Here we are in the middle of a global pandemic, and I feel (to paraphrase my favourite baseball player) like the luckiest person on the face of the earth.* I’m…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Gilmore reports on polling showing that Canadians recognize (contrary to the spin of right-wing politicians looking to deflect blame) that there’s…
Activists and land defenders protest in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Alexander Decebal-Cuza/The Manitoban. Amidst the ongoing chaos of COVID-19, Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives are attempting to ram through a bill that…
I’m not entirely sure I agree with my literary patronus on this one, but there is something to be learned from the quote. I DO… Continue ReadingBiggest laughs… The post…
Erin O’ Toole has been pounding the Trudeau government’s response to the COVID pandemic. Chantal Hebert writes: For more than a week, the Conservatives in the House of Commons have…
Of course you did. Every first-year law student knows that a key element of every contract is when the contract will be fulfilled. This statement by a Minister of the…
For me to stop teaching in a physical classroom, because I don’t feel safe in there, I need a note from my doctor indicating that I have a mental illness…
This short essay was written in September, before the election, but the analysis still holds, and the points made are still relevant, and in fact, extremely important to understand. The…
Originally published by the Vancouver Province Donnelly confirmed to Postmedia that he will be singing at the controversial event By Harrison Mooney Publishing date: Dec 05, 2020 You never know…
You think Joe Biden’s a great guy compared to Trump. Actually, he may well be worse. He has a long history a war puppet for the super rich. Trump was…
I first came across Julian Jaynes and his controversial (or at least provocative) book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, back in the late 1970s.…
“The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomson Reuters reports on the latest UN research showing that planned fossil fuel production far exceeds what we can afford if we want…
Took this a few days ago after a short spell of warm weather–up as high as 15 C. This is not to say we’ve been spared cold weather so far…
The other day we were whining about the rapidly rising prices at our grocery stores. We hear today that Sobeys and the rest of the Empire stores (including Safeway) are…
For four years, Donald Trump turned his fire on anyone he thought was his enemy. His supporters cheered. Now his supporters are learning that Trump treats his supporters with the…
I had a very sick kid here on the night before the last day of the last quadmester. My little one felt shaky and dizzy and came downstairs to get…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Whale and the Wold – Midnight Riot
