“When Giants Walked Among Us.”
That line about giants came in an e-mail from a reader the other day. It was referring to the time of Lester B. Pearson, Pierre E. Trudeau, John and Robert…
2020
Change versus more of the same: Summer 2020 edition #nlpoli
Spring 1994. At the point Clyde Wells spoke to the graduating class of Memorial University’s business school that year, the administration he led had already started getting government spending under…
Alberta now has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 infections in Canada: this is nothing to be proud of
Today will be a significant day in Alberta’s struggle with the coronavirus. We will learn, this afternoon, just how bad things are. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: Chris Schwarz, Government…
Ontario moving into the personal responsibility stage….finally
As of Friday July 17th many parts of Ontario moved into Phase 3 of re-opening. Geographically it is most of the province, however with the GTA as well as the…
Police Surveillance of NDP Cabinet Minister Shannon Phillips
As Ms Soapbox read the decision of retired superintendent Paul Manuel, formerly of the Calgary Police Service, in the disciplinary proceedings against two members of the Lethbridge Police Service who…
STFU!
Edmonton Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That doesn’t mean others have to accept it. Just because they’re expressing an opinion doesn’t mean others have to be meek about…
what i’m reading: political graphic nonfiction: this place: 150 years retold
This Place: 150 Years Retold, foreward by Alicia Elliott. In keeping with my posts about political graphic nonfiction, here is a quote from This Place. The book is an anthology…
Plague Update: Post-lockdown
Even though everything isn’t re-opened, the Saskatchewan Government very much wants people to think and act as if everything is back to normal. They’ll deny that if asked. There’s no…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 2
There was an episode in the original Star Trek series called The Deadly Years in which Captain Kirk and some of his companions aged rapidly. At one point, the ship’s…
In the Time of COVID, Laissez-Faire Comes to Bear in Ontario
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been praised for his government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, but his “hands-off-the-market” approach is simply a continuation of neoliberal, small-government ideas. Photo by Richard…
Eric Hobsbawm’s Century
Eric Hobsbawm during a lecture at the Central European University, 1993. Photo from Twitter. Were the British Marxist historians a coherent lot, congealed in the sameness of their affiliation to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Iglika Ivanova examines who has lost jobs to COVID-19, and who needs public support to be able to return to the workforce.…
Police watchdog investigating after man found dead shortly after arrest in Duncan
Originally published by the Cowichan Citizen The man was originally arrested for public intoxication Ashley Wadhwani The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) (File Photo) B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating…
Mark Urquiza, RIP
“His death is due to carelessness of politicians who jeopardize the health of brown bodies through a lack of leadership, refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and inability…
Another Disease Is Spreading
The affliction, manifesting in a steadfast refusal to wear a mask, appears to arise from a combination of idiocy, sociopathic indifference to public health, and just profound ignorance. And the…
The Cuts Don’t Match The Rhetoric
In Ontario, health care is a mess. Bob Hepburn writes: As he launches a major campaign-style road show this week that will see him travel nearly 5,000 kilometres across the…
Defund Police: Then What?
It reminds me of something out of an old Zane Grey novel. These people who mostly look like they need a job themselves are telling us to take away the…
Messenger of the gods
The last time Comet NEOWISE was visible in our sky, Stonehenge had not yet been built. Comets used to be seen as messengers of the gods, sent to tell us…