Could the Unthinkable Happen Again? Sure.
Like most of us, Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan has lived her entire life during the era known as the “Long Peace.” The term describes the past 70-years without war between…
June 2018
The Pride Parade and the Homophobic Cons
It's the day of the Pride Parade in Toronto, and in just about an hour or so, thousands of members of the rainbow army, and their straight allies, will march…
Canadian Top 40 Political Blog Award
Mind Bending Politics has been presented with an award by the site feedspot as being one of the Top 40 Canadian Political Blogs for 2018. I am very humbled by…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Simon Enoch challenges Scott Moe’s misleading rhetoric on equalization by pointing out that Saskatchewan could easily afford child care and other programs…
A Better Way to See the World
Maps can allow us to see more clearly the true face of everything from sea level rise to light pollution to where the world’s migrants are really headed.
Justin and Pierre: Like Father Like Son
It's a striking scene, Justin Trudeau celebrating Quebec's Fête nationale in his Montreal riding, being confronted by an angry protester.And forced to defend his right to call the province his…
What Happened
Martin Regg Cohn has an interesting post mortem of the Ontario election. He concludes that, because the Liberals pulled their bacon out of the fire a couple of times, their…
rip philip roth
I was literally reading this article in The New York Times about Philip Roth when I heard he had died. It’s a wonderful story: an 85-year-old celebrated author who has…
Checking Chuckles’ Challenges.
Maybe it is just the pundits in Ottawa who are challenged to understand the leader of the conservative party. While some tend to treat him as the Joker character from…
welcome to the allan and laura new york city history reading club
The theme of this year’s TD Summer Reading Club — a national program (developed by Toronto Public Library) that more than 2,000 Canadian libraries participate in — is Feed Your…
Good news, bad news
Bill Good is in the news this week. David Ball wrote about this news reader turned political activist in the The Star Vancouver. In years past, Mr. Good was a…
Kevin Johnston and Ron Banerjee: "Hallmarks of Hate"
Back in August 2017, Kevin Johnston and Ron Banerjee (Islomophobic, misogynistic, and racist bigots who have been featured on these pages several times already) were sued by Mohamad Fakih, the…
We get letters: apparently Black Lives Matter and I are terrorists
Who knew? Also, I particularly like his email handle.
Is This Really Something To Be Proud Of?
I find myself these days thinking about the beasts that have been unleashed upon society. In the United States, of course, it is Donald Trump who has made it acceptable…
Innuendo, not guilt, in CBC story
By now I expect you’ve read the scurrilous CBC story written by Dave Seglins or at least one of its local spin-offs. For me, the best line in the CBC…
My Politics is about Witnessing the Wrongs done to Others
I am grateful to a man that I have never met. I was first introduced to him by a good friend. She had grown up in a place that used…
On Limits to Free Speech: Hate Crime Laws and Defamation Suits
Watching the excellent series The Handmaid’s Tale, at first I questioned the glaring lack of racism in the show. It’s supposed to be happening just a few years in the…
June 23: Our Eleventh Commandment
And Moses engraved the stone – Thou shalt be greedy. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yemen-conflict-west-humanitarian-crisis-1.4714469___________________________________________________________ The following move by Trump includes Canadian water. Be prepared. U.S. capitalists are going to move in on Canada.…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Lauren Bauer discuss the need for U.S. law and policy to adapt to protect independent workers who have…