlled by what are euphemistically called “financial engineers:” This is an administration run by…
Kansas is Growing Roadside Grass
Highways are loved in America due to their ability to allow single occupant vehicles to move uninterrupted, thus they crisscross the entirety of the United States. This makes for a…
C’mon Bill. Just Answer The Question
The beleaguered Bill Morneau continues in his refusal to answer questions about whether he sold a whack of shares in his company, Morneau Shappell, before the government introduced changes to…
Justin Trudeau and the LGBT Apology
When I heard that Justin Trudeau was going to deliver an apology to LGBT Canadians I arranged to get the day off.I wanted to watch all the speeches, and hear…
Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget
On November 17, the working group of the Alberta Alternative Budget (AAB) sponsored a one-day workshop at the University of Alberta. The event’s main purpose was to discuss recent developments…
Today it’s Matt Lauer. But it could anyone, really.
Any war room veteran will tell you: no one is too big to fall. With the right evidence, delivered at the right time and in the right way to the…
Promises and Political Promises.
The magazine style “policy platform” handed out to the Ontario Conservative elite at their get-together last weekend is a style of political literature that was developed many years ago. The…
Old man cat reflecting on his childhood
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Quebec la bellicose province
With a niqab ban, anti-immigrant rallies and now a gun registry protest, the next thing you know Quebecers will start wearing cowboy hats and demanding that the rest of us…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cowering cats.