April 23: a bad, bad, bad, bad day.
Today’s blog is a disaster – and my computer has to go in for serious repairstomorrow. And if the computer doesn’t need serious repairs, I do. I’m not even sure…
2019
On the Creative Commons Certificate Course
A week ago, by way of a post in the Creative Commons Open Education Platform discussion list, I became aware of the Creative Commons Certificate course, “an in-depth course about…
Think of It As an Honest Mistake. A Heaping Pile of Honest Mistakes.
Petro-states exhibit certain common traits. A willingness to freely and repeatedly lie and deceive is one of them. This, however, isn’t about lying. This is about a mistake, an honest…
Mark Carney Says Climate Change Will Bring Economic Disaster. Will the Powerful Listen?
Global bank heads say urgent action needed to prevent a ‘Minsky moment’ collapse in asset prices. By Crawford Kilian Today | TheTyee.ca Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The…
Magpie Brûlé PEI Election Night Live Blog
Tonight promises to be an interesting night in Canada’s smallest province, as Islanders go to the polls to elect their next government. Will the governing Liberals win another term? Will…
As Though I Needed Another Reason
In the past ten years I’ve given up on travel, especially air travel. My flying days are done. It’s not like I haven’t had my share. I have – and…
Cowichan Tribes could take land and resource control back from Ottawa
Independent Blogger This is an encouraging development and one that is long overdue. The Cowichan Tribes members will vote in September to decide whether they want to be in an…
Another American Outrage – Have They Abandoned Decency?
What do the United States, Russia and China have in common? Several things and they’re almost always bloody awful for mankind and human civilization. The latest concerns a resolution coming…
A Global Green New Deal?
It is as logical as it is implausible – a global Green New Deal to harness the community of nations; big and small, rich and poor; to a plan to…
On self-serving claims
Others have pointed out a few of the problems with Stuart Thomson’s hagiography of Jason Kenney. But let’s take a look at one part of Kenney’s spin which can be…
Get Off the Internet and Onto Your Life
Stop reading this post and get out outside. I mean it, put down your mobile or walk away from your computer. The weather isn’t good? Doesn’t matter. Go, get away…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kurtis Alexander points out how climate change is exacerbating the gap between wealthy and poor countries. Megan Mayhew Bergman highlights the importance…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 23, 2019. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
the north island report: what is going on with the price of gas?
I normally don’t complain about prices, and I dislike when other people with privilege do so. But for every rule, there’s at least one exception, and this is it. What…
Retired US Colonel: Israel Is Dragging the United States Into World War III
Photo by US Embassy Canada Israel is in the process of plunging America into a war with Iran that could destroy what’s left of the Middle East and ignite a…
May’s Honeymoon
On Monday, Elizabeth May got married. Susan Delacourt writes that she may also be experiencing a political honeymoon: All signs currently point to this being a very good week for…
How Trudeau elected Kenney
Last month, I was back home in Calgary to teach at the law school. So, I got together with a couple high school buddies – one a lawyer, one an…
If This Doesn’t Enrage You
… check for a pulse. Most people, I think, understand that proper taxation is essential to a viable society. All they ask is that the burden be shared equitably. However,…
The tired triteness of Trump.
American president Donald Trump is wearing thin. He is the stand-up comedian who does not know when to leave the stage. There is not much you can say about him…
Pundits want you to believe negative campaigning hurt the NDP – it likely saved their bacon!
There are plenty of serious mistakes the Alberta NDP made during their four rocky years in power, but one of them wasn’t running a negative campaign that attacked Jason Kenney’s…