Under Trump, Working Class Americans’ Wages Flaccid
Trump and his congressional Republican puppets are positively giddy over the US economy. Paul Ryan says it’s the bestest since 2014. And, while the recovery set in motion by Barack…
August 2018
The Incredible Mediocrity of the Con Clown Andrew Scheer
For a long time Andrew Scheer has been able to hide in plain sight. Hide behind his creepy smile.He rarely gives any interviews. He deleted his platform the day he…
My responses to residents: 4
NB: As a candidate for Deputy Mayor in the upcoming municipal election, I receive questions from residents about my stand on various issues and policies. I will post my responses…
Are the Saudis Out to Stir Up Quebec Separatism?
A jarring article in The New Republic claims that the Saudis are threatening to retaliate against Canadian interference in the theocracy’s internal affairs by supporting Quebec’s separation from Canada. Relations…
Eating OFF the Hill: Days Four, Five and Six in Quebec City
One cannot eat like a culinary King all the time — at least not on my salary. So the second half of my trip to Quebec City featured less of…
My responses to residents: 3
NB: As a candidate for Deputy Mayor in the upcoming municipal election, I receive questions from residents about my stand on various issues and policies. I will post my responses…
My responses to residents: 2
NB: As a candidate for Deputy Mayor in the upcoming municipal election, I receive questions from residents about my stand on various issues and policies. I will post my responses…
My responses to residents: 1
NB: As a candidate for Deputy Mayor in the upcoming municipal election, I receive questions from residents about my stand on various issues and policies. I will post my responses…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Brian Nolan examines the relationship between inequality and median incomes in developed countries, and concludes that there’s little basis to view inequality as…
A Betrayal With Far-Reaching Implications
Despite the inspiring persona he peddled to win the last election, Justin Trudeau has turned out to be just another politician. As hard as that might be to accept, his…
mlb.tv, roku, and appletv: why is this so difficult?
If you’re an app developer for MLB, or if you’re with Roku or AppleTV, skip down to the final paragraphs! Because Allan and I follow a baseball an out-of-town baseball…
There Will Be A Reckoning
Michael Harris writes that there is a volcano set to explode in the United States. And journalists are in the path of the lava flow. The latest warning of what…
Beyond Good Intentions; Towards A Good Life
--> An Open Letter to Rachel Adam-Smith and her Social Worker When did we stop believing that ‘It takes a village to raise a child’? When did asking fellow community…
Folks find Ford far from frugal.
We are told that Ontario premier Doug Ford is going to sue prime minister Justin Trudeau. And he is going to use our money to do it. I hardly see…
Column: where was he?
Where was he? The Prime Minister of Canada, I mean. When Canada’s biggest city needed him – when the millions of people who live and work here were feeling anguished,…
Will Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic tantrum provoke a moment of cognitive dissonance for Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ crowd?
Saudi Arabia has given the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to pack his bags and go home because, the Saudi Foreign Ministry complains, Canada is meddling in the internal affairs of…
Rich Larson’s sci-fi thriller Annex tops Audreys Books’ list of Edmonton bestsellers
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 29, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Climate change: money today vs survival tomorrow
Even if evidence of global warming was not overwhelming, the precautionary principle dictates a radical change in the way we conduct ourselves. Yet, our governments, banks that fear stranded assets,…
Money or Mission? A Simple Test of Policy
In a discussion about politics in America, Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short and Moneyball, said the rift isn’t between Republicans and Democrats, it’s between the people who…