It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity. No, It’s Both.
Of all the climate change impacts, heat is the most immediate and proximate. This decade will usher in the era of extreme heat. It was seven years ago that climate…
October 2020
Feeling a Bit Nervous?
Many of us are experiencing some measure of apprehension about what awaits the United States in the run-up to the November 3 election and in the aftermath. Where is Hunter…
Talking COVID-19 in the White House & the Second Wave of COVID in Canada on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the COVID-19 diagnosis of American President Donald…
Tweeting on drugs
Just say no.
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of October 5, 2020
Here are our Top 10 law tweets for the week of October 5, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct 5,…
Another Trumpeteer Succumbs to the "Trump Virus"
Donald Trump’s Covid Crew has a new member. His obnoxious White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, is Covid positive. Kayleigh says she’s going to ground for 14 days which should…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alex Himelfarb, Andrew Jackson and Brian Topp write about the need for a tax system which collects a fair share from the wealthiest…
How to Pay for a Just and Green Recovery
Some colleagues and I published this piece on how to pay for “building back better”. The Broadbent Institute published this longer version here.
The Confession of Donald J. Trump
He didn’t mean to confess. He’ll deny he confessed, call it a lie, Fake News. Donald Trump confessed yesterday in a tweet he sent from Walter Reed hospital where he’s…
Attacks on American Democracy Under the Radar
2020 has been a crazy year and more so than usual, it’s felt like life have serious come at us fast. It feels almost like the further we’ve gotten into…
Believe It
Donald Trump is crashing and burning. But, as has been the truth from the beginning, Donald lives in a permanent state of denial. Jennifer Rubin writes: The national polls are…
Trudeau’s game of throne speech
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a televised address to the nation, September 23, 2020. Justin Trudeau’s minority government has shrugged off the WE scandal, prorogued parliament, delivered a carefully…
Trump’s Progress.
Has it occurred to you that president Donald Trump might be faking his bout with Covid-19? It would certainly have to be an elaborate ruse. There would just be too…
2021 Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
available from leftwingbooks.net We are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. Certain Days is a joint fundraising and educational project between…
This Doc on Bellingcat Inspires You to Act
Since 2014 an innovate research team has been looking into major news events in a way never done before, that team is known as Bellingcat. Bellingcat is comprised of volunteers…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 5, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 5, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: No sex, no marriage, rules B.C. judge in rare annulment because husband…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon't look like the old onesThe last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people, which,…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon't look like the old onesThe last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people, which,…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon’t look like the old ones The last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people,…
The Venus Virus