2019
toni morrison, rest in power
I was so shocked and saddened to learn of Toni Morrison’s death. I’ve been reading her work since a university creative writing teacher recommended The Bluest Eye in 1979. I’ve…
Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist dictatorship of dollar
Late in the evening on July 19, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stepped out of a plane and met his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, on the tarmac outside Caracas with…
Andrew Scheer’s Disastrous Long Weekend
As I'm sure you know by now, Andrew Scheer has been trying to soften his image.By among other things promising to give the medicare system he wants to privatize, a…
Mass Shootings – Finally, a Consensus.
A Boy and His Toy In ‘Murica, the 2nd Amendment and mass shootings go hand in hand. It’s right up there with ‘mom’s apple pie.’ There are enough mass shootings…
Trump is no Substitute for Unions
The major reason Donald Trump was elected to the job he is manifestly unfit for was his appeal to electors in the Rust Belt states. These states had seen a…
Let’s Stop Feeding Ourselves a Diet of Terrible Lies
It finally struck me that you can only go so far with climate blogging. At first there was some utility to it, relating the latest science showing that it’s real,…
News from the Nomination Trail
It’s early August in political Ottawa before the Fall election and folks let me tell ya; it’s quiet. Having just come back east from a few weeks away at home…
Big Oil is the real foreign meddler in Canadian affairs
With the exception of Donald Trump’s claim that he’s draining the swamp, it’s hard to imagine a clearer example of gibberish than Jason Kenney’s claim that he’s defending Alberta against…
20 Essential Books on Marxist Ecology
Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Evrik and Mets501 / Wikimedia and Rafaelgr It’s two years since I published my last Essential Reading list. Since then I’ve received many suggestions for additions,…
It’s the Opposite of a "Watery Grave"
No surprise here. A quarter of the world’s population is in “extreme water stress.” There’s not enough to go around. Experts at the World Resources Institute (WRI) warned that increasing…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of August 6, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 6, 2019. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug…
PC Government Plans Many More Health Care Cuts
The Financial Accountability Office (FAO) Budget and Economic review has identified planned government spending savings that come via announced program changes (program cuts like the government’s cut to OHIP+), announced…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Washington Post reports that July 2019 set new records as the hottest month ever measured on Earth. David Suzuki offers a…
We’re All Big Oil’s Playthings
Should Canada’s spy agency be keeping files on peaceful activists and opponents to Big Oil?
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 6, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 6, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Louisiana lawyer held in contempt for recording defendant’s mouth being taped shut…
The Global Currency War Has Begun
Over this weekend, China’s Yuan currency broke out of its band and devalued to more than 7 to $1. At the same time China announced it would not purchase more…
Ethiopia Planted 350 Million Trees in One Day
Earlier this year a group of scientists released a report that planting 1 trillion trees will essentially undo a decade of human carbon output. Ethiopia is doing its part by…
Lock The Medcine Chest
Donald Trump wants to give Americans lower drug prices — by buying drugs from Canada. David Olive writes: Trump is poised to authorize pilot projects by U.S. states, pharmacists and…