Dust Off That Blog, It’s Election Time
Whew, it’s been a while hasn’t it? There’s dust everywhere…how do you even get dust inside a blog? Oh well. There’s an election in Ontario on June 7, 2018 and…
2018
The Struggle to Preserve American Hegemony Over Europe
For decades the United States has been trying to prevent any direct line connecting Russian fossil energy and Europe. Few recall that, prior to the 9/11 attacks, American firms were…
Live: Pipeline Protest From Whistler
Clearly, Mr. Trudeau’s “sunny ways” do not dazzle everyone. Recommend this Post
I’m voting NDP to stop Doug Ford and his cult of Ford Nation…
Honest Facebook meme making the rounds We saw this horror movie already in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was Mike Harris’ “Common Sense” Revolution which actually resulted in the…
June 2: Surprise of the day.
Chinese now live longer than Americans. Of course they do. American governments are not interested in maintaining the health of Americans. The very wealthy can afford private health care. But…
Washington State Rallies to British Columbia’s Side on Trans Mountain
There’s a reason some of us like our cousins to the immediate south better than we like provinces east of the Rockies. Washington governor, Jay Inslee, has come to BC…
This is what $70,000 a month gets you
This is pathetic. It’s farcical. And, as I will show everyone next week, it was completely needless. If she had left a year ago – and if she had taken…
This is what $70,000 a month gets you
This is pathetic. It’s farcical. And, as I will show everyone next week, it was completely needless. If she had left a year ago – and if she had taken…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – CBC talks to Robert Frank about the role of luck and privilege in generating concentrated wealth. And Kate Bahn highlights the reality that…
Justin Trudeau: A Reality Check
While Canadians are rightfully applauding the retaliatory tariffs the Trudeau government will be imposing on the United States, my concern is that distraction will diminish the outrage that same government’s…
The Uglist American Of All
That’s the title of a best selling book about Donald Trump by David Corn and Michael Isikoff. Former American Ambassador Bruce Heyman writes that Trump is playing the same game…
Saturday Photo: Reading Lists….
Well, it really isn’t a photo, but a painting done by the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy in the 1890s. Called “Paris Interior” in some places, it captures an era, as…
The risk of being Trump.
It is always play time at the fun house on the Potomac River. This is Mr. Trump’s domain these days and he takes great delight at pushing the buttons of…
That moment when you’re reminded Doug Ford isn’t a good person…
Any decent person running for premier would’ve been able to say he’d support LGBT people and attend their annual parade. But not Doug Ford, who never misses an opportunity to…
Major Developments On 407 Fraud Could Be Imminent
There has been a lot of chatter over the past few days on social media that has been making the rounds with people who follow politics closely, that major developments…
Musical interlude
Tom Cochrane – I Wish You Well
Can Kim Jong Un Put His Life in Donald’s Trumps Hands?
There’s so much double-dealing going on lately it’s hard to figure out who can be trusted but, on the trustworthiness scale, Donald Trump must be pretty close to the bottom.…
Unemployment at the Heart of Italy’s Economic Crisis
Unemployment at the Heart of Italy’s Economic Crisis — Read on therealnews.com/stories/unemployment-at-the-heart-of-italys-economic-crisis
Review: Turning to One Another
This is a peculiar book with a powerful idea at its core but presumptions about how the social world works that take it in directions that I think are misguided.…