Seligman’s Hope Circuit
Martin Seligman is famous for a learned helplessness study I wrote about a few years back: In a famous experiment, dogs were put in a compartment and trained to jump…
March 2019
The Kingsway Cases at the LPAT: An (Unrepresented) Party’s Observations, Part 8: Derailed!
I’ve got some catching up to do. It’s March, 2019 – and between you and me, I was really enjoying my little blog-reprieve from writing about my experiences with the…
Blame wood-burning stoves for winter air pollution and health threats
My own research shows that in rural British Columbia the main source of winter air pollution is residential wood burning, and that it is mostly being ignored and rarely monitored…
Parliament Votes to Postpone Brexit to June 30.
It wasn’t even close – 412 to 202. With that, Theresa May gets to return to Brussels for EU consent to postpone the Brexit date. Hard to know what awaits…
Rule of law crisis lurches onewards like a drunken sailor
With PM Justin Trudeau’s hamfisted responses now equalled and even topped by the so-called Justice Committee: • Andrew Coyne, National Post, on Twitter: Holy freaking hell. I thought the Libs…
Manifestation contre le racisme et la xénophobie: ici et ailleurs (Montréal, 24 mars)
**Manifestation contre le racisme et la xénophobie : ici et ailleurs** Dimanche, 24 mars, 14h Cet événement fut organisé et aura lieu à Tio’tia:ke (“Montreal”), un territoire Kanien’kehá:ka non-cédé. 24…
Mass demonstration against racism and xenophobia: here and everywhere (Montreal, March 24)
**Mass demonstration against racism and xenophobia: here and everywhere** Sunday, March 24th, 2 pm This event was organized and will take place in Tio’tia:ke (“Montreal”), unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. Sunday, March…
#LavScam Leger shock poll: mon Dieu
The entire rationale for the SNC-Lavalin dirty deal – to risk obstructing justice, and give a corrupt Québec firm a sweetheart deal – was to win seats in Quebec. That’s…
Neil Macdonald on the Fake Scandal’s Bullshit Theatre
As you know I have always felt that the SNC-Lavalin affair was an over hyped fake scandal.And that Andrew Scheer and his sleazy Cons were behaving like members of a…
CBC’s Neil Macdonald Deflates Scheer, Charlie Angus and Trudeau’s Attackers
It’s all “Bullshit Theater.” CBC columnist, Neil Macdonald, revives John Turner’s term for politics in the public forum in dissecting the antics of Andrew Scheer and the NDP’s Charlie Angus…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 14, 2019. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Eugene Lang takes note of the connection between rising populist anger and stagnant or falling wages for far too many people. And…
Your morning #LavScam: March 14 edition
The Liberal majority on the “Justice” Committee again voted to prevent Jody Wilson-Raybould from speaking. It didn’t go over well. None of it has gone over well. •Toronto Sun Campaign…
Back To Basics
Doug Ford announced yesterday that education in Ontario is going back to the basics. Kristin Rushowy reports: While he wouldn’t commit to keeping class sizes at their current levels, he…
Charlie And The Hypocrisy Factory
I have just about had my fill of NDP concern troll, and massive hypocrite Charlie Angus. Charlie has turned into the Appalachian carnival barker of Canadian politics. Charlie loves to…
A Different Kind Of Terrorism
While I have written extensively on Omar Khadr in the past, the former child combatant has not been much in the news of late, and so I assumed he has…
Students in 40 countries will go on strike this Friday to demand climate change action
Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AP In schools across at least 40 countries, students are expected to walk out of their classrooms this Friday (March 15) to participate in what have become…
WITNESSING DEEP, NATURAL CARE IN THE HOSPITAL
--> A lot of what I read online about patient care and support for caregivers is negative. I read about compassion fatigue running rampant in hospitals. Or about physician burnout.…
Comics in the Op-Eds.
I had a really good laugh the other morning when in the Toronto Star’s opposite-editorials page there was a headline saying: Brian Mulroney is our greatest statesman prime minister. I…