2019
Good Morning-Cowichan Conversations Is Back
The hiatus is over, Cowichan Conversations has returned and will be once again sharing posts and of course, often the best parts, your comments There is no shortage of events…
Breaking News: Gerald Butts Resigns!
For those who claim the SNC-Lavalin affair is much ado abut nothing, this is certainly an interesting development: OTTAWA—Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary and long-time friend, has resigned amid…
Butts resigns
Lengthy statement below, at the end of which one can only ask: “Then why resign?”
Color me pessimistic
Climate change, and our inability to deal with it, has become a corollary to the essential impotence of states and individuals. What Mandela said about how an individual has the…
Rough Ride Ahead
Back when the House of Commons rose for it’s usual holiday break in December, the first few months of 2019 looked to be promising ones for the governing Liberals. They…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Dion Rabouin examines the U.S.’ unprecedented level of inequality and wealth concentration. And Orsetta Causa, Anna Vindics and James Browne highlight how worsening…
MMA’s Norma Rae
Photo by Esther Lin (MMA Fighting) Leslie Smith is a mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) top-ten fighter. But the biggest fight of her…
The politics of the popular
Photo by Justin Sullivan When pop star Taylor Swift took to Instagram and endorsed two Tennessee Democratic candidates in the U.S. mid-term elections, it had an immediate effect. Swift encouraged…
He also writes thrillers … and good ones, too
The Man Who Fell From the Sky Bill Fletcher, Jr. Hardball Press, 2018 Caveat lector. I must confess from the outset that Bill Fletcher is a personal hero of mine.…
‘Progressive’ Trudeau Government Attacks Venezuela
Photo by Chrystia Freeland (Twitter) Anyone who still entertains any illusions in the ‘progressive’ nature of the Trudeau Government of Canada, would have been shocked to witness the Minister of…
The Grand Destroyer
Donald Trump is out to destroy the American Republic. But, Natalie Nougayrede writes, he’s also out to destroy the European Union: The trip by the US secretary of state, Mike…
Statement: Halt the Imperialist Military Adventure Against Venezuela
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and actions of the US government in preparation for a military adventure under the guise of a…
Who Is Andrew Scheer? Lesson #3
“Call me Stephen Harper with a smile” Andrew Scheer In this lesson, I am not going to be the one who explains Andrew Scheer. I am going to let the…
The ties of Trump and Toad.
It is doubtful that American president Donald Trump, has ever bothered to read Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. Published in 1908 in the United Kingdom, it is a book…
Seven Days of Books in One #nlpoli
The seven books from my part of the book challenge, with each described by the respective publisher’s blurb: 1. The myth of the strong leader by Archie Brown. Archie Brown…
Racist Yellow Vest Supporter David Selvers and Millennium Crane Rentals Fined $70,000 In Workplace Death Incident
I have the best readers. This article is due to one who continued to dig into a figure who appeared in yesterday's blog post. On Sunday, ARC published a story…
Misinformation, disinformation, contempt for truth
In-Sights reader Hugh asked my opinion of a Tom Fletcher article. In it, the former head of the Legislative Press Gallery belittles the analyst who estimated consumer losses from BC…