America’s Other Epidemic – Madness.
It’s a question that needs to be asked, even if the answer is obvious. Have Americans gone crazy? Bruce Livesey, writing in the National Observer, explores the signs of a…
May 2020
This Puts Things Into Perspective
Don’t cha think? How to testing pic.twitter.com/y9iwLK0N12 — Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 9, 2020 Recommend this Post
Covid Journal, May 9, 2020
Another US-lead failed coup and more about fake food.
The emperor’s new cloak
I haven’t written in awhile as I have been waiting for events to stabilize a bit and allow the inevitable new messaging to take hold. As I wrote in ‘Russia…
May 9: Worse, worse, worse….
As I wrote the blog for May 7, I felt a profound sadness, like an illness, over the news. With a leadership that is the servant of the super-rich and…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Book Dad highlights how labour unions can help to reduce the economic uncertainty workers otherwise face. Nicholas Kristof points out that workers…
Struggles in the Shadow of the Pandemic
Street vendor working during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Qingdao. Photo by Gauthie Delecroix/Flickr. It is a principle of historical materialism that social consciousness reflects social being…
On necessary steps
Following up on the status of Saskatchewan’s pending provincial election, let’s note how it fits into one Scott Moe’s refusal to reconvene the Legislature. Here’s what the Chief Electoral Officer…
Politics and Pandemics
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro wears a face mask during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by the Palácio do Planalto/Flickr. The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming…
The Plague: Then & Now
Europe did not respond well to the biggest plague in its history, in 1347-1351, to put it mildly – with anti-semitism, pogroms, scapegoating, witch trials, burning heretics at the stake,…
Re-Imagining Air Travel
It’s a grim time for airlines, a grim time for the entire aviation industry. It’s pretty clear that airlines played a significant role in the global spread of the Covid-19…
The Moron-in-Chief Goes Full Bolsonaro
Donald Trump says the Covid-19 pandemic’s days are numbered. America doesn’t need a vaccine, it’ll just go away. He’s like that lovely chrome pinball as it bounces off the bumpers…
The Good, The Bad and the Connie
When the history of Canada’s fight against Covid-19 is written, after all of this is done, part of that history will tell the tale of those who shone in this…
Womp bomp a loo-bomp, a lomp bomp bomp!
He was the founding father of punk rock, too. “Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87” RIP.
Joe Biden’s accuser?
If so, this is impressive war room work. It also would be the end of Donald Trump’s last hope. https://twitter.com/thedragstate/status/1258997065071419394?s=21
Saturday Photo: The Great Influenza Should Be Required Reading…
Like everyone else I’ve been trying to make sense of what is happening and has been happening these last few months. Far too much time spent reading headlines from all…
Changing The Tide
I have been writing lately that COVID-19 provides us with an opportunity to send Ronald Reagan’s aphorism — “Government’s not the solution, it’s the problem” — to the dustbin. Glen…
CELEBRATING MOTHERS
At the moment of birth, there is suddenly stillness and a collective intake of breath. There is recognition by everyone that a momentous and transformative event has taken place –…
Facing facts for Ford’s fortunes.
So, you think Ontario premier Doug Ford is riding the white charger towards a 2022 election victory? You are probably deluding your self. Much can happen in the next two…
There There by Tommy Orange leads fiction bestsellers in Alberta’s independent bookstores
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, May 3, 2020. The lists are compiled…