April 14:: Hard /tunes at tthe cinoyter
The blog is late because I’ve been having quite a few obvious attackes on my computer. The most recent makes it impossible for me to send any mail. I hope…
April 2020
Covid Journal, April 14, 2020 (Trump Kills WHO During a Pandemic)
Is defunding the World Health Organization during a global pandemic the wisest thing to do? If you’re Donald Trump it is. Also, a viable alternative to Amazon for books and…
Obama: America Can’t Afford to Lose This One.
Barack Obama’s endorsement of Joe Biden wrapped up in a call to action.
The Long Haul. We’re Only Getting Started.
The impetus, even among relatively progressive governors, to find ways to re-open the economy, carries the blended scent of necessity and desperation. Life must go on even at the cost…
American Political Studies Resources for Highschool Student
I am a Canadian homeschooling my children, but we can’t help hearing about American politics. So, my husband and I are insisting that our children learn to understand the American…
Essential Example
Over the past month our country and society as a whole has had many difficult situations and decisions thrust upon us by the Covid-19 global pandemic. We’ve had to deal…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Miles Corak weighs in on how COVID-19 is revealing and exacerbating existing inequality rather than serving as any leveling force. – Jessica…
All politics is local
I’m starting to form the opinion that national governments are too big and too unwieldy to respond to #coronavirus as quickly as they need to. Provinces and states, by their…
The Weakest Link
There has been much criticism worldwide over national governments’ failures to act quickly enough to contain the spread of Covid-19; one needs only look at the frightening death tolls in…
Neoliberalism Is Imploding
Neoliberalism, the conventional wisdom that has driven the international consensus about government is under attack. Jim Harding writes: The libertarian view that the individual must relentlessly fight against interference from…
A man and his ideas.
Bernie Sanders has taken himself out of the race for the democratic nomination for president. He left his legacy behind. The Vermont senator is probably tired but he can be…
Doctor Aggie’s H’Answer #nlpoli
“What do I have to do to get you to listen?” health minister John Haggie asked rhetorically and with considerable exasperation at Monday’s daily COVID-19 briefing. Haggie was ranting once…
Pay and benefits for long term care workers must be protected — and not just during the COVID-19 crisis
It should be obvious by now that if a society wants to keep long-term care for the frail and elderly from turning into a deadly nightmare during pandemics, it must…
Oil Industry Disses the Free Market
The free market, who needs it. Not the oil industry obviously. Not the industry nor the governments that depend on its largesse for royalties and taxes. We just had a…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of April 13, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of April 13, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr…
Viva Maria
A rollicking adventure on MUBI
Talking Essential Services & Covid-19 Wage Subsidies with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest developments on Covid-19, how…