California – Just Can’t Catch a Break
California has been making headlines for the resurgence of the Covid-19 virus. And for this year’s wildfires that eclipse the devastating wildfires of previous years. And the heat, what about…
September 2020
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Don Pittis discusses how the spread of modern monetary theory is challenging some stale assumptions about government budgeting. And Sarath Peiris highlights…
In a compelling call to arms, Seth Klein presents inspiring vision of Canada’s response to climate crisis
A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency Seth Klein ECW Press, 2020 In May 2019, the The Guardian made an important decision when it decided to stop using…
The Recovery
Kevin Page writes that we need to do some hard thinking about our economic future: The political and economic stakes are high. With the prorogation of Parliament, triggered in part…
Will communism as a dominant political ideology ever make a comeback
I took the title from a discussion on Quora about whether Communism is dead or will re-emerge, and if so under what conditions. I don’t believe that the author of…
A Paywall for All?
It looks as though the news media people who are trying to collect from Facebook, Google, et al for using their output are going to regret it. Having government involved…
We get letters: the Trumpkins write in
Best part: the guy who says I am “fucked in the head” is also a “top fan.” 
Sept. 5: The disaster that is my life.:
I’m still having trouble getting my items onto the page. However, there is one thing I can do. I can apologize to Israel. No. I don’t like Netanyahu. No, I…
What Antifa Teaches Us About Grooming
The American people have been groomed to believe no end of horseshit. Here’s an example. Two years after George W. Bush went on TV to admit that Saddam Hussein had…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses the divides which have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. And Anand Giridharidas talks to Varshini Prakash about…
what i’m reading: a new plan
As I’ve mentioned many times, I keep a running List of books. The List dates back to the mid-1980s. It’s not a complete list of books I’ve read. I wish…
When Even Fox News Says You’re a P.O.S.
Trump was quick to denounce The Atlantic for publishing an article about how the Mango Mussolini views the men and women serving in America’s military and those who have died…
Geopolitics 2020 – Part Two
Extremely important to understand: China is a police state, yet, it is now more free than the Western world, having removed many of the authoritarian restrictions which were imposed globally…
Saturday Photo: Reclaiming the City…
One of the up-sides of this Plague Year is the way people and cities are rethinking public spaces. Around here a number of neighborhoods have widened sidewalks by allowing terraces…
Everything?
Doug Ford claims that he has done everything to make Ontario’s schools safe — everything except reducing class sizes. Bruce Arthur writes: It is a little odd, though, that Doug…
The boy who called Wolf.
It is important to remember better days in politics. Like the time I had a laugh with conservative premier Bill Davis. I was able to introduce him to a large…
Musical interlude
Foals – The Runner
Sept.5:: repairs successful?
Let’s start with a change of pace. We humans are murderous bastards. We have have been from the start. Yes, other animals kill each other – usually to eat. We…
Let’s see you call Fox “fake news,” Trumpkins
Oh pic.twitter.com/VrybRJAmbt — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 4, 2020
Was Slavery America’s First Culture War?
Politics today in America, and to a somewhat lesser extent elsewhere, has become a black hole that sucks away any hope of progress. The device is commonly known as the…