Voting A B C
I’m voting ABC ….. Any But Conservative ! Whilst I have nothing against our local conservative MPP and actually liked our previous MPP of the same persuasion, one Bill Murdoch…
2018
Richard Goodwin
Richard Goodwin died last week. I got to know who he was fifty years ago because I admired Robert Kennedy’s eloquence. It was then I discovered that Dick Goodwin was…
If I impressed you 2.36 million times, will you like me better?
My week on Twitter : 1.64K Mentions, 207K Mention Reach, 4.13K Likes, 1.25K Retweets, 978 Replies. See yours with https://t.co/TQhKFs0QZY pic.twitter.com/xXoxgh9OWJ — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 27, 2018
Confounding a confluence of conservatives.
It is all happening Monday at Toronto’s stuffy old Albany Club. As I told my host last time I was invited to the club, this is no place for a…
Defining the Left
This is a continuation of my previous post on the political correctness issue raised in last week’s Munk Debates with Jordan Peterson, Michelle Goldberg, Michael Eric Dyson, and Stephen Fry…
Doug Ford’s Support Among White Nationalists and Racist Groups
Dog whistles have a long history in politics. During the 2015 federal election, then prime minister Steven Harper spoke of “old stock Canadians” in order to stimulate the Conservative base,…
Climate change denial and the economic policy of idiots
Committing billions of taxpayers’ dollars to ensure the public carries all economic risks of the Trans Mountain project is not only financially unsound, it requires a commitment to climate change…
The Power Of Real Communication
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May 26: The World as Seen by our Betters…
New Brunswick’s irving press published the story of Trump cancelling the summit with North Korea. At four, short paragraphs, it is the shortest report of a major world event I…
Dying On the Edges
Neoliberalism is not conducive to our health or to our survival. Neoliberalism has brought us to a place where we have to choose to either step back or accept the…
Looking for your support
We’re right into the cycling season now and it’s time for me to seek your help raising money for the Toronto Sick Kids Foundation and for Parkinson’s research at the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Martin Lukacs offers a reminder that Doug Ford is nothing but a mercenary for his fellow children of privilege, while Andrea Horwath’s NDP…
Hardcore partisans make me puke
#OLP has a 9/11 truther candidate. #ONDP has one who enthusiastically quotes Hitler. #ONPC has one who spewed anti-women and anti-Muslim hate for years. All of the parties defend these…
Saturday Photo: Not Just Maples and Oaks and etc.
Everything starts growing this time of year. Here is a photo of the brilliant new growth on a deciduous tree. Don’t know the name–I’m not good with those of plants–but…
“Deal Duca” shouldn’t have crossed LIUNA
Wow. Check this out.
Boycotting The Schools
There’s a new head at the NRA. Actually, it’s an old head and it’s made of wood. Lawrence Martin writes: You might remember this lardhead from the 1980s when he…
A vote to assure Quebec’s future?
Sometimes you have to shake your head, throw up your hands and admit nobody understands Quebec politics. The latest confusion is the promise of four political parties in the province…
Indian Horse by the late Richard Wagamese leads Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List for fiction
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and noir-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 20, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Technical Problems
It has come to my attention via email that the comments function is not working properly. If you made a comment and I did not publish it, it is because…