Generation Identity, Alt-Right Montreal, and the Identity of "Date"
ARC has a number of individuals to thank for this article, however one provides the blog with the bulk of the material that follows. I would like to thank her/him,…
July 2018
Freedom Conservative Party’s Derek Fildebrandt demonstrates his talent for getting up his opponents’ noses
Derek Fildebrandt, the self-described “Alberta redneck” who now leads the minuscule Freedom Conservative Party, has a talent for getting up his opponents’ noses. This has served the university-educated Ottawa native…
No Takers. It’s the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline Now.
The Trudeau government was counting on a quick flip to unload the dodgy and massively overpriced TransMountain pipeline that it took off the hands of sketchy Texas oil company, Kinder…
Fildebrandt’s Freedom Conservative Party: Joke or Threat?
It is said that Jason Kenney is a shrewd politician but recently he made a mistake that might prove fatal. We didn’t catch it at first, what with Kenney going…
Saturday Photo: Rock of Ages: How Concrete Built the World As We Know It
This week I hope to finish up my new book, Rock of Ages: How Concrete Built the World as We Know. Well, maybe not finish, but at least have a…
what i’m re-reading: the ax by donald westlake and other literary thrillers
I’ve just re-read* one of my all-time favourites: The Ax by Donald Westlake. I’m agog with how much I love this book. But first, the requisite blather. * * *…
On public interests
Plenty of others have pointed out the most direct lie in Jason Kenney’s attempt to blame Alberta’s NDP for the decisions of an Ontario court dealing with Carillion’s Canadian bankruptcy.…
In defence of Twitter
Maggie Haberman, the terrific New York Times reporter who is the bane of Donald Trump’s existence, is quitting Twitter. She writes about it in today’s Times, here. “Twitter has stopped…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Katie Dangerfield reports on new research showing that carbon pricing can be an economic benefit, while unrestrained climate change would be disastrous.…
How Many Are There?
The United States has entered a strange new world. Americans have never been here before because they have never had a president like this before. Michael Harris writes: In the…
Embittered and Embarrassed.
Nobody wants to talk politics anymore. I hear that some people are even refusing to watch television news or (God forbid) read a newspaper. It is like the phenomenon on…
I’m Tired……
I’m tired of the impossible promises that Doug Fraud keeps spouting, many issued before his newly elected MPs (blindly Con supporters?) had a chance to have any say in the…
What does this mean? I do not know what it means.
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What is the Wisdom of Caregivers Anyway?
What exactly is the wisdom of caregivers? The Oxford Dictionary defines wisdom as the quality of having knowledge, experience and good judgement. Let’s start with knowledge. What do caregivers know?…
July 21:What is (or should) voting be about?
Here’s a story that didn’t – and won’t – make the irving press. (I usually start with The Guardian. It’s not as intelligent and impartial as it used to be.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Hugh MacKenzie comments on the continued need for an adult conversation about public revenue, including the importance of bringing in enough in taxes…
To Return To a Now Familiar Theme
The northern hemisphere is on fire and, where it’s not, it is probably baking. Even the southern hemisphere is unduly warm in its mid-winter. Forest fires are sweeping the west…
The Damage Wasn’t Done in Helsinki. It Happened in the Days Following Trump’s Return to Washington.
It wasn’t so much Trump’s juvenile performance in Helsinki or the harsh rejection from Democrats and Republicans in Congress. No, it was how quickly Republican opposition switched back to again…
Get it? Got it. Good!
Dear media owners: This will be the nth time I have attended a “free seminar” on “how to do effective advertising”. As someone who has been doing marketing and advertising…
Everybody Wants To Get To Heaven . . .
Hugh MacKenzie writes that we should have had an adult conversation about taxes and public services long ago. But that conversation has never happened, despite the obvious connection between the…