The Peaceable Kingdom?
Next week, there will be a really big show in Toronto. University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson will be debating Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Bob Hepburn writes: Tickets for the…
April 2019
Disrespecting Democracy: Senate Conservative Edition
During my nine years working on Parliament Hill, I was blessed to get to be a part of and witness some amazing things. There are things that I got to…
#LavScam lesson
I teach crisis communications to lawyers-to-be at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law, my alma mater. My students, as always, are terrific. And, for the whole term, we’ve been…
In Alberta, vote, wash hands, wash hands again.
With less than a week to another Alberta provincial election I cannot forecast the vote. It is one of those times you can only vote against. There seem to be…
March 30, 2019 Hate Rally: Video of Racist Groups Prove They Were the Aggressors
On March 30, the second day of what Joey Deluca claimed would be a 72 hour “patriot rally” in Edmonton occurred. Much like the previous day, the hate groups which…
A question begged: Where were the UCP’s top operatives if they weren’t vetting candidates?
Apparently someone in the United Conservative Party could run a sophisticated vote-diversion scheme but the party didn’t have the technical wherewithal to operate a simple candidate vetting process capable of…
Andrew Scheer, Faith Goldy, and the Right-Wing Extremists
It was one of the most grotesque interviews I have ever seen. Two right-wing Christian fanatics on the bigot Rebel, discussing why they could never support a harmless motion condemning…
The Tony Clement Self Pity Tour And Peep Show
With the announcement that Tony Clement will not be seeking re-election in his riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka, it is time to revisit this story. In my opinion, Tony Clement was…
Just Another Good Willy Loman Point
Willy asks: Why is The Underminer still on Progressive Bloggers. (I have decided to post on this blog to add additional points. Please read his post as well.). Scott Tribe…
What Planet Are These People From?
The Edmonton Journal warns that Albertans are itching to separate from Canada if they don’t get full access to British Columbia’s coastal waters. A recent poll by the Angus Reid…
Ford, Tory and that big transit announcement
We live in an era when governments have a greatly-diminished ability to do big things. That’s why Doug Ford’s multi-billion-dollar transit announced events today are so unusual – and even…
Wormageddon
In a playground war of worm-whipping debauchery, a boy must decide if he’s a bully or a Romeo. Continue ReadingWormageddon
Where the Rubber Meets the Road – Climate Migration – Central America
Imagine Central America empty. Not exactly empty but heavily depopulated. Think of it as climate change for the Americas. It’s been coming for a while, several years in fact. A…
Review: We Can Do Better
A short, accessible, measured, and methodical book that lays out what the author describes as a "reconstructed historical materialism" – th...
Review: We Can Do Better
A short, accessible, measured, and methodical book that lays out what the author describes as a “reconstructed historical materialism” – that is, a way of understanding the world and of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – George Monbiot contrasts the message of neoliberalism as freedom against the reality that it imposes severe corporate control on anybody short of the…
Piracy is Good for Companies
Copyright holders of multi-million dollar franchises decry piracy and proclaim it to be a threat to their business. The reality is different. Piracy can spur competition and keep prices lower…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 10, 2019. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
More About Bread And Circuses
I expressed concerns in yesterday’s post about the cheap, diversionary tactics being employed by Doug Ford to distract the masses as he goes about systematically gutting the programs that make…
Stiglitz on Trump
When I come across a piece by Joe Stiglitz, I pay attention. This morning he has a column in The Guardian. The subject is the long term damage Donald Trump…