Bruno de Pierro Interview
Note: I received a request for responses to some questions in my email. The questions were quite involved and it would take me quite a while to type answers. But…
May 2020
Covid-1984: The Worst Of Both Worlds
With covid-1984, which is a virus that is statistically as dangerous as the common flu, we have taken extreme, draconian, authoritarian measures. In short, we have dangerously and vastly over-reacted,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Annie Lowrey discusses how essential workers have been consistently undervalued due to political choices. And Patty Coates, Jan Simpson and Pablo Godoy discuss…
The Lancet – Trump is "Inconsistent and Incoherent."
The prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, isn’t pulling any punches. “Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should…
An Opportunity Right Under Our Feet
The Covid-19 global pandemic & the economic crisis that followed from it has been hard on everyone. We’ve seen millions of people lose their jobs, certain industries shuttered and so…
Last Call for a Progressive Restoration
One thing that history has proven is that economic disruptions, bubbles bursting, recessions, depressions, always leave scars. As economist and author, James Kenneth Galbraith, son of the legendary John K.…
Obamagate
As evidence of Donald Trump’s utter incompetence continues to pile up, he screams one word: Obamagate. Michelle Goldberg writes: Recently people on the right have started pushing a ludicrous pseudo-scandal…
It’s not Christmas in May!
How many times now have we seen prime minister Justin Trudeau pop out of Rideau Cottage with another package worth billions to offer succor to this group of Canadians or…
If COVID-19 proves anything, it’s that Ernst & Young was out to lunch when it recommended privatizing Carewest and Capital Care
Does anyone remember the $2-million “review” of Alberta Health Services by Ernst & Young launched a year ago by the United Conservative Party Government? Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Alberta…
Why won’t Ottawa do anything to rein in equine identity theft?
Is this Stablegate? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants to know why Justin Trudeau and his Liberals aren’t reining in equine identity theft. The Twittersphere exploded yesterday when CTF Federal Director…
The Politics of Pandemic (10 Minute Read)
I recently had a flashback to December 2019, where I was thinking about 2020. With the New Year just over the horizon, I was wondering if an even year would…
The Politics of Pandemic (10 Minute Read)
I recently had a flashback to December 2019, where I was thinking about 2020. With the New Year just over the horizon, I was wondering if an even year would…
The Politics of Pandemic (10 Minute Read)
I recently had a flashback to December 2019, where I was thinking about 2020. With the New Year just over the horizon, I was wondering if an even year would…
Ottawa’s ties with far-right Colombian president undermines human rights rhetoric on Venezuela
Justin Trudeau speaks with Colombian President Iván Duque at the United Nations, Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Photo from the Twitter account of Justin Trudeau. One week ago, a former Canadian…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board argues that Canada has put far too few resources toward actually stopping the spread of the…
What, a Million-Mile Battery?
A car battery that won’t need replacement for a million miles or 20 years, whichever comes first, might be coming to Tesla. Last year, a team from the Dalhousie University…
Physical Distancing?
Industries are trying to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN has a look at how luxury automaker Bentley is coping. They’ve found a way to implement social distancing in their…
Vancouver to delay outdoor pool openings, with swimming beaches unguarded, due to COVID-19
May 13 2020 The Vancouver Park Board will delay the annual opening of its five outdoor pools and will not immediately provide lifeguards at its nine bathing beaches while conducting…
Media matters, in ways not mysterious
A comment on my article at The Tyee is repeated here along with some hints about how dollars might have influenced reporting on IPPs by members of the corporate media.
From Pandemic to Political Pandemonium
A man wearing a facemask sits on the subway. Photo by Jacques Paquier/Flickr. This is the second in a seven-part, multi-week series of commentary on the COVID-19 crisis entitled WHAT…