The Disease Is Spreading
Paul Koring writes that Trumpism has gone viral: An ugly contagion of xenophobic populism threatens to poison democracies, turning them inward-looking just at a moment in history when the crises…
May 2019
My Most Prized Possession
This morning I received this beautiful testament of care from a devoted daughter, Jasmin Jeevanjee. I am delighted to share her story and how her ‘Most Prized Possession’ came to…
Profiling politicians.
It is often amusing in the popular American TV program Criminal Minds when one of the actors, playing the part of an FBI agent, without much script support, out of…
Cap Executive Pay for a More Productive Company
John Driscoll is the CEO of a health care company and he sees value in paying people what they’re worth. A few years ago he turned around a company from…
Deficit *is* higher than previously announced #nlpoli
The House of Assembly will have to deliver a budget that keeps access to new public debt for the foreseeable future. The politicians must satisfy the bond-rating agencies, not the…
Why wouldn’t Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer appoint an independent prosecutor in the Kamikaze Campaign case?
So riddle me this: Why wouldn’t Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer appoint an independent Crown prosecutor to oversee the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into allegations of voting fraud in the…
Who Is To Blame For Forest Fires? Apparently Muslims, Left-Wing Politicians, Environmentalists, and "Lazers"
It began in Constantinople — well, to be fair it actually began somewhere along the silk road in Central Asia — in 1347. By the time the Black Death had…
Mark Carney Sounds Good to Me
Chantal Hebert writes that “Liberal insiders” are looking at Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau. Carney is due to finish his current gig as governor of the Bank of England…
Wrongdoing? Nevermind!
If your house is burglarized and cherished possessions stolen, don’t call police. Cost of an investigation is likely more than the cash value of items stolen. That’s might be the…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: life lessons are found in all kinds of stories
At Your Library: What Should Your Child Read? “All my son wants to read are comics!” “I don’t approve of those zombie or vampire books. Kids should read something more…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Close cats.
Heartfelt and authentic Elton John biopic “Rocketman” soars in ways “Bohemian Rhapsody” disappointed
Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman I caught the new feature film Rocketman at the opening night of Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival last week and loved it.…
May 28: Hitler in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-grand-committee-tuesday-1.5152436 When Hitler won power in Germany, he didn’t do it on programs or policies. He did it on hatred,, in this case a hatred of Jews. He invented Jews…
11 Consecutive Days
The United States yesterday tied an all-time record – 11 consecutive days with more than 8 tornadoes per day. Federal government weather forecasters logged preliminary reports of more than 500…
Canada’s Recycling Shame
Canada doesn’t clean up its own junk. It shouldn’t sell it in the first place. Prince Charles opened a tire recycling facility in Assiniboia, SK a couple decades ago. A…
Hypocrisy
Until a 2017 statute deterred corporate contributions to politicians, BC Liberals took in millions from radical activists with deep pockets. These were the foreign shareholders and financiers of large corporations…
The Ides of Late May
Canadian politics over the past decades has come to ride more and more on the leadership of parties. All parties can point to this phenomenon and how it’s affected them.…
Lauren Isringhausen Writes
A young American woman, mother to her own daughter, posted this on FaceBook. It’s dripping with rage and, if you read it, you also might feel her rage.
Andrew Scheer and the Not So Great Economist Leader
Who can forget how Stephen Harper tried to fool us, or brainwash us, into believing that he was a Great Economist Leader.And how it all ended in dismal failure. But…
When Can’t You Call A Nazi a Nazi?
Far right wing extremists may be crawling out of the woodwork all over world including Canada.They may be racist, anti-semitic, anti-gay, and in many cases ultra violent, but please don't…