Trees are Great for Cities
Cleaning the air and keeping areas cool are what trees do best. A new study has looked into how best to use trees from a purely utilitarian standpoint. Essentially they…
2017
Keith Olbermann’s Message to Donald Trump’s Supporters
It would be almost unbelievable, if it wasn't happening in Trumpland where madness has replaced reason.U.S. intelligence officials have informed Donald Trump that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to…
Meet the Elites: The Politicians.
Sociologists would probably not include this group among the elites but from a political perspective it is hard to deny them. While the elected at the provincial and federal level…
Oil downturn slams petro-provinces’ jobs #nlpoli
The four provinces heavily dependent on oil and gas resources took a major hit in jobs in 2016, according to seasonally-adjusted figures released on Friday by the Dominion’s statistics bureau.…
Media Donations to NL Political Parties #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Steele Communications and its subsidiary VOCM made a combined total of $23,600 in contributions to political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1996 and 2009, according to party finance information…
The poverty of "we so po’" rhetoric (2008) #nlpoli
“People need to understand government cannot write a cheque for everything,” said Williams. “We can’t be all things to all people.” “On the other hand, even in poor times, we…
Even some farm leaders admit the Alberta NDP’s notorious Bill 6 is an improvement
PHOTOS: Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier as he walked through an anti-NDP demonstration in front of the Alberta Legislature shortly before the passage of Bill 6 in December 2015. Below: NDP…
A carbon tax—an ethical imperative
The following article was published in the Calgary Herald on January 7th under my byline. You can read it here, along with comments, or below. A carbon tax allows us…
A carbon tax—an ethical imperative
The following article was published in the Calgary Herald on January 7th under my byline. You can read it here, along with comments, or below. A carbon tax allows us…
Canadain values
Every Canadian Prime Minister should know how to spell "Canadian." Also, they should not be a bigot. pic.twitter.com/z4n4YXsncj — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 8, 2017
Marie Henein’s Take on Kellie Leitch
Last Friday Ms Soapbox attended the 2017 Milvain Lecture at the U of C Law School. It was given by Marie Henein who recently made headlines by successfully defending CBC…
Eating up the Hill: Soup and a sandwich from The Soup Guy
I’ve been talking a lot about soup on this blog and so, at the urging of a regular reader, I ventured off campus to the food court at World Exchange…
Eating up the Hill: Soup and a sandwich from The Soup Guy
I’ve been talking a lot about soup on this blog and so, at the urging of a regular reader, I ventured off campus to the food court at World Exchange…
what i’m reading: four realistic youth novels
Young-adult publishers’ mania for series, with the emphasis on fantasy, has finally ebbed. There are still plenty of fantasy series to go around, but the new crop of youth novels…
On Boyden’s Questionable Ancestory
It’s hard when we find our heroes as fallible as the rest of us. Boyden, the prize winning indigenous writer found to be not so indigenous, is taking a hit…
On Boyden’s Questionable Ancestory
It’s hard when we find our heroes as fallible as the rest of us. Boyden, the prize winning indigenous writer found to be not so indigenous, is taking a hit…
A Welcome (and Badly Needed) Eye Opener
Is the crisis of “fake news” just a symptom of neoliberalism’s looming collapse? An excellent essay by Evgeny Morosov in The Guardian looks behind the fake news phenomenon and its…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 1: The taxman cometh
Here in the Glorious People’s Republic of Alberta, we have begun the process of saving the Earth, 4.5 cents a litre at a time. The NDP government introduced its Climate…