This blog may be shorter than unusual. My computer has been under treatment in the computer hospital. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Cheer up. You might die in nuclear war. But all those super…
August 1st is Emancipation Day. It is exactly 186 years since the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 received royal assent. While it is often thought that this was done during the…
I tried using my old HP Stream notebook computer today – which I bought two years ago, naively, because it was slim and compact and blue, and barely used it…
Synopsis: First rule: Question everything. Think for yourself. Satyagraha: Gandhi’s word for truth-force, meaning also: non-violent civil disobedience, as inspired by Thoreau’s short essay, which inspired Tolstoy, Gandhi, and later…
The far right and Covid-19 are best pals. Whether it’s Trump’s America or Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Mahdi’s India, BoJo’s Britain, even Kenney’s Alberta, Thug Rule does seem to encourage the pandemic’s…
Like acupuncture, which was pooh-pooh for decades as unscientific bunkum and hocus-pocus, but is now acknowledged by the mainstream conventional Western medical establishment to work – though our crude…
It’s not easy being “fair” to Donald Trump. I can’t think of another leader so needy, pathetic, dishonest and cruel as this guy. That’s not to say there haven’t been…
“While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled…
Yes, it’s bad enough that fully 10% of the election candidates for the Saskatchewan Party have impaired driving convictions – including the Premier, and one individual who was convicted based…
Has Donald Trump run out of steam? Has he lost his mojo? Is he in a Trump slump? What did he really mean when he said earlier this week that…
To date, most of the response to Scott Moe’s multi-billion-dollar irrigation scheme has focused on the immense cost for uncertain return, as well as the lack of consultation with people…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Metta discusses how low-income workers have been barely treading water for decades even before the coronavirus collapse. The Canadian Centre for Policy…
It’s pretty big talk, the sort of thing that can leave someone looking pretty foolish if it’s not true. Russia claims it will start a mass vaccination programme this October.…
A scientist advising Britain’s Tory government says it may be necessary to close pubs if schools are to open next month. Prof Graham Medley told the BBC there may need…
It’s as easy as opening the Books app on your IOS device and searching. The book came up before I was finished typing the first words of the title. Hey…
In this difficult time I’ve been on the look out for things that make one smile. That’s whey I was delighted when a friend brought over sunflowers last weekend: everytime…
Paul Krugman writes that Donald Trump is every worker’s nightmare — the boss from hell: Such bosses have the reverse Midas touch — everything they handle turns to crud —…
No explanations (like, for example, that mine conclusively prove I’m still a teenager). Just say them. Mine: Being There. Princess Bride. Local Hero. Rock’n’Roll High School. Scott Pilgrim vs. The…
One of my favourite writers wrote in a Toronto Star op-ed the other day that she thought Alberta premier Jason Kenney is the closest thing Canadians have to Donald Trump.…
