Trump Punked
Pretty hilarious. On Tuesday, Donnie J. Trump gave an address to a conservative youth group, Turning Point USA. As Trump approached the podium, the presidential seal was displayed on a…
2019
A Letter to My Councillor About the Flames Deal
Dear Councillor Woolley, I am a constituent living in your riding. Thank you for bringing forward a motion to extend the time available for public consultation on the proposed deal…
Maybe the Greeks Were Right
The ancient Greeks believed in hubris and nemesis. Hubris is associated with arrogance, pride, and a dangerous overconfidence that often leads to punishing a victim. Boeing was hubristic when it…
U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses
Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S.…
Greater & Greener in Denver
On Monday, 22 July 2019, I had the great honour to be a presenter/panelist at the opening plenary session of the Greater & Greener conference in Denver, Colorado. Representing the…
A tar sands story
Canadian Natural Resources, Canada’s largest oil and gas producer, has set an ambitious goal regarding greenhouse gas emissions. It has announced that by applying advanced technology, including carbon capture and…
Religious Tolerance on the Decline
Quebec’s Bill 21 which bans public teachers, police officers, government lawyers and other authority figures from wearing religious symbols at work has met vigorous criticism. Its critics claim it violates…
The Search Goes On …
Kudos to those who are responding quickly to find the two suspects in recent murders in northern BC, stretching all the way to the swamps in Manitoba. Is it time…
Records Keep Falling. Today, It’s Paris.
A new record for Paris, 42.4 degrees Celsius. The City of Light swelters. July record set for Amsterdam. In the UK, orders have gone out that trains must slow down…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Derrick O’Keefe writes that our federal election should be focusing on the growing climate crisis, not being sidetracked by such trivialities as…
New column day
Here, on how the meat and dairy industries alone are offering far too many examples of how entrenched corporate interests are using both government power and their own clout to…
David Caplan, RIP
I am in the Yukon but was shocked to hear about the passing last night of my friend David Caplan. He was a genial, thoughtful man, and a great minister.…
Guns – What Are They Good For
War The Wikipedia section on the history of guns makes it clear that the history of guns and war are clearly intertwined, guns being developed primarily as a means to…
It’s Up To The Democrats
Robert Mueller has had his time before the House of Representatives. And E.J. Dionne doesn’t mince any words: President Trump and his Republican apologists — including his defense lawyer who…
Mr. Trump’s Fascist Following.
It was a heavy-set woman who could be in her 50s in the crowd, as the camera scanned it, that caught my eye and had also caught the attention of…
Can Boris Johnson do what some of history’s most notorious villains failed to do – destroy the U.K.?
Is it likely Boris Johnson will accomplish something neither Napoleon nor Hitler could manage – to wit, destruction of the United Kingdom? Perhaps it’s not likely. States like trees, even…
Corporate Mapping Project grant was approved on Stephen Harper’s watch, OK?
On a personal note, it was a disappointing shock to learn of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s rage tweet yesterday morning blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the $2.5-million Social Sciences…
A guide to the Parícutin volcano
I first heard of the Parícutin volcano when I was in elementary school, somewhere around 1960. There was a story about it in one of the weekly news magazines handed…
The Crushing Weight of Climate Change
It used to be so much easier. There would be big news on climate change once, twice, maybe three times in a big week. It was mainly the science stuff…