Paul Krugman had it right when he denounced climate change denialists as “depraved.” And the depraved, also known as right-wing populists, will be out in force at next week’s COP24…
It’s the Achilles’ Heel of counter-insurgency warfare, i.e. the quagmire that is modern-era Afghanistan. To win, all the insurgents need do is remain a viable military and political force when…
We are here! At our new home! Very excited! We had a reservation on the 10:15 ferry from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo, but we had to get there super early. If…
There’s not much Rachel Notley won’t do, it seems, to try to fend off her near inevitable loss in next year’s Alberta elections. The misery of the Athabasca Bitumen Pits…
It was Henry David Thoreau who said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” Harry Leslie Smith was not part of…
It seems as though former Trump campaign manager and shady international operator, Paul Manafort, has chosen to bet on getting a presidential pardon after all. While Manafort was supposedly spilling…
He called both England and Canada home and he was an outspoken progressive voice on both sides of the Atlantic. Harry Leslie Smith has died, age 95. From his home…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday November 28, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – In the wake of GM’s abandonment of Oshawa, David Olive suggests that it’s time for Canada to work on developing its own signature…
For about a week, along with hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, I have been keeping an online vigil for 95-year-old Harry Leslie Smith.Harry had been battling…
What passes for White Supremacy these days, Keith Kahn Harris writes, is actually something quite different. It’s really white degeneracy. That degeneracy is painfully obvious in the contrast between Barack…
Welcome to Queen’s Park. This is that island in the centre of Toronto that carries the weight of Ontario’s provincial government. The uniform of the day on this island of…
Cats at home.
Donald Trump has been in a bit of a funk recently, ever since the Democrats wiped out his House majority. It seems he can't stand any more bad news.So it's…
I've tried to describe how Andrew Scheer must be feeling these days, but words and pictures seem so inadequate.How can I possibly convey the depth of his despair, or his…
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2018/11/23/climate-change-report-us-consequences-rene-marsh-sot-vpx.cnn But don’t worry about it. This report by government scientists means nothing according to Donald Trump. And he would know. Because he’s rich. We get lots of reports from…
Badges I looked at openbadges.me and Badgr and selected the latter mostly because it’s where the Mozilla Backpack project landed. My allegiance will last as long as it works. This…
Over at Washington Post they’re taking the piss out of Melania Trump for her decision to line the White House corridors this year with blood red Christmas trees. Here are…
NYT columnist and Nobel laureate economist, Paul Krugman, isn’t pulling any punches. Climate change denialism among congressional Republicans and Trump’s White House is depraved. Wait, isn’t depravity too strong a…
Trump’s then campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has disclosed that he personally met with Julian Assange in Equador’s embassy in London. In fact, Manafort’s meetings were conducted in 2013, 2015 and…
