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…
2020
Dimitri Lascaris is the best choice to the take the Green Party forward
Dimitri Lascaris is one of eight people seeking to succeed Elizabeth May as leader of the Green Party of Canada. Photo courtesy of the Team Dimitri campaign. Few party leadership…
Fifty years ago Maggie and I were married at Hyacinth Bay on Quadra Island, BC.
Covid 19 shut the door on what was planned to be a big 50th wedding celebration with relatives and friends. Unfortunate delay for sure, but we will have a celebration…
Oh–What’s a Teacher to Do?
Starting next Friday, secondary students in my board will be forced to be in a room with about 15 other students they might not know, many of whom will take…
Shakespeare’s Mirror
Grant that, and then is death a benefit. So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridged His time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands…
Missing in action
Shorter Sask Party when it comes to using steel as an excuse for pipeline approvals: It’s vital that we uncritically cheerlead for EVERY SINGLE PIPELINE PROPOSAL for the sake of…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dean Russell and Jamie Smith Hopkins write about the mental health consequences of the disasters the world is wrestling with at the moment.…
laura and the angry itch: recent experiences with both sides of the medical divide
As my Facebook friends know all too well, I have been struggling with severe urticaria — hives — for two months. I have been going out of my mind with…
Living Planet Report Canada, 2020, is Out And It’s Not Pretty
Canadians take nature for granted. We figure that there’s so much land and it’s, relatively speaking, sparsely populated so, no problem. Problem.
Only in L.A.
The skies above LAX had unexpected congestion on Sunday. The cockpit crew of an American Airlines flight notified the airport tower that they had encountered a very identifiable flying object.…
The Day After: Water
The Mackenzie Delta, pictured, spans 13,500 square kilometers and contains approximately 25,000 lakes. It includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi. Photo courtesy…
Liberal’s ‘feminist’ foreign policy supports repressive Haitian police forces
Haitian police officers handcuff lawbreakers in Port-au-Prince’s severely damaged downtown area, January 19, 2010. Photo by Logan Abassi/United Nations/Flickr. An important component of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s international branding has…
Ford’s Education Mess
For many families across the country a time that many have been dreading is here. In Quebec it came last week. For many across Ontario, tomorrow or next week will…
My latest: Erin’s error
The best way to win the Republican presidential nomination, someone once said, is to run as far as possible to the Right. Then, when one wins the nomination? Start running…
Covid Journal, Sept 2, 2020
A New Brunswick outbreak of Covid has people looking for someone to point their finger at. And ruin. Doug Ford’s power grab. Other stories.
Importing From China, Part Two: We Need A Green New Deal, Not An Orwellian Police State
What is the state of China and the West? Here is a brief synopsis and overview. This much, at least, should be perfectly clear: switching off fossil fuels – with…
QAnon: How an anonymous 4chan poster lead to a U.S. domestic terrorist threat which spread to Canada
There has been a lot written about the QAnon conspiracy theory since it began, especially with violent acts perpetrated by its supporters so we felt it was important to discuss…
White Hot Crazy
A couple of weeks ago, the former Republican strategist Rick Wilson — now with the Lincoln Project — predicted there would be a lot of “white-hot crazy” coming from the…
Chagger and the wheels on the bus
Of course. She fits all the requisite criteria: • female • minority • believed PMO
Tooling along with O’Toole.
It is ‘go easy’ time on the new leader of Canada’s conservatives. Erin O’Toole is getting the easy ride ahead of any election. The media are throwing him the soft…