A sharp turn to the left?
Bloomberg News must be concerned. The business news people are reporting, that under the new management of Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s economy will take a decisive lurch to…
August 2020
Dying from Covid, or with Covid? Conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact
I prefer imperical fact to speculation, that is just the way I am. Note though that I say “prefer”, often times there is an absence of imperical facts, and all…
Kaycee Madu, no stellar cabinet performer, is promoted to where he can do less harm; other stars fall
Kaycee Madu, possibly Alberta’s least successful cabinet member in the estimation of his portfolio’s key stakeholders, as Alberta justice minister? Who saw that coming? Former Economic Development, Trade and Tourism…
Population change, economic growth and electricity consumption
It seems logical that a growing population and an expanding economy would need greater supplies of electricity. But de-industrialization and lighting, motor and other efficiencies changed the proposition. Reality over…
Merkel – Hard Times Ahead
Trust Angela Merkel to lay it on the line. The German Chancellor has warned her people that the Covid-19 pandemic is probably going to get much worse as summer turns…
Banff and Lake Louise
Bow River Lake Louise
Off target
In case there was any doubt how much of a gap there is between the Moe government’s propensity for making promises about COVID-19 control and its capacity to delivery, how’s…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Richard Wilkinson writes that the key to building back better in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is to close the gap in…
The Deadliest Part of Covid-19 Isn’t the Virus
In years to come we may rue allowing the Covid-19 pandemic to suck all the air out of the room. It’s as though everything else that threatens humanity – on…
China Tastes the Lash But the Whole Neighbourhood Feels the Sting
Conventional wisdom holds that China will dominate the global economy in the 21st century. Maybe, maybe not. While climate change has been bumped off the radar of public consciousness by…
Screening for ideals: Social credit is alive and well in Canada
“Subway,” Fortunato Depero, 1930 “You will be perfect, you will be machine-equal. The path to one-hundred-percent happiness is clear.” —Yevgenii Zamyatin, We On bad behaviour In a bloated market for…
Will it Work?
The Republican convention is over. And it was a Trumpian freak show from start to finish. Trump as usual used public resources for his own benefit. Ruth Marcus writes: The…
Saturday Photo: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The work is far from done, alas! Fifty-seven years ago I was there, having hitched a ride with a friend with parishioners from a church in Indianapolis. We had been…
A fond farewell to Joe Atkinson.
As an undeniable Torontonian, I have always had a special place for the Toronto Star. Sure, I have worked for the Globe and Mail, written for the long-dead Toronto Telegram…
Musical interlude
Hilary Woods – Prodigal Dog
Donald Trump and Nuremberg Night in America
It was a Donald Trump production from start to finish. His Nuremberg moment on the south lawn of the White House. It had more flags than even Leni Riefenstahl would…
Covid-19 And The Triumph of Team Canada
For months the Cons and their shabby NDP and Bloc stooges attacked Justin Trudeau like a pack of rabid hyenas, in a desperate effort to try to undermine Team Canada's…
Most give their country a thumbs up on COVID
A recent Pew Research Center survey of 14 advanced countries indicated that most people (a median of 73 percent) believe their country has done a good job of dealing with…
Is the US Navy Giving the F-35 a Pass?
The United States Navy’s love affair with the Lockheed F-35 joint strike fighter has cooled. For all of its amazing technology, the F-35 simply is too flawed to be of…
Interpol – Half of World’s Water Supply Stolen Every Year
We take water security for granted at our peril. It’s vastly worse in places that are water insecure. “According to Interpol, thieves steal as much as 30% to 50% of…