The bad faith “debate” about trans human rights
Recently, the National Post published a discussion that I engaged in with Jonathan Kay. I participated in that because it was an opportunity to provide a counterpoint for readers who…
December 2019
Saturday Photo: Natural Trees….
This photo shows why I chose this tree for a Christmas tree: the pine cones. Of course, I wasn’t the only one doing the choosing, but nobody objected to what…
Trump Backers Unleash New Weapon – Weaponized AI
There are powerful people willing to wreck what little democracy remains in America, anything to get Donald Trump re-elected in 2020. Facebook and Twitter on Friday disabled a global network…
Dec. 21:A Merry Christmas and a murderous New Year. okay also murderous Christmas
I’m starting to write this one early because Christmas is crashing in on me, and my children are arriving, and shopping to be done – but the world doesn’t stop…
Justin Long Served Trespassing Notice
We just received this information so we can’t report on the details, but it seems that the Yellow Vesters in Hamilton might (and I stress “might”) being made accountable for…
All This ‘Carbon Neutral by 2050’ Business. That’s Nonsense.
The record speaks for itself. The current federal government, like its predecessors, can’t be trusted to keep its promises. It doesn’t keep its immediate promises and, as for something that’s…
Where does political authority come from?
One of the books I’ve been reading recently is called Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. One of the…
The Native Son
Jean Charest is pondering a bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party. Winning the leadership wouldn’t be easy. Chantal Hebert writes: Over the past few days, Charest has not…
Breaking Up With Jesus
While some may be cheered by the fact that evangelical magazine Christianity Today has called for Donald Trump’s removal, be aware that theirs apparently is not a widely-held view amongst…
The accidental Newsmaker of the Year.
“Tread lightly friend around a lady of a certain age.” You have been warned. Her fecund years behind her, she might be seeking the honours of her peers, the sisterhood,…
Follow-Up On "Ted Williams" Article: Changing Names But Same Dangerous Message
A month ago ARC published an article exposing the creator of a series of poorly constructed but virulently Islamophobic, xenophobic, and racist "memes" ostensibly penned by one "Ted Williams": As…
Keeper’n Me, by the late Richard Wagamese, leads independent booksellers’ Alberta Bestsellers List
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. This will be the…
Are Albertans Regretting Their Decision?
Jason Kenney and his UCP won a convincing victory in Alberta’s April election, winning 55 percent of the popular vote, impressive in a country where 40 percent often gains a…
Musical interlude
Joywave – Obsession
News From the Front. Making Sense of a Decade of Climate Change Like No Other.
Look outside your window. The world you see today is not the world you experienced in 2010. It’s a different world than any you’ve experienced, vastly different than the world…
WHAT THIS CAREGIVER REALLY THINKS
--> It is always my privilege to host the writing of Diane Stonecipher. Here, Diane reflects on the social, moral and political implicationsof her experience caring for her son. Diane…
Well, This Sounds Reconciliatory. RCMP Prepared to Fire On First Nations Defending Their Lands.
RCMP were prepared to use lethal force to clear away Wet’suwet’en protesters determined to block access to their land. Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction…
My 2019 in Videos
This marks the 10th year of my YouTube channel. You can watch more than 350 videos here, but as it is the season to reflect on the past year, here…
UK election: Media elitism and its threat to progressive change
Jeremy Corbyn is arguably the most smeared politician in the history of Western democracy. 75 percent of Corbyn media coverage factually misrepresents him. Still image from the BBC. On December…
The House That Trump Didn’t Build
Johnny Carson, when bringing to the audience’s attention bizarre stories that strained credulity, used to say, “Folks, I do not make these things up; I merely report them.” I shall…