Justin Trudeau and the Con War on Women
In my last post I looked at yet another good reason to vote for Justin Trudeau's Liberals.You know, The One. Million. Jobs. Reason. But today on Mother's Day, there is…
May 2019
Will We Be Putting Our Leaders on Trial?
An aboriginal claim hits the United Nations tomorrow. It is brought by Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders. A coastal group facing devastating sea level rise, they contend that their government and,…
Has there ever been a dance as important as this dance?
I don’t think so. A 22 ounce rubber ball dances on a metal rim that is 18 inches in diameter, chooses one direction over another, and an entire country goes…
Is This the Set-Up for War?
The timing couldn’t be more obvious, not with a US navy carrier task force bearing down on the Persian Gulf and Trump spoiling to kick a little Iranian butt. Four…
Lessons from the AFL and AOC
What if we’ve run out of time? What if there’s no time left for baby steps; for one step forward and two steps back? What if it’s time to go…
So, Like, Where Do You Find Your Truth?
This being the Sabbath and all I thought it a good time to consider the idea of truth and what it means to us, to me and to you. As…
Stuff Still Happens IV, the Reckoning, week 19: The Greens are coming, the Greens are coming!
Don’t look now, folks, but the Green Party has quietly become a force in Canada. In British Columbia, the Greens hold the balance of power in the minority NDP government.…
I Know, You Know, So Does Antonio
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, says the political will to fight climate change is “fading.” From Deutsche Welle. Guterres said the world was “not on track” to confine the rise…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tony Burman writes about the seismic change we can expect as the importance of our climate crisis – as well as the…
Raucous Years Ahead
I confess that I’ve been feeling pretty discouraged recently. In response to a comment from the Mound of Sound yesterday, I quoted Mark Twain: “Hain’t we got all the fools…
Requiem for the New Democratic Party.
After a lingering struggle, with the family in attendance, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) of Tommy Douglas and the New Democratic Party of the Broadbent and Lewis families has passed…
Mothers Day Heroes….
On this special day when we think of the ladies in our lives my focus is not upon the uncaring political types that I usually write about but on the…
Choices
Yeah, who wants socialism?
Toronto is segregated by race and income. And the numbers are ugly (repost)
In Toronto, the colour of money is mainly white. New demographic charts show a strikingly segregated city, with visible minorities concentrated in low-income neighbourhoods and white residents dominating affluent areas…
As Far Right Rises, a Battle Over Security Agencies Grows (repost)
VIENNA — As well as anyone, Sybille Geissler knows the threats from Austria’s far-right extremists, who in recent weeks have likened migrants to rats and blithely defended campaign material that…
Why Conservatives Hate Facts …
Let’s hope facts get in the way of the myth of the fiscal conservative as election 2019 approaches.
On definitive statements
Following up on this post, I’ll take a step back point out how Scott Moe’s insistence on attacking any carbon price through the courts is only enshrining in Canadian jurisprudence…
Confused About Climate Change? Worried About Mass Extinction? Why Not Ask an Expert?
These dire scientific questions that confront us today can become overwhelming. Why not leave that to the experts? How about someone who studied English literature? The Globe’s in-house contrarian, Margaret…