Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Metta discusses how low-income workers have been barely treading water for decades even before the coronavirus collapse. The Canadian Centre for Policy…
August 2020
Russia Claims to Have a Vaccine
It’s pretty big talk, the sort of thing that can leave someone looking pretty foolish if it’s not true. Russia claims it will start a mass vaccination programme this October.…
Hmm, Tough Call. What to Open, Schools or Boozers?
A scientist advising Britain’s Tory government says it may be necessary to close pubs if schools are to open next month. Prof Graham Medley told the BBC there may need…
Hey, Wendy read this!
It’s as easy as opening the Books app on your IOS device and searching. The book came up before I was finished typing the first words of the title. Hey…
Saturday Photo: Wake-up Call?
In this difficult time I’ve been on the look out for things that make one smile. That’s whey I was delighted when a friend brought over sunflowers last weekend: everytime…
The Boss From Hell
Paul Krugman writes that Donald Trump is every worker’s nightmare — the boss from hell: Such bosses have the reverse Midas touch — everything they handle turns to crud —…
Movies you have watched more than five times
No explanations (like, for example, that mine conclusively prove I’m still a teenager). Just say them. Mine: Being There. Princess Bride. Local Hero. Rock’n’Roll High School. Scott Pilgrim vs. The…
Never confuse Kenney with Trump.
One of my favourite writers wrote in a Toronto Star op-ed the other day that she thought Alberta premier Jason Kenney is the closest thing Canadians have to Donald Trump.…
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue tops Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list for week ended July 26
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, July 26, 2020. The lists are compiled…