Why We Need To Keep Enforcing Social Distancing
Toronto police have been patrolling the city making sure that people are social distancing.They have been handing out some pretty stiff fines to those who still don't get it. And…
2020
Max & Stacy Nail It: The Long Emergency Begins In Earnest
Max & Stacy nail it. This time more than usual. Few see the historical significance of the coronavirus lockdown event. They seem to better than most. What is happening? In…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of April 6, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of April 6, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron writes that while the COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic, we shouldn’t pretend that it’s at all surprising – or that…
A Sick Gorilla
I made the following comment on Owen’s blog this morning regarding Donald Trump: To watch Trump turn this thing into a personal exercise of ego and imbecility makes me believe…
Covid Journal, April 7, 2020 – New Rules Edition
This is an opportunity to write out new rules as we should expect them and demand them once Covid blows over.
Park Board to close Stanley Park to vehicles
Measure necessary to reduce visitation and enable physical distancing The Vancouver Park Board will be closing Stanley Park to all vehicles starting Wednesday, April 8 in an effort to reduce…
Could unchecked government power be more dangerous than the threat of infectious disease? – Take the survey
“When citizens are fearful and fraught with panic, they willingly give up freedoms for promises that the government will provide safety. Is unchecked government power more dangerous than the threat…
It Costs A Little To Have Foresight
…It costs everything to have no foresight. Humans who are good at foresight get undermined by those who aren’t.
The Problem With ‘A National Effort in Online Education’
Alex Usher points out quite correctly that universities will need to be online by the fall. We’re not likely to be out of the Covid woods by then, and in-person…
COVID-19 and the Failures of Capitalism
The desperate policies of panic-driven governments involve throwing huge amounts of money at the economies collapsed in response to the coronavirus threat. Monetary authorities create money and lend it at…
Reading History And Social Theory As If People, The Planet, Or The Future Mattered
A Review of Stephen Toulmin’s Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda Of Modernity, and, A Reading List For Thoughtful People Slow to get going, then increasingly fascinating, Toulmin’s Cosmopolis is a…
It Stands to Reason. Air Pollution Linked to Covid-19 Death Rates.
Okay, this doesn’t come from social media. It’s not another wacko conspiracy theory. It’s out of Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health where researchers have found a link between…
Donations Accepted
Absolutely everyone has been messed up by the current crisis. Plans in the trashcan, lots of uncertainty, feelings of not being sure what will happen, and real concrete not-metaphorical misery.…
Episode 52: Jobs, economy and pipelines? COVID-19 pushes small business to the brink.
Justin Archer joins Dave Cournoyer and Adam Rozenhart on this remotely recorded episode of the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the federal government’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, the Canada Emergency Response…
Mental Health Tips to Help You Get Through Social Distancing
Weeks of practicing social distancing can get tiring since we don’t feel as physically connected to our social groups as normal. That’s ok, we all feel that way. So what…
The Mighty Moron
For Donald Trump, everything is about trade. And trade is about war. The Trudeau government has had some experience with Trump on this file. Susan Delacourt writes: Canada does have…
Talking Canada/US Tensions in the Age of Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest developments on Covid-19, UK…
A SPECIAL GIFT FOR CANADIAN CAREGIVERS STARTING TODAY
It is my privilege to be a ‘Pro’ on Huddol.com, a virtual health and wellness support website for patients and caregivers in Canada. Being a Pro on Huddol is special…