How Do We Know These Kids are Ready for School?
CBC’s morning news summary included a report on Ontario kids returning to classes, virtual school, from their homes. That made me wonder how many of these young people are ready…
2020
In Depth Washington Post Investigation Into Trump’s Dysfunctional Response to the Corona Virus Threats
INVESTIGATION The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged From the Oval Office to the CDC, political and institutional failures cascaded through the system and…
Trump Was Bad News in Good Times. Now This…
You can’t deny that this guy has a certain skillset. Even pickpockets are highly skilled. So too are grifters. The skillset that Donald Trump has garnered has taken him to…
Welcome To The Brave New World
Speaking of censorious scrupulosity…. While censorship is rising rapidly, with Google, Facebook and Twitter, as well as the major media, controlling and restricting what people can see or read, say…
Laying Waste To The Religious Right
A few brief thoughts for perspective: “Censorious scrupulosity” – Stephen Toulmin is as witty as he is brilliant. Make it viral (so to speak… Yikes, we will soon have to…
COVID-19 Is a Turning Point for Global Power
Publio Gonzalez, a biologist with the Gorgas Institute, holds a bat in Meteti, Panama, June 6, 2018. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dustin Mullen. As failures to contain…
NASA’s All Electric Airplane Looks Neat
NASA loves researching and their newest aviation project is no exception. The X-57 plane is an all-electric propeller driven design to test and demonstrate that such a plane can exist.…
Maybe This Is Part of God’s Plan
If, by God, you mean Loki. I was just listening to NPR’s recap on pandemic news from around the globe. Japan, check. Italy, check. USA, check. Then they turned to…
Politics At Its Core
We like to think that, in times such as these, we suspend politics and move to another planet. But David Runciman writes that, in times like these, we get to…
New scientific insight into brain/body incongruence of transgender individuals
Share this: A new study out of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University sheds lights on the biological basis of gender dysphoria. Previous studies have pointed to a…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 6, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 6,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: PM warns employers will face ‘serious consequences’ if 75% COVID-19 wage subsidies misused…
Paying for Jobs?
After careful study over the past few days, listening to the ideas of others and comparing the programs, I have decided that it is all a terrible waste. The federal…
Financial Fustications #nlpoli
If we had Equalization, we’d have a budget surplus. On Friday, 20 Mar 20, Premier Dwight Ball wrote to the Prime minister to say that the financial arse was out…
Virus-blocking masks are part of our future — it’s time to dump Canada’s unconstitutional anti-mask law
Universal adoption of homemade face masks would have huge health and economic benefits in the current global coronavirus pandemic, says a paper published a few days ago by seven Yale…
15 Years of Wise Law Blog
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of this blog’s existence. Thought that was worth mentioning. To all, thanks for reading. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Crowds Descend on Municipal Forest Reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca Do visitors need a stronger stay-home message due to COVID-19? The coronavirus has hammered home the greater importance of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve for recreation…
Jason Kenney and the KXL Deal
Last week Mr Kenney threw away (yet again) his belief in the sanctity of the free market by announcing his government (ie. us) would invest $1.5 billion in TC Energy…
Resilience: Another Lesson From The Heart Of The Renaissance
It’s interesting to me to reflect on the fact that Florence and Tuscany have weathered many, many storms and vicissitudes, and have seen empires come and go. Tuscany was culturally…
Shirley Douglas – April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020
In every party, union or movement, there are names and people who loom large in it. They leave a huge imprint on the memories and souls of those who are…
The Greatest Depression Begins
Goldman Sachs predicts 24% contraction of economy in Q2 alone – and they are the optimistic ones! This is bigger than the Great Depression, by the look of it. Thanks…