toni morrison on good and evil in literature
Graphic viaStudents Exploring Inequality in Canada For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by stories of forgiveness and redemption. I believe endlessly in the human capacity…
December 2019
toni morrison on good and evil in literature
Graphic viaStudents Exploring Inequality in Canada For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by stories of forgiveness and redemption. I believe endlessly in the human capacity…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 2, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 2, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: McDonald’s pays $26 million to settle wage theft suit Roberts and Trump…
Trudeau’s Future
Chantal Hebert writes that the future of the Trudeau government may well rest on what it decides to do about climate change: The makeup of this Parliament should translate into…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Will Hutton discusses how the U.S.’ monopolistic economic system threatens anybody who becomes subject to its whims. And Eric Levitz points out how…
Tory war: keeping score
So, back in the good old days, when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth and Jesus was a little fella, you were given a couple chances to become Prime Minister or…
Giving Money Directly to the Poor can Help Entire Communities
Aid to poorer nations isn’t always a direct transfer of wealth, it can be training or other social support. Indeed, it’s often argued that giving money directly can increase corruption…
Running in place.
The serious jogger does it when blocked by traffic or a stoplight. It is called running in place because your legs keep moving but you are not moving forward. By…
Episode 45: How the UCP Budget impacts Public Education in Alberta
Public education advocate and school trustee Michael Janz joins Dave Cournoyer on this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the state of public education in Alberta and how cuts…
Setting minimum wage #nlpoli
The minimum wage should be tied to the economy, predictable, transparent, and removed from political interference. One way of setting minimum wage that meets those criteria would be to take…
We Spend More Than Enough on Our Military
Once again the Americans are leaning on us to spend more on our military. The new U.S. national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, insists it is an “urgent priority” that American…
Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association Pricks VIMC’s Legal Balloon
Fact-Checking the VIMC Lawyer Letter Given the high employee turnover rate at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit, perhaps we can forgive them for consistently getting the facts wrong. After…
The Face of the Petro-State
America’s Taylor Energy is an object lesson in how petro-states succumb to a toxic, climate-wrecking industry. The story begins in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004 when Hurricane Ivan toppled…
The Game Changers: A Bit about Persuasion and Reason and Eating Your Vegetables
I’ve come to believe that determining the very best diet is as individual as figuring out the best course of action to treat anxiety or depression. We are each our…
Left behind: staggering level of waste at Great Bear Rainforest logging operations, data reveals
IN-DEPTH A controversial timber-pricing system may be to blame as forestry companies log the best and leave the rest Ben Parfitt Nov 30, 2019 8 min read Large numbers of…
https://londontlife.wordpress.com/2019/12/01/mytitle-block-editor-aaaargh/
mytitle Block Editor AAAARGH….
Addiction and recovery: time for progressive strategies?
Mural artwork by Smokey D. in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Smokey lost his friend to a fentanyl overdose in 2017 and began painting murals depicting fentanyl overdose tragedies. Canada is clearly…
Standing Up To a Thug
Donald Trump’s efforts to break Iran have suffered another setback. It’s called Instex, the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges. Think of it as a blockade runner that uses currencies…
The Incredible Dumbitude of the Con Clown Leona Alleslev
I have no idea why Andrew Scheer made the Liberal defector Leona Alleslev the deputy leader of his demoralized Cons.But if I look at the poster the Con propaganda department…