June 15:In my last blog, I promised….
…to include in this one an outline of the rise of capitalism. I already regret that promise. It’s a story so ugly as to be unbelievable. Alas, it’s all too…
…to include in this one an outline of the rise of capitalism. I already regret that promise. It’s a story so ugly as to be unbelievable. Alas, it’s all too…
I remember when the Reeve of Gloucester, old Doc McQuarrie, explained to me that the key to politics was being able to tell “the difference between scratching your ass and…
Canadians hoping to see bold ideas and a more radical orientation emerge from the federal New Democrats’ February convention in Ottawa are surely feeling disappointed. Four months after Jagmeet Singh’s…
Illustration by DonkeyHotey What’s going on with Trump’s trade offensive? There’s a dual track policy underway: One a phony trade war with US allies; the other a potential (but not…
I spent nearly 15 years in the CIA. I like to think that I learned something there. I learned how the federal bureaucracy works. I learned that cowboys in government…
I’ve already blogged about my visit to Jolibee, but that wasn’t the only Filipino feast I enjoyed during a recent visit to Toronto. I also went with some friends to…
But my brother Esau is an hairy man, but I am a smooth man. I recall those lines from a Beyond the Fringe sketch first released in 1964 (see below).*…
Got that Amber Alert just as I was about to go under the scalpel. One the one hand, glad the system worked. On the other hand, disappointed the surgeon was…
Characteristics Of The Best RV Short Queen Mattress Characteristics Of The Best RV Short Queen Mattress Comfort A comfortable mattress must have the right amount firmness, not too soft and…
140Law: Here are our top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of May 14, 2018. For links, vist 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
The United Conservative Party‘s founding convention, the New Democratic Party‘s abortion clinic bubble zone and plans to turn off the oil and gas taps to British Columbia, are just some…
My cynicism is never far from the surface, but during election campaigns, it is front and centre. For me, those are times in which my faith and belief in my…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 14, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Uber won’t confirm if software caused self-driving car to kill pedestrian U.S.…
Every couple of years some new-fangled technological solution pops up claiming to fix all of our transit woes. We’ve long been promised flying cars and still we need to people…
Residents of the Right Wing Looney Bin — like Nigel Farage — are trumpeting the suggestion that Donald Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Michael Harris writes: You know…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Equality Trust highlights the perpetual concentration of wealth among an extremely privileged few in the UK. LOLGOP points out how U.S. Republicans…
Last Wednesday Justin Trudeau was answering a question about abortion, which ended with him declaring that his government would always defend a woman's right to choose.When the Con MP Ted…
There is a fascination with political advertising. It seems to be more for their entertainment value than their efficacy. I just have yet to see an ad that would get…
All the way back in 2012, @kinsellawarren had an inkling about Trump. Wrote a cool song about it too. #FightTheRight pic.twitter.com/WgL35cga5c — Richard McAdam (@RealRGM81) May 13, 2018
The last two weeks have been particularly tiring for Mr Kenney, the leader of the UCP, he spent most of it running away. Mr Kenney hightailed it out of the…