Trudeau, Trump, and the Ghastly Margaret Wente
As you may know, Justin Trudeau is going to meet with Donald Trump this week to fight for the future of NAFTA. And try to hold back a tidal wave…
2017
Why I Started Portraying Donald Trump As A Hog
I must admit I was intrigued, when Donald Trump told reporters that he was not surprised that the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein had been accused of being a sexual predator.…
R.I.P. Rafe Mair
Four years ago, I wrote about Dave Hardon, a former friend and business partner who was an important pioneer in British Columbia’s film and video industry. The article finished with:…
Is Trump Nearing Melt Down?
According to The Washington Post and other US mainstream media, America’s man/baby president is in a very dark emotional state. His legislative agenda (to the extent there ever was one)…
New book tells the story of the rise and fall of (Pierre) Trudeaumania in Alberta
There is perhaps no greater myth in Alberta politics than that the National Energy Program, which all Albertans are told to believe brought untold devastation to the oil sector and…
Tap-to-wake Montana GPS: oh Garmin what have you done?
Someone decided a feature of my beloved Garmin Montana GPS was in fact a bug. And now I’ve got a game-changing disappointment on my hands where before I had a…
Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar 2018 — Back from the Printers!
The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is one of the most important and wonderful products that i am lucky enough to be able to distribute — and the…
Creeping Normalcy Meets PermaWar
How well do you remember the world order as it was constituted in the 1980s and the 1990s? How aware are you of the extent it has changed in the…
A wake-up call for radical communities
Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism Umair Muhammed Haymarket, 2014 Drawing on his years of activism and academic research, Umair Muhammed delivers a compelling case for change…
Canada is missing its chance to shut the gate on nuclear weapons everywhere
Photo by Phil Schmitten Last month, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (or the Ban Treaty) opened for signatures to all member states at the United Nations. The…
Our Warming World, Another Feedback Loop
26 years of study by researchers from New England have revealed yet another global warming feedback loop underway, the release of CO2 from the warming of soil. Think of it…
Russia-gate’s Shaky Foundation
Photo by Alberto Cabello Anyone who watches the news knows that Russian hackers gave Democratic National Committee documents to WikiLeaks and hacked voter databases in 21 states. Prominent Democrats call…
Rafe Mair, Dead at 85.
He was much loved by many British Columbians. Lawyer, Social Credit cabinet minister, radio host, colossal thorn in the side to Christy Clark and her B.C. Liberal government, and in…
The love of my life, in her modelling days
She’s even more beautiful now.
Oct. 9: Capitalism, Churches, and Us.
The first story is one that should come as no surprise. Big business behaved in the same way – and worse – during the great depression of the 1930s. As…
Good news coming on electoral reform says Andrew Coyne
In a thoughtful article Coyne ranges over the positive news springing up at levels below the federal level, regarding changes to our undemocratic first past the post electoral system (the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Christopher Thompson highlights how the use of monetary policy to fuel economic growth rather than a progressive fiscal policy alternative has served largely…
Eating up the Hill: A hike to Hintonburger
I don’t try to be negative when I do these reviews. I’m generally a pretty easy person to please, cuisine wise. But as I catch up on my food blogging,…
Ministers of the faith #1
More brushwork experimentation. More, make a mark and see what happens drawing. Filed under: art