Global Warming Stirs the Methane Monster
Photo by Ralph Barrera It’s January, yet methane hydrates in the Arctic are growling like an incensed monster on a scorching hot mid-summer day. But, it is January; it’s winter,…
2018
The ‘New Anti-Semitism’
Illustration by The Forward Not long after the eruption of the Second Intifada in September 2000, I became active in a Jewish-Palestinian political movement called Ta’ayush, which conducts non-violent direct…
BP Wants to Drill Underwater Wells Twice the Depth of Deepwater Horizon in Canada
BP Canada plans to drill up to seven exploratory wells off the southeast coast of Nova Scotia that are at least 3.5 times the distance from land and up to…
Crying hate wolf
The attack on the Muslim girl was made up. Among other things, that means it will make it a lot harder for real victims of hate crimes. A total disaster.…
Blue bin blues
Every Monday it’s the same thing. I walk my dog along local streets, past the blue bins put out on the curb by residents, bins stuffed with content meant for…
Pushing back against the claim that ending harassment will end romance
I’ve been thinking, over the last few days, about this piece – “Ending Harassment Won’t End Romance” by Sarah Jaffe. It challenges the absurd claim that keeps popping up in…
Column: ink-stained enablers
Who’s to blame? When the United States of America regains its sanity – when the equivalent of political Nuremberg war crimes trial is convened – who will bear the blame…
Now Is The Time
Bernie Sanders writes that now is the time to take on the oligarchs. The data tells the story of the last thirty-five years: Difficult as it is to comprehend, the…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of January 15, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of January 15, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Episode 4: The Alberta Party (again), leaked UCP policy, and predictions for 2018
The Alberta Party leadership race (it’s finally a race!), the United Conservative Party’s leaked policy document, predictions for 2018, and hot gossip from the Alberta Legislature are just some of…
Oluo, Race, Class and Priorities: Day 2/18
Chapter 1 of Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race is called “Is It Really About Race?” In the debrief of the 2016 election, many folks have concluded…
Leadership 2018 Links
The latest from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign as the entry deadline has passed and the membership deadline approaches. – While I haven’t tracked endorsements all that closely, it’s certainly worth…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Axel von Schubert notes that the effect of Donald Trump’s giveaway to his billionaire buddies will be to turn the U.S. into a…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 15, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 15, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Loblaws $25 gift card registration now open, but there’s a catch Does…
Blue Monday and the Gloomy Canadians
Today is Blue Monday, the day some say is the most depressing day of the year. For obvious reasons.AS the Christmas memories fade, all we are left with are a…
Don’t Believe the Myths of Minimum Wage
2018 marked a minimum wage increase in Ontario which follows a trend throughout North America of raising the level minimum companies can pay workers. Large, heartless, corporations like Tim Hortons…
You can vote if you want.
There is nothing more annoying in politics than listening to some chowder-head radio disc jockey on election day admonishing people to get out and vote. I always want to append…
Stephen Mandel, Janson Kenney and the Messiah Strategy Alberta conservatives are confident will save their bacon
PHOTOS: Alberta’s latest would-be conservative leader, as seen by party insiders and supporters. (Actually, it’s Bonaparte. Alberta conservative leaders may not appear exactly imagined by Jacques-Louis David.) Below: Would-be Tory…