140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 27, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 27, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Lev Parnas asks Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from investigation…
January 2020
The Frontrunner
As the Conservative Leadership race starts to get going, the big story so far has been about who has taken a pass rather than those getting in. And let’s face…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Asher Schecter interviews Emmanuel Saez about the realities of growing inequality – and the denialists looking to exacerbate it. And Chris Hayes talks…
How Long Can He Get Away With It?
John Bolton’s book is now floating around in manuscript form. Peter Baker writes in The New York Times: In another time, in another Washington, this might be the moment that…
B.C. Politics Today: Green, Red, Orange–and 50 Shades of Grey
When the leader of the B.C. Green Party chooses to sit as an Independent, while the interim party leader attends ( as a sympathetic participant) the same high-profile Native Protest…
B.C. Politics Today: Green, Red, Orange–and 50 Shades of Grey
When the leader of the B.C. Green Party chooses to sit as an Independent, while the interim party leader attends ( as a sympathetic participant) the same high-profile Native Protest…
How One Person Exposed Republican Attacks Against American Democracy
As a Republican President in the states is undergoing an impeachment trial the Republican Party is also going under many trials. For the last few decades the Republican Party has…
B.C. Politics Today: Green, Red, Orange–and 50 Shades of Grey
When the leader of the B.C. Green Party chooses to sit as an Independent, while the interim party leader attends ( as a sympathetic participant) the same high-profile Native Protest…
The conservative leadership is no prize.
The problem most people seem to be having with taking on the leadership of the conservative party is the party itself. Jean Charest said it best when he said that…
The 100 People and Companies Responsible for 71% of the World’s Carbon Emissions
How do we hold 100 companies and the people that run them to account when it comes to climate change?
The Emergency Response Disaster #nlpoli
Communities on the northeast Avalon recovered relatively quickly from the worst blizzard in the province’s recorded history. However, the recovery in the City of St. John’s was slower than that…
Peter MacKay may be One Candidate to Rule Them All — but can he save the party of Preston, Stockwell & Steve?
There are those who say we should be bracing ourselves for the return of President Steve. Say it ain’t so! Stephen Harper (Photo: Remy Steinegger, Creative Commons). We can expect…
Consultant warns that two-phase talks on Municipal Forest Reserve could create public confusion, fatigue
A draft plan for public consultation on future management of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve — also known as the Six Mountains — has highlighted several “challenges” with the process…
Episode 47: If you ain’t oil, you ain’t much
Oil well liability became a big issue in Alberta politics this month when rural municipal politicians raised giant red flags about the estimated $173 million in unpaid municipal taxes as…
In Search of Efficiencies in Higher Education…or something…
“The greatest waste now confronting us is not one of money but of human possibilities.” – John Maynard Keynes Ms Soapbox is concerned that the recent announcement by Mr Nicolaides,…
Is Trump Trying to Grab Syria’s Oil?
In recent remarks Donald Trump has hinted he wants control of Syria’s oil. Coming from a guy who has repeatedly lamented that the US didn’t just take Iraq’s oil a…
Three Rockets Hit US Embassy Compound in Baghdad
The sprawling US embassy compound in Baghdad’s Green Zone has been hit before. What makes today’s attack different is that one of the three rockets hit the embassy cafeteria at…
Review: Life Isn’t Binary
A look at the ways in which, in Western societies, binaries organize our thinking and our lives, and at way...
A Royal Contribution
If one subject is done to excess in the Canadian media it’s the royals. Witness the front page soap opera “Harry and Meghan move to Canada.” It is, therefore, refreshing…