Why Doesn’t Trudeau Take a Page From His Father’s Book?
Justin Trudeau has been promising a carbon tax for ages. For the past several months a gaggle of provincial leaders, sitting and soon to be sitting, has been raising a…
January 2019
The criminalized lives of others
Photo by J P Davidson The acquittal of Gerald Stanley on charges of second-degree murder last February precipitated a wave of public protest. People watched as the criminal justice system…
Donald Trump is an asshole and a you-know-what
Is he a motherfucker, too? For sure. He’s an asshole and a motherfucker. Those are just the facts. So, here’s the song my band did about him. It’s catchy. Sing…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dennis Gruending writes about the difference between genuine populism focused on the interests of the public at large, and the discriminatory politics of…
Saturday Photo: Fort George, Madras, and Back to Work
The holiday is almost over: for more than a week I’ve ended each day thinking it was Sunday, but it hasn’t been, of course. Not I haven’t been able to…
It Will Do Him In
Art Cullen is from Iowa. That’s Steve King country. And, even though King proudly waves his white nationalist credentials, Trump’s war on Mexican migrants isn’t playing well there: In Storm…
Ontario Liberalism: Part 2.
In choosing a direction for Ontario liberals, we should look backwards only enough to ensure that the freedom of the individual is still the core concern. Conservatism, neoconservatism and neoliberalism…
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestseller list for final week of 2018
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Dec. 30, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
On Coddling Our Kids
The Agenda has a video with Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist. I watched it with my kids, and we had a good discussion about it. Haidt published a book, The Coddling…
Faith Goldy Burning ALL The Bridges
Since Ms. Goldy has some hefty legal fees that she needs to pay off in a relatively short amount of time, she has taken to the Internet to beg ask…
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES – Warning Call
What is Digital Literacy?
Short response to a questionnaire. 1. What is Digital Literacy Digital literacy is a type of literacy, specifically, the type of literacy that arises in the digital context. By ‘the…
harry leslie smith — rest in power, and thank you
Harry Leslie Smith, who sometimes called himself “the world’s oldest rebel,” died in late November 2018. I was unable to acknowledge his passing on wmtc at the time. Smith, a…
Plans
As always, I (a) have plans, and (b) know that the plans never survive very long. That’s OK; I include options and backups in my plans, and I’m always ready…
Andrew Scheer and the Truth Squad
In my last post I looked at the way Andrew Scheer has been bombarding Canadians with anti-carbon tax propaganda.And lying like only a climate change denier and Con clown could,…
Your happy thought for the day
What doesn't kill you makes you weaker and more susceptible to killing next time. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 4, 2019
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Doreen Nicoll makes the case to reinstate the basic income plan eliminated by Doug Ford in Ontario. Danielle Kurtz examines a few of…
Slavery Is Alive And Well
We like to think that we put an end to slavery one hundred and fifty years ago. But it’s alive and well — all over the world. Crawford Killian writes:…
The entitlement of being Alberta.
Have you ever felt the cold of Calgary in the loneliness of two AM walking about six city blocks from the Calgary Herald offices to your hotel? They said it…