Putting Things Into Perspective
Few people do it as well as Robert Reich. And there are lessons here for Canada as well: I don't know who needs to hear this, but refusing to disclose…
June 2020
Henry Giroux and the Age of "Criminogenic Politics"
Criminogenic – was its das, Henry? One of the great public intellectuals of our age, American Henry Giroux, uses the word to describe a deepening psychosis in “the age of…
Has Anyone Seen Chris? The Rise of Ubermensch America.
I wish Chris Hedges was still writing his column. He’s made a few appearances on Twitter and YouTube but it’s not the same. He’s still teaching and he’s doing his…
Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using ‘careless’ language in discussing racial issue
MSN.COM Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using ‘careless’ language in discussing racial issue CBC News host Wendy Mesley has been suspended from hosting, pending an investigation, after she…
Canadian mining abuses continue amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Toledo City, on the western coast of Cebu Island, central Philippines. It was the site of the country’s largest copper mine until it closed in 1994 after being flooded; operations…
COVID-19 and the forward march of surveillance capitalism
Surveillance capitalism undermines autonomy and democracy. Image from iStock. In her 2019 book The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff outlines how companies like Alphabet (Google), Microsoft and Facebook have…
“The good is oft interred with their bones.”
So, let it be with Sir John A. Macdonald. How often must we decry the stupidity, the ignorance of those who want to destroy the records, the mementos, the reminders…
Dashcam Video as a Rorschach Test
In Canada we have been watching the events of the past few weeks in the United States with many emotions. Most of us have reacted with disgust at the video…
The End Of The Civil War
Eugene Robinson has an interesting column in today’s Washington Post. He writes that Donald Trump, not Jefferson Davis, may be the last president of The Confederacy: It should have happened…
Venezuela shows courage in challenging US power
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Image courtesy of the Government of Russia. When Iranian tankers were delivering gasoline to Venezuela in May, the situation was tense. With United States sanctions against…
It’s late for snowflakes, but UCP gas minister melts down over criticism at St. Albert Pride flag raising
St. ALBERT, Alberta — My goodness, it’s rough being a government minister in this province! Sometimes people will even criticize you! Dale Nally, associate minister of natural gas and electricity…
June 11: The evil that surrounds us…..
I’m finding most of the information programming less useful every day. Until recently, some of it, at least, has been informative. CNN had it’s moment of glory with it’s coverage…
A Free Lesson
Something for the discerning amongst us:H/t Linwood Barclay This is how it’s done. https://t.co/NT0haqXu5x — Linwood Barclay (@linwood_barclay) June 11, 2020 Recommend this Post
Submissions on Bill 161
Omar Ha-Redeye appeared before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy to provide submissions on Bill 161 on June 11, 2020. A copy of the Hansard is available here, and a…
Ontario’s case mortality rates by age….
Determining a broad based mortality rate for Covid-19 has always seemed a pretty pointless exercise to me, given that this disease is exponentially more serious for those who are older.…
History’s Nasty Bite. . . .
Iv'e never been a triumphalist. Perhaps, somewhere deep inside I'm too superstitious. Fortuna's wheel can turn against you on a dime and certainly doesn't need any temptation to thwart your…
History’s Nasty Bite. . . .
Iv'e never been a triumphalist. Perhaps, somewhere deep inside I'm too superstitious. Fortuna's wheel can turn against you on a dime and certainly doesn't need any temptation to thwart your…
History’s Nasty Bite. . . .
Iv’e never been a triumphalist. Perhaps, somewhere deep inside I’m too superstitious. Fortuna’s wheel can turn against you on a dime and certainly doesn’t need any temptation to thwart your…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Edward Lempinen reports on new research showing that the response to COVID-19 in just six countries has prevented 500 million infections and…
Milley – That Walk With Trump Was Wrong
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, general Mark Milley, says he was wrong to accompany Trump’s entourage as the president staged a photo-op at a church across the…