Are We Heading For a Debt Revolt?
The Great Recession of 2008-2009 seemed a disaster for everyone but it wasn’t. The lucky ones who knew how to game the catastrophe as it loomed reaped fortunes. And, in…
April 2020
BoJo Unwell, Like The Economy And Environment
Boris Johnson is at death’s doorstep. This would otherwise be an unremarkable point, except he’s inexplicably the Prime Minister of the UK. Sorry you started taking the advice of doctors…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato comments on the triple crisis facing our current economic system, and the importance of addressing health, environmental and economic disasters alike.…
Depression, anxiety and the pandemic
The past year was a pretty bad one. Depression, anxiety, grief, all of that. Wrote about it for Bell Let’s Talk day, here. Have been pretty open about it, too…
Ten things to know about CMHC’s Insured Mortgage Purchase Program
In March 2020, the Trudeau government launched a new version of the Insured Mortgage Purchase Program (IMPP). According to CMHC’s website: “Under this program, the government will purchase up to…
But What About The Cleaning Bill?
A new protection against Corvid-19 has been found! Rejoice, Brothers and Sisters. And can I get a big AMEN? Recommend this Post
Legally Adulting: The Legal Issues A Pandemic Throws Your Way
Last week, Wise Law’s Legally Adulting teamed up with JNF Toronto on Zoom to answer your questions about #Covid19 and the Law. Here is the video of the session: –…
Covid Journal, April 6, 2020
Should we bail out Canadian mainstream media companies? Sure … at a price and with conditions.
Neoliberalism, an Ideology That Just Keeps Punishing.
Could the Covid-19 virus finally weaken neoliberalism’s grip on our governments? Cornell law prof, Joseph Margulies, thinks it just might. We have faced crises before, and this too shall pass.…
Talking Canada/US Tensions in the Age of Covid-19 on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We spoke about the moves by the Trump Administration…
How Do We Know These Kids are Ready for School?
CBC’s morning news summary included a report on Ontario kids returning to classes, virtual school, from their homes. That made me wonder how many of these young people are ready…
In Depth Washington Post Investigation Into Trump’s Dysfunctional Response to the Corona Virus Threats
INVESTIGATION The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged From the Oval Office to the CDC, political and institutional failures cascaded through the system and…
Trump Was Bad News in Good Times. Now This…
You can’t deny that this guy has a certain skillset. Even pickpockets are highly skilled. So too are grifters. The skillset that Donald Trump has garnered has taken him to…
Welcome To The Brave New World
Speaking of censorious scrupulosity…. While censorship is rising rapidly, with Google, Facebook and Twitter, as well as the major media, controlling and restricting what people can see or read, say…
Laying Waste To The Religious Right
A few brief thoughts for perspective: “Censorious scrupulosity” – Stephen Toulmin is as witty as he is brilliant. Make it viral (so to speak… Yikes, we will soon have to…
COVID-19 Is a Turning Point for Global Power
Publio Gonzalez, a biologist with the Gorgas Institute, holds a bat in Meteti, Panama, June 6, 2018. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen. As failures to contain…
NASA’s All Electric Airplane Looks Neat
NASA loves researching and their newest aviation project is no exception. The X-57 plane is an all-electric propeller driven design to test and demonstrate that such a plane can exist.…
Maybe This Is Part of God’s Plan
If, by God, you mean Loki. I was just listening to NPR’s recap on pandemic news from around the globe. Japan, check. Italy, check. USA, check. Then they turned to…
Politics At Its Core
We like to think that, in times such as these, we suspend politics and move to another planet. But David Runciman writes that, in times like these, we get to…