Feb. 15: Where are we going? Where are you going?
From its earliest days, the modern newspaper has been a propaganda sheet for its owners. Of course. Pioneer William Randolph Hearst used his newspapers to start a war that killed…
February 2018
Patrick Brown thinks he’s still leader
He has had “Progressive Conservative leader” on his Facebook profile for weeks. Now we know why. He’s launching the first political coup in modern Ontario history. This guy is in…
Alberta’s Leading the Pack With Cheap Wind Power and There’s Way More to Come
When the winning bids for Alberta’s renewable power auction were announced in December, jaws dropped. The winning projects were approved at a record-breaking low price of 3.7 cents per kilowatt…
Schiff Lifts the Carpet, Gives the Public a Glimpse of What Lies Beneath.
The ranking minority member on the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, says they’ve uncovered an abundance of evidence of collusion with the Russians and obstruction of justice involving Donald Trump.…
It Wasn’t Just a Crazed Kid with an Assault Rifle At that Parkdale High School Yesterday. He had Company, America’s "Bought and Paid For" Congress.
I watched Lawrence O’Donnell interview a father whose 15-year old daughter was at the Parkdale, Florida high school where 17 people, mainly students, were gunned down yesterday. The man’s daughter…
CTV News – The Donald Trump of Canadian journalism
CTV News has announced that they, “stand behind their reporting” of the Patrick Brown story and that attacks on their journalistic practices are, “groundless and wrong“. Really? They can stand…
Less Than Meets The Eye?
Given its recent rather dubious pursuits of lost tax revenue, I readily admit that I don’t know what to make of the latest report that the CRA has actually begun…
From next week’s column: PR tips in the #MeToo era
There’s a couple of them that seem particularly germane this morning. I wonder who I am referring to? • Don’t attack your alleged victims. In the #MeToo era, even Harvey…
Roundup of more great reviews of The Fatness
Reviews continue to get posted about my new book. If you haven’t already checked out Joe Mahoney’s funny video review of The Fatness, you definitely should. There’s also a new…
A Society Which Cannot Offer Its Youth A Future
There was another mass shooting in the United States. Barack Obama used to come out and publicly appeal for gun control legislation. Yesterday, the Tweeting Twit used his standard medium:…
Happy birthday
Many guys will understand what I mean when I say this: your father is both a bit of light, and a bit of shadow, over your path through life. Mine,…
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To Decrease Emissions Germany to Offer Free Public Transit
Germans have reputation of loving to drive so it might seem a little shocking to see the nation explore free public transit. The push for free travel comes from the…
Donald Trump and the Parkland Massacre
It was just a horrible coincidence, albeit a bloody one.But only hours after I ran this post with the picture of Donald Trump brandishing an AR 15 rifle. The same…
The Horrifying Con Valentine on Parliament Hill
Well as we all know, yesterday was Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love.Even in that most unromantic of places, Parliament Hill.But funnily enough the way the political parties marked…
New column day
Here, on Ryan Meili’s evidence-based policy – and particularly his thoughtful recognition of the issues where it’s better to seek out more expert advice than make promises in its absence.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Larry Elliott discusses how the stock market is reacting with disgust against rare good economic news for workers and the general public.…
Ex-MLA Joe Anglin continues his court fights with Elections Alberta and studies law in the United States
PHOTOS: Joe Anglin, speaking on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in his heyday as the Wildrose Party MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Below: Mr. Anglin in November 2015, after…