On Hari’s Lost Connections
“There’s violence to knowing the world isn’t what you thought. . . . Sometimes the world doesn’t make a lot of sense, but how we get through it is, we…
February 2018
The Social Pathologies of Collapse
As a companion piece to the previous post, here’s Umair Haque’s essay, “Why We’re Underestimating America’s Collapse.” Haque offers up five trends, pathologies that he contends evidence America’s collapse. These…
Workers strike back: Ontario’s minimum wage
Photo by Kevin Taghabon On January 1st 2018, the Ontario government introduced a 14 dollar minimum wage, with a promise to increase to 15 dollars by Janurary of 2019. And…
Requiem for American Democracy
It truly was a death of a thousand cuts. It was years in the making and, when the heart stopped beating, few even noticed, fewer still cared. Thom Hartman traces…
Is Black Panther A Band Aid?
For the past several days, much media attention has been devoted to the film Black Panther, hailed by many as a break-through cinematic achievement featuring an all-Black cast and depicting…
Ten rules about #MeToo and crisis communications
There are lots of rules to remember about politics and public relations and the law. Here are ten. Don’t brag about hiring private investigators. For example, in the middle of…
I NEED A BREAK! IS A HOLIDAY EVEN POSSIBLE?
Once in a while in the life of a caregiver, the chance of a few days away from home reveals itself. A respite break might come from a community care…
What Is Donald Trump Hiding?
Ever since Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russians for interfering in the 2016 election, Donald Trump has been acting like he's finally losing his marbles.Lashing out at just about everybody. President…
The True Progressive?
Michael Harris wonders if Jagmeet Singh is a true progressive. That used to be Justin’s Trudeau’s mantle. But he has disappointed many who voted for him: The prime minister reneged…
A Guide to Transform Old Axe into the Best Backing Axe Anytime
A sharp and might axe is a dream of every wood cutting person. Using a dull and rusty axe can be dangerous and might even result in some injuries as…
Food for ‘enquiring minds.’
If this writer told you that Ontario Progressive Conservatives might not all be on the up and up, you would likely brush it off as fake news from a raving…
Canadians React to (Yet Another) Mass Shooting in the United States
While the bodies are still warm from the latest mass U.S. school shooting, at least no one has the lack of taste or class to publicly defend gun rights, oh,…
Best of Alberta Politics 2017: David Eggen, Minister of Education
With more than 1,200 votes cast in the Best of Alberta Politics survey, Minister of Education David Eggen came up on top in the Best Cabinet Minister of 2017 category.…
Jason Kenney’s Non-Partisan Request
This just in from “the train-has-left-the-station” department. Let’s see, how should Alberta respond to BC’s announcement that it will limit bitumen shipments from Alberta until it completes consultation on more…
Brain Candy – Can We Break Our Smartphone Addiction?
Definitely worth a read. Psychiatrist Norman Doidge and former Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie kick around the growing problem of smartphone addiction. It may be a far worse problem than you…
Well, They All Got a Shoo-In from Ottawa. Thanks, Ottawa. Thanks.
The Globe and Mail has a feature story on how well Vancouver’s fentanyl bosses are making out and where they’re laundering their money – in high priced Vancouver real estate.…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Zoe Williams highlights how misleading framing has caused far too many people to accept destructive austerity and inequality: Not unreasonably, given the…
On Media Piracy and "FairPlay Canada"
This is a new development to me, but then I haven’t been following the issue of piracy all that closely for some time. The upshot is that a group of…
Anti-Muslim Hate Rally on Parliament Hill: Updates
ARC will update this page as information is both gathered and received. Prior to the protest on February 17, one of the CDN Wolfpack moderators posted the following: A sponsor,…