What if America Loses Its Trade War with China?
So far its a war of tariffs and countervailing tariffs, tit for tat, but it is escalating and that seems to be Washington’s doing, not Beijing’s. Donald Trump is plainly…
2018
About Carpay’s Bill 24 Lawsuit
So, apparently John Carpay has managed to persuade a bunch of fear-filled people to participate in an attempt to quash GSAs in Alberta schools. Carpay runs a Canadian version of…
KINSELLACAST: SFH at the Linsmore, Lisa on women in politics, and Spin Twins on the polls!
This week’s episode of the Kinsellacast™ is a bit different – instead of me going on (and on) about politics, I decided to lead off with some tantalizing tunes from…
Madeleine Albright’s Plaintive Plea – Stop Trump
Former US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, is gunning for the bestseller list with the release next week of her book, “Fascism – a Warning.” In it Albright surveys the…
On the Other Hand… Climate Change News
The critters are beginning to panic. This time they’re scurrying around muttering about “geosolarengineering.” That’s an awkward term for pumping massive amounts of stuff, aerosols the odds-on favourite, some 20…
Lifeblood For A Moribund Democracy?
By any measure, I think it is safe to say that ours is not a healthy and vital democracy. One only has to look at election turnout statistics to see…
Review — Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation
This is a fascinating history of the focus group and related technologies of consultation written by journalist Liza Featherstone. Since its inception, the form of listening made possible by the…
It Will Not Be Pretty
Michael Harris writes that it’s approaching high noon in B.C: This coming Saturday on Burnaby Mountain will be a little like Gary Cooper’s classic western High Noon. It will be…
Andrew Scheer, Ezra Levant, and the Trumpling Question
As long as I can remember I've always considered the Cons to be more American than Canadian.And since Andrew Scheer became their leader I've often wondered whether his party has…
Paris Climate Goals Depend on Promoting Biodiversity
UN Campus, Bonn • Photo by HKuhse-Bonn A sweeping new report released on March 23rd emphasizes just how intertwined the challenges of climate change and loss of biodiversity truly are.…
Adler-Kinsella Show: Ontario politics and what the heck is a HOAG?
I’ve written extensively about the highly-scientific HOAG concept, which I will claim to have invented if Bob Chant lets me. From my book Fight The Right, which wrote about the…
The Block Bullies
Like all schoolyard bullies, The Block use aggressive tactics intended to intimidate and cow anyone who stands up to or disagrees with them. From their phony, trumped-up OPP investigation –…
A different kind of baseball.
It was as much as a surprise to me at the time as it was to those who know me. I fell in love with the Toronto Blue Jays. From…
Changes are coming to AlbertaPolitics.ca – don’t panic if it looks different or new copy fails to appear for a few days
PHOTO: Some repairs needed to what we used to call the information highway. Expect delays. Notice to readers of AlbertaPolitics.ca … the time has nearly arrived for some design changes…
A Wake for the Dreamland, by Alberta author Laurel Deedrick-Mayne, tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 1, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Small money can sometimes go a long way in Edmonton’s municipal elections
Photo: Jon Dziadyk spent $9,950.00 on his campaign and unseated a two-term city councillor who spent $119,937.69. Released this week, the financial disclosures from Edmonton’s municipal elections detail how much…
Park Board will create city-wide advisory committee to revisit VanSplash Aquatics Strategy
Vancouver Park Board News Release April 5, 2018 The Park Board will invite an external advisory committee to assist in developing a revised version of VanSplash, the Board’s long-term aquatics…
On the contrary: The new Roseanne is bad.
The big news on the entertainment front today is the reboot of the classic TV comedy, Roseanne. The huge new cast of Roseanne, including TV’s most annoying new character. Can…
April 5:
Readers of the irving press are getting a thrill out the papers’ attacks on the provincial Liberals for deficit spending. That’s obviously the official line until the next election. And…