Dec. Not a good computer day.
This will be a short one. My computer is playing games with me which are driving me mad. Among other things, my text is so small I can barely read…
2018
What Country Poses the Gravest Threat to Canada?
Is it Iran? How about North Korea? Russia maybe? Or could it be the United States of America? Could America really be the greatest threat we’re facing? I think you…
Fighting for Midwives: The Personal is Political
Peter Beinart recently wrote a perceptive article in The Atlantic: “The New Authoritarians are Waging War on Women,” that argues that the one thing in common with all the authoritarian-type…
Rules of entitlement.
The recent troubles in Paris have brought to mind a week I spent in Paris on business back in the 1970s. My business ‘host’ and tour guide for the week…
For Your Consideration
If you have been reading my last few posts, you will know that I have been gripped by outrage over the corruption and cronyism surrounding the Rob Ford appointment of…
With friends like these … it’s sure depressing to compare Canada in 1979 to the U.S. in 2018
Canadians of a certain vintage will clearly remember “the Canadian Caper,” that dangerous moment in 1979 when our diplomats put their lives on the line to smuggle six of their…
Cowichan Conversations Signing Off For Now
I will be taking a break and will consider a return with a new format in the new year. We have covered a lot of ground over the years and…
Musical interlude
Orbital – Belfast
Tortured logic
One might think British Columbia’s Auditor General would favour maximum information in financial disclosure. Apparently, not in this province.
What Is An Authoritarian Bully To Do?
It is perhaps to state the obvious that political strongmen (I’m sure this applies to women, too) tend to surround themselves with those who will readily do their bidding. It…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford discusses the decline (PDF) of Australia’s enterprise bargaining system (and associated lack of wage growth). – Patrick Butler reports on the…
Québec solidaire’s National Council meeting — A comment by a sympathetic observer
Photo by CBC Radio Canada As the party’s general secretary Gaétan Châteauneuf noted in his opening remarks, the 14th meeting of the National Committee (CN) was above all a “moment…
Justice On The Move
Donald Trump’s buffoonery can leave you in despair. But Michelle Goldberg writes, in The New York Times, that there is reason to hope: The Democratic landslide in the midterms proved…
Dougie’s second stupidest stunt.
In many years of running major political events, one of the automatic considerations is always security. There is no question that well publicized events of that nature can attract the…
Alberta separation: Are Russian bots messing with our province, or just homegrown right-wing agitators?
Are Russian bots behind the recent busy social media campaign to persuade Albertans they want to separate from Canada, a la Brexit? Or is this just the work of right-wing…
Ministry’s cozy relationship with industry costs taxpayers billions
As is typical of resource management, the regulating ministry sees its prime purpose is to enhance growth and profitability of companies extracting resources. the public share of produced values is…
Dec. 13:: Not sure this will work…..
Not sure how or if this blog will work. My computer is behaving oddly. I can’t even proofread because the print on my end in terribly small. In 1939, Britain…
Holiday greetings from Daisy Group to you!
By our resident design geniuses, Katie and Zack!
What We’re Really Up Against.
Climate change is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the future of humanity. It’s just one piece of a far greater problem that won’t be solved…