2020
The end of civilization? I’d like to see its beginning
Civilization? Technology does not define it. Morality does. That makes all empires uncivilized, because they are based in conquest, plunder, mass murder and theft. Amazing… Scholars still talking about…
Why the NDP Has Become the Unofficial Opposition During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Had the Liberals held a majority in Parliament, Canada’s pandemic response may have been much worse NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill as…
Free at last
One of my paintings. My ex made me stick all of them in the basement (or a bathroom), so I am now liberated to share them! pic.twitter.com/HgGuk9US4p — Warren Kinsella…
Alberta government has been sitting on pro-autonomy report or more than a month, Fair Deal Panel member indicates
Has the Kenney Government been sitting on the “Fair Deal” Panel’s report since Easter, wondering what the heck to do with it? Sounds like it. Ms. Kennedy-Glans during the Fair…
Musings On History: Goths, the Fall of Rome, and the Future of Humanity
I love a good mystery. Who were the Goths? Where did they come from? How did they manage to sack Rome and defeat the most powerful empire the world…
On breaches of trust
Among other lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic, we should be taking the opportunity to ask ourselves what we expect from our leaders – and whether they’re living…
Gold, Savings & Security In The Real World
Here is what the crowd, the authorities, and the mainstream media, including the business press, will tell you: It’s called BS. Think for yourself. For example, when real inflation rates…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Martin Birt writes that we can never again ignore the importance and value of the people performing essential work. And Jennifer Keesmat argues…
Covid Journal, May 18, 2020
Can we agree that Amazon has grown to be too powerful? It’s time for a boycott. But not before we help local businesses get online and service us better.
Episode 54: That’s a great Alberta politics question.
We dive into the mailbag in this episode of the Daveberta Podcast to answer questions about Alberta politics sent in by our listeners on topics ranging from the United Conservative…
Evolution of the Right to Encourage
Walter Bagehot was a contemporary of Queen Victoria having been born after, and died before, the long-lived queen. And while Queen Victoria was the one who set about creating a…
What Happens To Post Secondary Education?
Universities and colleges are facing an existential crisis. Martin Regg Cohn writes: This week, McGill University and UBC announced classes will be held online this fall. Ontario campuses have so…
Abandoned too soon
Forty years ago today.
Planes, Trains and Trucks.
If you listen to some analysts, it would seem that Canada’s economy is based on airlines. That was a mistake that came down to us because of the Second World…
Premier’s statement on racism in B.C. during COVID-19
BC Gov News Office of the Premier Premier’s statement on racism in B.C. during COVID-19 Sunday, May 17, 2020 12:20 PM Premier John Horgan has released the following…
On Gun Control
I’ve been observing many gun control arguments online and in the classroom (also online) recently. I’ve written about this before, once after Sandy Hook and then after a Stoneman Douglas…
Kindred Spirits & “Civilization”
Thinking about questions of human society and what is “civilized” or “civilization” makes me realize again how much I agree with Chomsky, Gandhi and Thoreau. They have all been deeply…