The "Marie Antoinette" of the U.S. Senate
It was a Republican Congressman from New York, Peter King, who first branded Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, the Marie Antoinette of the American Senate. Mr. King was responding to…
It was a Republican Congressman from New York, Peter King, who first branded Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, the Marie Antoinette of the American Senate. Mr. King was responding to…
Is there a debt reckoning coming? Will it lead to austerity or freedom from debt? We have a choice to make, but had better set out on the right path…
Dear Mr. Horgan and Ms. James, This is the truth you’ve been dodging these last years: Stop, right now, stop pandering to Coastal GasLink and the ongoing Site C fiasco.…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jane McArthur and Filipe Duarte discuss how the response to the coronavirus pandemic is confirming the importance of collective responsibilities. Amanda Harvey-Sánchez…
Continuing the series, started here. I’ve decided not to review these books, but instead to post a cover image and a quote. It was difficult to choose quotes for these…
As the World has responded to the threat of Covid-19, we’ve seen some amazing examples of people putting aside partisan difference, coming together, and working to help all of society.…
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Nafeez Ahmed writes that the coronavirus may be the death knell of the fossil fuel business: Policy-makers are still in denial as to how long this demand slump will last.…
Push from WG Film on Vimeo. When housing prices collapsed in the USA a decade ago corporations saw an opportunity to buy a basic human need and profit off of…
Why are we surprised if American president Trump wants to be named president for life? The man hardly wants less than his counterparts, Xi Jinping, president for life of China,…
Albertans reeling from the shock of a week that’s included oil prices so low you have to pay people to haul the stuff away and a mishandled COVID-19 outbreak at…
Andrew Scheer has always been a weird bird. He's a religious fanatic, a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe, and a climate change denier.But lately his kooky behaviour appears to be…
Because my parents live in Scotland, I'm forced to worry about the fight against Covid-19 in the UK where the Con clown Boris Johnson rules.Who after surviving his close encounter…
Balphus was pleased, things were going well. No operation ever goes off without a hitch, there are almost always surprises that weren’t anticipated, but so far there hadn’t been any…
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
Sorry (not really); I just can’t help myself: Recommend this Post