Université de Montréal overlooking Outremont, Montréal. Photo by Laurent Bélanger/Wikimedia Commons. Last September, a report in the Guardian by journalist Flavie Halais examined the gentrification of Montréal borough Parc-Extension, one…
There’s a thoughtful essay in today’s South China Morning Post that touches on the trap that snares polarized societies. It begins with a passage attributed to John Maynard Keynes: “When…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Joel Blit, Chuanmo Jin and Mikal Skuterud point out the importance of thinking ahead and being strategic in determining what activities are permitted…
Itineraries: An Intellectual Odyssey Philip Resnick Ronsdale Press, 2020 Although Philip Resnick did not run into any cyclopses in his life’s journey, the tale that he recounts is as fascinating…
Edmonton doesn’t have much to celebrate these days. The Oilers of the NHL exited the faux Stanley Cup playoffs in almost the fastest manner possible. There is no CFL team…
We can deal with diseases, viruses, and other health ills through collective efforts. This week it’s been announced that the entire continent of Africa is free of polio spreading in…
As Canadians, the last four years have been difficult dealing with our neighbours in the United States, or at least with the administration in charge. Sure we’ve always had moments…
Our movers and shakers are panicked about population growth. George Monbiot writes that they don’t understand the real problem: When a major study was published last month, showing that the…
Lounging cats.
A year after being sentenced to a year in prison for distributing hate via the antisemitic and misogynistic Your Ward News in a Toronto court, James Sears is distributing flyers…
Every day for months the Cons and their NDP and Bloc stooges went after Justin Trudeau over the fake WE scandal. With the revolting stooge media calling it the biggest…
The next two months will see the release of a slew of “tell all” books on Donald Trump, Trump’s administration, a panoply of alleged crimes and grifting, and the Trump…
Now that the Conservative Leadership campaign is in the rear view, folks are looking ahead to things still to come in Canadian politics. We have a Throne Speech coming in…
He may not be much but Canadians, 38 per cent of them at least, consider Justin Trudeau their choice to handle the pandemic and engineer some sort of economic recovery.…
It’s the Forbidden Fruit parable for the 21st Century. Jerry Falwell Jr. brought low by an unfaithful wife who could not resist the devil’s apple, a hotel pool boy. It’s…
It was a horror show that began with a comedy show, when the clowns at the Con leadership convention couldn't even count the votes. So those watching had to wait…
We saw a hint of this in the runup to the 2016 presidential election when then candidate Trump hinted that he might not accept the election results – unless they…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jeff Rubin writes that the hoarding of supplies over the course of the coronavirus pandemic has provided compelling evidence that globalization falls…
Separation wall surrounding the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, Palestine. Photo by Michele Benericetti/Flickr. “I referred to the Palestinian territories as ‘Palestine,’ we apologize.” This surreal on-air apology was broadcast…
The Republicans have decided that they don’t need a platform. What they will run on, Dana Milbank writes, was on full display last night — fear: The Republican National Convention…
