Feeling the Heat, Trump Lashes Out.
Whenever Donald Trump’s knickers bunch up he hauls out his Hillary Clinton punching bag. The Mango Mussolini must have a raging case of swamp ass today, fearful of just who…
2017
Tick Talk
Painting by Jan van Kessel (1626–1679) Human knowledge will be erased from the world’s archives before we possess the last word that a gnat has to say to us.” -Henri…
Jagmeet Singh’s First Major Policy Opportunity: Tax Reform
Still from promotional video It’s been about a month since Jagmeet Singh became the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party on the back of an emphatic—if unexpected—first ballot triumph.…
KPMG misses point of university education
Photo by Ovahlordx The province’s KPMG report on post-secondary education fails to recognize what universities are supposed to achieve. The Winnipeg Free Press reported on Oct. 4 that the accounting…
In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated Law
Photo by Becker1999 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory today in its fight to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline.…
Islamabad Takes the Piss Out Of Tillerson
Rex, the “King without a throne,” Tillerson recently blamed Pakistan for not doing enough to suppress insurgents who cross over to attack US and Afghan troops. That earned Old Rex…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 41: Now the hard part begins for the UPC
The United Conservative Party – somehow fresh-faced and old at the same time – has chosen its first leader. Jason Kenney, a career politician who has spent his entire life…
The Rape of Puerto Rico
The US island territory of Puerto Rico has had a rough time of it going back years before the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The hurricane did, however, take down the…
What Do We Do About Them?
The advent of social media was supposed to call forth our better angels, Instead, Neal Gabler writes, it has unleashed our darker angels and made Donald Trump possible: It is…
Not A Dirty Word
In his column the other day, Rick Salutin wrote a stout defence of taxes, making it very clear that for him and many others, the word and the concept are…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jonathan Ostry comments on the emerging recognition that inequality represents a barrier to economic development: I argue that greater attention should be…
Caesar’s wife must be beyond suspicion.
Recently we wrote that federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in the role of Caesar’s wife. The simple point of that is what Julius Caesar said when he divorced his…
The Demise of Democracy
A recent post by Owen over at Northern Reflections brought my attention to this highlighting an “investigation” by a long time former MP. Both major parties have made a mockery…
Jason Kenney wins, completing double reverse hostile takeover of Alberta’s conservative parties
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney celebrates his victory last night in Calgary. (Photo: @JasonKenney Twitter account, where it was posted without attribution.) Below: Brian Jean, gone fishin’ … with his wife, photo…
Jason Kenney’s Alberta Victory: An Analysis
The knock against Jason Kenney is he is almost 50 and still unmarried. Is he hiding an “artistic streak”? PS. Just try to jam that pipeline down BC’s throat, tar-miner.…
Ya Think? IMF Fears Worsening Inequality a Threat to Capitalism.
You have to hand it to the really, really rich. No, I mean that. You have to hand it to them. As in when you hand your wallet to the…
A Demoralized America?
Trump seems to have brought the American people to a new low. Seven in 10 Americans say the nation’s political divisions are at least as big as during the Vietnam…
Massaad, Myatt, and Phalange Media Productions: Fascism With A Lebanese Twist
Last Saturday's "Trudeau Must Go" rally in Toronto organized by Ronny Cameron, while ostensibly an anti-Trudeau and anti-Liberal government protest, was in fact a nakedly anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim event which…
TV Stars are Caregivers Too – Meet Leeza Gibbons
November is National Caregivers Month and to kick off, I’ve interviewed TV personality and caregiver activist, Leeza Gibbons. Leeza Gibbons is an Emmy Award winner TV personality who has become…
Political Games Over Caribou Protection Harming Northern Ontario’s Reputation
“I can tell you that we’re frankly fed up with being portrayed as an area that has no regard for the sustainability of our environment that we live in and…