Dangerous acts of self deception
Optimists assert that the benefits from technological innovation will be able to outpace the negative effects of climate change. This view of climate change may be a dangerous act of…
July 2019
Bigotry and Violence in K-W
I stayed in the small town I was born in, and it got big around me. Like parents of young kids, who fall into the trap of continuing to see…
Climate Change – a Burning Fuse in the Middle East
Across the Middle East, climate change-driven heatwaves and drought are giving rise to destabilizing impacts. The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reports that the country is dangerously unprepared for global food shortages.…
Tour de France 2019
Tour de France. Like the World Cup of soccer, the best of sports on a global scale. Or as my grade 8 teacher, Brother Victor, once referring to soccer as…
Calgary Flames Arena–Have We Got A Deal For You!!!
To paraphrase Jane Jacobs, the majority of Calgary City Council regard Calgarians as “empty-headed young ladies whose main duties were to see that their nails were clean, their curves properly…
And Now, Deep Thoughts from Ricky Gervais
Maybe he’s on to something.
Calgary and the hockey barons
On November 18th of last year, Calgary held a plebiscite which attracted an impressive 305,000 voters. The question on the ballot was whether or not the city would host the…
Another Nail in the Climate Deniers’ Coffin
The climate deniers’ equivalent of “speak to the hand” is to haul out their favourite line – the climate has always been changing. It’s their version of ‘nothing to see…
Comparing Dictators….
There are those progressives who have made a point of not comparing the Trump Regime with that of Hitler in the early 30s, I make no such distinction for I…
Allegations & Revelations in British Columbia: An Update
Politics, and more specifically how parties run themselves, can be a strange thing. That management can be far from being consistent or even rational, with some people getting tossed over…
frederick douglass, susan b. anthony, and the ridiculous (and dangerous) quest for moral purity
Reading David Blight’s monumental Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, I learned some facts about both Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony that were very unpleasant and, at least in Douglass’…
Sunday Morning LInks
This and that for your Sunday reading. – James Cairns discusses why socialism is seeing a resurgence in popularity, particularly among younger citizens who see little reason for hope in…
The Great Reckoning
Andrew Bacevich writes that there’s a Great Reckoning coming. The device he uses for his argument is “a remnant of a manuscript, discovered in a vault near the coastal town…
Why your vote matters.
One of the most specious arguments by people trying to promote proportional representation voting in government is that of the ‘wasted vote.’ They are suggesting that in first-past-the-post voting, if…
Postmedia pours it to bring home the bacon for Calgary’s hockey billionaires
You’ve got to know that when the likes of Licia Corbella, Danielle Smith, Chris Nelson, Rick Bell, and sundry other right-wing Postmedia bloviators all want you to think that now…
Cancer and Lymphedema: Two Year Update
In the span of one year, from August 2016 to July 2017, I was told I had three tumours in my left breast which led to three surgeries, which provoked…
July 27:A bad, bad day.
A reader sent a post to this site requesting information. However, the site given by the reader does not seem to exist._______________________________________________________________ This is a profoundly depressing day for me…
Drama With Pat & Jay
Anyone who pays any amount of attention to the far-right knows that it is rife with infighting and drama. The Yellow Vests Canada movement is no exception to this rule.…
2019: What A Year So Far
With the Arctic now on fire, and the pace of climate change accelerating rapidly, even the dimmest or most ideologically bent amongst us must realize the peril we are in,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Norm Farrell examines some of the root causes of a political system which lavishes benefits on the wealthy while neglecting people who actually…