It seems fitting that almost immediately after we write about the current situation regarding the Yellow Vests in Hamilton we identify a person of serious interest within their ranks.On September…
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Binyamin Appelbaum discusses the folly of having turned economic decision-making over to people who somehow saw income inequality and the concentration of wealth…
This just in from the how-to-make-a-good-news-story-sound-bad department: Mr Kenney’s government issued two press releases this week, one about the restart of construction of the TMX pipeline project, the other about…
I just finished Camus’s compelling read, The Plague. It’s a parable provoked by the Nazi Occupation, but also about general occupation, oppression, and isolation. It’s about resistance to incomprehensible evil…
I’ve blogged before about the Eden Alternative approach to eldercare. I’ve blogged before about the benefits of benefits of bringing children into long-term care homes. But I’ve never blogged about…
The world will remember Donald Trump for his extraordinary stupidity. But, Tony Burman writes, historians will remember him most for re-igniting the nuclear arms race: Like so many bizarre moments…
There is a growing problem for the Ontario conservative government at Queen’s Park. Occasionally, the government realizes it made a boo-boo. Frankly, it has had a lot of opportunity for…
The bar isn’t much to look at. It’s on the tougher side of downtown, in a place where you cross the street when you see a couple guys coming your…
It's been a long time since I read anything from Rex Murphy, and a long time since I've seen him, although he lives in my neighbourhood.Which is a good thing…
The Canadian Yellow Vest members in the Hamilton area continue to hold their Saturday rallies and they’ve been as wacky as anything YVC has organized so far. On August 10th…
Political and power industry insiders dictated terms for the original IPP schemes but corporate inertia keeps them alive. BC NDP enjoyed the short-lasting attention paid Ken Davidson’s ZAPPED report since…
…Not really, but they did go live on Facebook. Shortly after Your Ward News editor James Sears was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in distributing the…
_This may be a little shorter than usual. I had to deal with computer problems.________________________________________________________________https://www.rt.com/news/467142-david-koch-richest-dies/ Russia Times is, of course, a propaganda agency. But it doesn’t lie. Indeed, it beats…
North Cowichan Council approved what could be considered a milestone this week in terms of management of our 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve — better known as the Six Mountains. What…
We’re celebrating Christmas early here at the Port Hardy Library – and Port McNeill, Port Alice, and Sointula Libraries, too. We’re so excited to unwrap wonderful new supplies for the…
It’s been widely reported that the massive fires currently sweeping the Amazon rainforest will be the hot topic at this year’s G7 summit. It seems that the fires have some…
After a bit of time off today I was able to record and post the newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast. In this episode I review the most recent…
Well informed citizens are essential to a healthy democracy. In ancient Athens, usually considered the first democracy, citizens who wanted to hear the latest news and views went down to…
Democracy in danger?
Given the title of this blog I must ask the question is our very democracy in danger from the proliferation of discourse on social media, whether true or not, about…