On ongoing failings
Andrew Leach has pointed out how Alberta’s economy has been the worst in the country since Jason Kenney took power. But it’s also worth noting which provinces have seen similar…
2020
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Christopher Cheung examines the privilege involved in being able to stay home during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kate Allen, Jennifer…
Happy B.C. Day
Or whatever you call it in your province – happy, happy. I began my day with a news story that put me in a cheery state of mind. Sea otters…
The Fake Scandal and the Desperation Of Andrew Scheer
I knew the fake WE scandal wouldn't stand the test of time. I knew it would crumble like a sand castle, as the truth caught up with it. Starting with…
Plague Update: Children Thrown Away Like Masks
The coronavirus is airborne. Most of our plans are based on it spreading by droplets and unclean hands. #KeepYourChildHome and they'll thank you in later years, even if 2020 and…
Ontario moves to a Swedish style pandemic response – Shhh don’t tell anyone
When Sweden opted to avoid stringent emergency measures many were shocked and surprised. The Swede’s didn’t take a completely laissez faire approach, but compared to countries like Canada it sure…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of August 3, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 3, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug…
A Cabinet And Other Shuffles
Justin Trudeau was working from Mackenzie King’s playbook when he appeared before the Finance Committee last week. The general consensus seems to be that he emerged (relatively) unscathed. But his…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 3, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 3, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trump Again Tries to Block Subpoena for Taxes, Calling It ‘Wildly Overbroad’…
The Walking Dead Duck
This evening Liberals will elect a new leader. And about two weeks from now – likely Friday, February 14 – the new leader will take the oath of office and…
Who Are The CIA?
Who are the CIA? This will tell you everything you need to know. Here’s where things really started to go wrong: 1947, the National Security Act, which created the National…
Shocking coffee mug has conservatives clutching their pearls, political Alberta all atwitter
Now that right-wing snowflakes have officially made “cancel culture” a thing, let’s talk about that controversial coffee mug they’d like to cancel that rudely mentions Jason Kenney, shall we? Tout…
A “Marathon Session”
The Alberta Legislature is adjourned for a month. For this we are truly grateful because no matter how Jason Kenney tries to dress up his performance—he says he’s well on…
Mandatory Vaccination – With Extremely Dubious Safety Profile
* Here we go. * (My apologies for the strange formatting – WordPress decides on occasion to be buggy, and I am not techno-savvy enough to correct for its bugs.…
Why Science Fiction Matters
In the past two years, we’ve watched all the Star Trek series (on Netflix) from start to finish, and all the ST movies (on DVD). We just started watching the…
On preemptive action
Others have rightly pointed out Norlaine Thomas’ thread about the threat Stephen Harper and his acolytes pose to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But I’ll take the opportunity…
And Still, The Road Stretches On…
Recently, my co-author and friend Dr. Zachary White and I have been chatting about caregiving with the distinguished Assistant Professor of nursing at Loyola University (New Orleans), Dr. Warren Hebert.…
Culture Shock – and The Culture of Puritanical Excess
I backpacked around Mexico and Central America in 1989. I think I’ve been in culture shock ever since. Since returning to la-la land, that is. I went to Latin America…