Ezra Levant, Kellie Leitch, and the Rebel’s Fake News Problem
As you know, the time I checked to see what Ezra Levant was up to, he was blushing with pride after being called a "true Canadian patriot" by Nick Kouvalis,…
2017
It’s Time to Call the "Two State" Option What It Is – a Convenient Ruse
Much as we might wish otherwise, this “two state” ruse can’t go on forever. With every theft of land from the Palestinian territory, Israel is serving notice that it has…
Isn’t That Biting the Hand that Feeds You? Trump Accepts Russia Hacked the Election.
Donald Trump’s designated chief of staff, Reince Priebus, says the Giant Orange Bloat accepts that the Russians hacked the election, the vote that he supposedly won, and that Trump may…
When Democracy Fails
There are few better object lessons on how democracy fails than Britain in the throes of the Brexit resolution. No one, not even the prime minister, has a clue what…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – James Wilt writes that the PR campaign pushing pipelines is based largely on the false claim that the only other choice is…
On litmus tests
Gregory Beatty raises some noteworthy possibilities as to how Ryan Meili’s entry into the Saskatoon-Meewasin by-election may reverberate in Saskatchewan’s broader political scene. But there are a few more potential…
An Inconvenient Truth The Corporate Agenda Would Like To Keep Hidden
Their protests notwithstanding, the truth is that raising the minimum wage is good for business. And it isn’t just the behemoths depicted above who benefit. The CEO of a popular…
The March of the Ichthyes
Okay, they’re ichthyes, fish, and they don’t march, they swim. And swimming they are in the same direction, away from the equator. We’ve been seeing signs of this aquatic exodus…
It’s bizarre, watching the end of the American empire
Increasingly having difficulty reading @nytimes due to Trump-related miasma. Haven't turned on @CNN since Nov. 8 for same reason. #uspoli pic.twitter.com/EOkkq1HCzg — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 8, 2017
Saturday Photo: Wet Snow, Our Backyard, and Deliveries
Beautiful snow this week, although it was tough driving on Tuesday when the temperature hovered near freezing, and some of the precipitation was freezing rain. But yesterday was clear and…
Saturday Photo: Wet Snow, Our Backyard, and Deliveries
Beautiful snow this week, although it was tough driving on Tuesday when the temperature hovered near freezing, and some of the precipitation was freezing rain. But yesterday was clear and…
Meet the Elites: The One Per Cent.
If anyone ever got a bad rap, it is Canada’s one per cent. This group of Canadians is supposed to control about 50 per cent of the country’s wealth and…
More And More Pungent
Conservatives have railed for decades about the evils of debt. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that they have elected the Debtor-in-Chief. Lauren McCauley writes: An analysis by the Wall…
President Trump is going to be FDR Redux
Chairman Trump: President with a Mission It is sad to watch the commentators on CNN when they switch to the president-elect. We have seldom seen such massive collective denial syndrome…
President Trump is going to be FDR Redux
Chairman Trump: President with a Mission It is sad to watch the commentators on CNN when they switch to the president-elect. We have seldom seen such massive collective denial syndrome…
Despite Trump & Trudeau’s pipeline fetish, green economy will keep booming
US President-Elect Trump (Flickr/Gage Skidmore) and Canadian PM Trudeau (Flickr/Canada 2020) are both big on pipelines Forces at play suggest there will continue to be significant advancements in the global…
Ken Mailhot, Terese Marie Mailhot and Queen East
Exploring in a used furniture shop on Queen East today, Cheyenne found this. She said I should come look. It was stunning. It was incredible. We bought it right away.…
On Homeopathy, Health Canada Must End The Double Standard
This column appeared on the CBC on December 11, 2016. Until recently, homeopathic remedies sold in the United States enjoyed many of the same privileges — including the freedom to…
Why Using Hospice Doesn’t Mean You’re “Giving Up”
None of my own family members have ever been in hospice care, but our son Nick has been on palliative care for some time now. We support Nick’s decision not…
Canada’s Trudeau about to make a colossal mistake re Trump Inauguration
False compass? Trudeau and his advisors have decided to snub the most powerful nation in the world by staying away from the inauguration of its next president on January 20.…