2020
Boris Johnson, Covid -19, and the Verdict of History
Because my parents live in Scotland, I'm forced to worry about the fight against Covid-19 in the UK where the Con clown Boris Johnson rules.Who after surviving his close encounter…
A Not So Modest Proposal – An excercise in creative writing…
Balphus was pleased, things were going well. No operation ever goes off without a hitch, there are almost always surprises that weren’t anticipated, but so far there hadn’t been any…
Rachel the political forecasting revolutionary
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
Rachel the political forecasting revolutionary
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
Rachel the political forecasting revolutionary
A commonly held belief on ideology in politics is that it can be distinguished by its placement on a spectrum. This spectrum came originally from a seating arrangement in the…
With A Little Help From The Feds
Sorry (not really); I just can’t help myself: Recommend this Post
On historical patterns
It’s certainly understandable to try to maintain hope that a public address will produce some desperately-needed improvements to the lives of Saskatchewan’s essential workers. But let’s remember the track record…
Will the "Red Menace" Work in the 21st Century?
During the Cold War, conservative politicians could always be relied on to trot out the “red menace,” accusing opponents of being soft on communism. It was usually good for a…
How is it going at the Cowichan Hospital?
Originally published by the Discourse “Late last week I spoke with Dr. Graham Blackburn, a local family doctor who is also the division head for family medicine at the…
United States of Trump
Behold the face of Trump’s America. https://t.co/isoiNU0Cx4 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 22, 2020
richardhughes.ca 2020-04-22 13:27:53
Hi Richard, Late last week I spoke with Dr. Graham Blackburn, a local family doctor who is also the division head for family medicine at the Cowichan District Hospital. It’s…
Logging creates few jobs, leaves unsightly legacy in Municipal Forest Reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Logging in the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve created as few as 10 full-time jobs — two of those municipal staffers — last year, according to North…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Patricia Cohen discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has exposed the precarious financial position of most Americans – but in the process highlighted that…
Clawing Back the Compassion
Throughout the fight against Covid-19 we’ve had many surprises, most of them unpleasant ones. But there have been some good surprises, things many of us might not expected due to…
Streaming 24 Hours A Day
The United States may be an empire in deep and irreversible decline, but it continues to excel in one area: comedy of the absurd. Its citizenry’s irrational antics amply serve…
Targeted Basic Income
It’s happened by happenstance, not by careful long term planning. But Hugh Segal and Evelyn Forget write that the Canda Emergency Response Benefit opens the door to a Targeted Basic…
Denmark Bans Bailouts to Businesses Paying Dividends and Using Tax Shelters
Every decade we need to bailout businesses so capitalism can keep functioning. In the last bailout, caused by American bankers, western countries gave banks corporate welfare cheques that went from…