What would make Mr. Trump smile?
Have you noticed how dour the U.S. president is looking in all his recent pictures? The guy has forgotten how to smile. The only time we saw him smirk, even…
2020
Higgs the Big Winner in New Brunswick Leader’s Debate
Last night's New Brunswick leader's debate was rather interesting - for several reasons.First, Premier Higgs was under attack from all sides for calling an unnecessary election. Higgs nevertheless handled himself…
Higgs the Big Winner in New Brunswick Leader’s Debate
Last night's New Brunswick leader's debate was rather interesting - for several reasons.First, Premier Higgs was under attack from all sides for calling an unnecessary election. Higgs nevertheless handled himself…
Higgs the Big Winner in New Brunswick Leader’s Debate
Last night’s New Brunswick leader’s debate was rather interesting – for several reasons. First, Premier Higgs was under attack from all sides for calling an unnecessary election. Higgs nevertheless handled…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Harold Varmus and Rajiv Shah write that the CDC’s willingness to parrot the Trump administration’s desire for less COVID-19 testing is forcing…
Time to work less?
In times of economic crisis, an old but good idea to maintain employment is revived. COVID has brought just such a revival. With unemployment in the UK expected to rise…
Republican President Tells Supporters To Vote Twice
Trump asked his supporters to commit a major crime, months after saying anyone who said what he just did, would make any Republican feel ill. Major newspapers barely mentioned the…
Winners & Losers: Rogers New Brunswick Election Leaders Debate
2020 has been a year that has been anything but ordinary. We’ve been thrown curve ball after curve ball and have been doing our best to adjust and get through…
Sept. 3: Nuthin’
I am having computer problems. I shall attempt to clear them tomorrow (Friday.)
The Cancer Diaries, Part 9
Well, I suppose it’s a good news/bad news story for this post, although I dearly wish it was better. Would that I could have put it all behind me, finished…
What Might Donald Trump Do If He Loses?
By now it should be obvious that Donald Trump is not going to accept an election result unless he wins. For he knows what might happen to him if he…
Trump Won’t Bury America but He’s Digging Its Grave
What goes up must come down. Even geopolitics has its own irresistible gravity. Dominant nations rise and decline, their places taken by some successor. Some times this occurs peacefully. More…
Potemkin Politics in the USA
Watching our neighbours to the South has become a bewildering experience for many Canadians. Honestly, it’s hard to keep up with the noxious combination of strife and insanity that we…
Erin O’Toole and the SoCon Trap
It's a horrible image. Erin O'Toole preening himself in a mirror, and suggesting decent people might want to join his Bigot Party. But he knows that a lot of Canadians…
Sir John A. comes tumbling down—Alberta’s Jason Kenney wants to raise him back up again
The statue of John A. Macdonald (not pictured) was toppled during an anti-racism demonstration in Montreal on August 29. Photo by Colin Knowles/Flickr. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is outraged. “A…
The Rage Against Statues
This summer, protestors have been defacing and tearing down statues. In a democracy, we all have the right to protest. But one has the right to ask: Is this the…
Facebook Is Not News. Time For The Exodus From Big Tech To Increase From A Steady Torrent To A Flood
42% of people globally use Facebook as their news source. That should be a chilling fact to anyone who still has some functioning grey matter. “Google” it, has become synonymous…
Germany Proposes Law to Protect Insects
We’ve witnessed one of the greatest die offs of insects in history and Germany wants that to change. The country is considering a new law which will protect insects from…
Doing it the old-fashioned way…
In taking over the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada in the 1970s, we did it the old-fashioned way: We cared. There was no involvement for government. There was no need…