If He Can’t Live In the House
The Biden transition has now officially begun. Still, last night, Donald Trump tweeted that he would “never concede.” What he will do, Paul Krugman writes, is trash the nation on…
November 2020
A Mediator Explains How to Have Difficult Conversations
Adar Cohen knows how to have difficult conversations and he wants you to be able to exercise the same skill when you need it. By mediating for corporations, politicians, and…
November’s New Titles at Leftwingbooks.net (yay!)
We are very happy to announce that over the past week we have received dozens of new titles at Leftwingbooks.net — just click on the book cover in question to…
Talking the Political Response to COVID-19 with Graham Richardson
Yesterday I joined Graham Richardson, who was sitting in for Kristy Cameron, on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell. We talked about the latest news on…
Trump battles grief and the ocean tides.
As though commanding the ocean tide, the imperial Donald Trump continues his petulant arguments about his electoral college defeat by Joe Biden. No doubt his efforts to nullify the election…
Gone viral: Moral panic over Palestinian content in Ontario schools
Protesters carry a Palestinian flag in Montréal, July 30, 2014. Photo from Flickr. Digital technology has been a fixture in the Ontario classroom setting for some years now, but with…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial government its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July.There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.Buses.CBC reported…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial government its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July.There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.Buses.CBC reported…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial governments its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July. There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.…
David Khan and Don Iveson, two bright lights of Alberta politics, announce they’re packing it in
Two prominent Alberta politicians have taken the traditional Canadian walk in the snow and announced their planned departures from their current political roles. Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan, 46, one…
The tweet of the year
This is from September: Aliens: “Take us to your leader.” Me: “I would wait.” — Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) September 12, 2020 Turned out to be pretty good advice.
Victory!
(CNN) The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy…
Raw power
The certification of Joe Biden’s massive win is the best thing to come out of Michigan since the Iggy and the Stooges’ first album!
The Intense Stare of the Ring-Necked Duck
At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Jim Harding writes about the Saskatchewan Party’s politically-driven lack of action to get COVID-19 under control. Gillian Steward discusses how empty any bleating…
Synecdoche, Universe
In the delightfully quirky, postmodern film, Synecdoche, New York, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a movie director obsessed with creating a set that realistically represents New York City for…
Canada should release Meng Wanzhou—and pursue an independent foreign policy
Illustration by Canadian Dimension The current hearings on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou are a tangled web of legal arguments that obscure a simple truth: the Canadian government is enabling…
Talking Stricter COVID-19 Measures & Canada-US Relations post-Trump 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 Dennis Matthews. We discussed the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Virtual Book Launch: The Philosophy of Antifascism & Demarcation and Demystification
Join us on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at 7 pm EST for a virtual book launch — Devin Zane Shaw is the author of The Philosophy of Antifascism. Joshua Moufawad-Paul…
what i’m reading: beaten down, worked up: the past, present, and future of american labor
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse is exactly what the subtitle says: a history and analysis of the rise, decline, and…