The Illness Is Now A Pandemic
Donald Trump personifies what ails the United States. Jared Yates Sexton writes: Throughout the first year of his presidency and the entirety of his campaign, Mr. Trump has shown an…
2017
The Secret Handshake
In her column in today’s Star (which does not yet appear to be available online), Linda McQuaig points out the remarkable similarities between the government of Justin Trudeau and that…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s climate obstruction is entirely out of touch with the province’s citizens. For further reading…– Abacus Data’s national poll of attitudes toward climate change policy…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes about Bill Morneau’s conflicts of interest – with particular attention to the NDP’s justified criticism of legislation aimed at…
Andrew Scheer’s Shameful and Disgusting Alt-Right Day
By now it should be clear that Andrew Scheer and his Rebel campaign manager Hamish Marshall, are turning the Cons into an Alt-Right party.A party of bigots and misogynists, more…
Noticing the New National News.
Many of us count on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for reliable, well vetted news. Well, we used to. Despite Peter Mansbridge’s droning, all-knowing, stony style, we liked his panels, the…
How We Go From Competent Caregiver to ‘Family From Hell’
Last week an article circulated among my caregiver friends called Ask the Expert: Managing the Relative From Hell. This shocking ‘advice’ column for care home professionals who struggle with worried…
Far out! Welcome to St. Albert, Alberta, where ‘The Botanic Arts City’ is about to take on a whole new meaning
PHOTOS: Picture yourself in a boat on a river … in this case, the Sturgeon. Below: The statue of Lois Hole in front of St. Albert’s spacy city hall and…
Short Story Advent Calendar remains atop Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 19, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
NDP Union Heavyweights Come Out Fighting for Site C
The NDP’s trade union base fired another missive today in an attempt to persuade the B.C. government to greenlight the Site C dam, as party insiders and union donors to…
Cat with jacket
I tried a more careful drawing system, knocking in grey tones, and going in both directions. Results look about the same. As a more direct approach. Filed under: art
our papyrus painting is finally on the wall
You can read the story of how we got these: here. This, below, is the smaller painting that the salesman added to the pot after the price would budge no…
He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.
The conclusion of President Kennedy’s speech, the one he never got to give, on this day in 1963.
Trump Eyes Arctic Wildlife Refuge for Oil Drilling, Alarming Gwich’in
In the remote north-eastern corner of Alaska, just under 20-million acres have been set aside as a federal protected area since 1960. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has recently come…
Nov. 22: twas ever thus….
Opening reminders. The U.S. plans to boot Haitians out of the U.S. Why are they there? The US took control of Haiti back about 1920. Since then it was ruled…
Harper’s Turd Continues to Stink
Phoenix is a nasty ‘gift’ from Stephen Harper and his pals that keeps on giving. Time to hang it up.
Andrew Scheer’s Long Day of the Loser
When we last left Andrew Scheer and his Rebel buddy Hamish Marshall, they were still trying to blame Justin Trudeau for ISIS and its cages.Only to remind Canadians that Stephen…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Larry Elliott interviews Joseph Stiglitz about the rise of Donald Trump and other demagogues in the wake of public anger over inequality and…
The Rubber Hits The Road
The Trudeau government is very good when it comes to making promises. But, when it comes to delivering on them, their expertise is questionable. That’s the message behind the week’s…