Waffle Manifesto Co-Author Mel Watkins Has DIed.
Melville Henry Watkins (May 15, 1932 — April 2, 2020) was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto.He…
2020
Preparedness Is a Choice. To Remain Unprepared Is Also a Choice.
Many Americans must die over the next year thanks for their president’s refusal to fight the Covid-19 virus for the critical two months, mid-January to mid-March, that allowed the virus…
April 4 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
Waiting For The Crazed Clown Show To End – Or, Welcome To The Brave New World
I don’t know when I will be able to go to the gym or library again, or a park, or my favourite local bookstore or record store – or whether…
Faith, Hope & Love, During Difficult Times
Now is a time for faith. Or if you prefer, and perhaps more important yet: for perseverance, for patience, for forbearance, for resolve, for courage, for confidence, for…
With Allies Like These: An Ugly Watershed Moment
Okay everyone, we’re in dangerous times right now, that’s very clear to everyone. We’re seeing the number of cases of Covid-19 and deaths from it continue to grow. We’re seeing…
Part 2 of All Extracts from Silent Lips about a virus in New York City – just for you!
Part 2 of All 43 extracts from my novel Silent Lips, which deals with a deadlly virus that leads to New York City being quarantined (available as an eBook for…
This Evil Bastard has Inflicted More Loss and Death on The United States than Radical Islamists Could Ever Dream Of
It’s said a fish rots from the head first. So does America. Donald J. Trump has consigned hundreds of thousands of Americans to ugly and unnecessary deaths. Many more will…
OPINION: Acts of piracy and the virus threat
Peter Ewart Originally published by PG News Like other countries, Canada is facing an acute shortage of respiratory masks in the struggle to protect health care workers and the population…
The Faux Left, and, The Urgent Need To Unite The People
What’s called “the left” is really a few camps, very narrow in range: There are neoliberals such as Hilary Clinton, Obama, Biden, and the Democratic party establishment, who are (like…
April 4::: The more things change, the more stary t’re the same.
This one is a little short because not much of the news is new. As an added hazard to my life, my print of if is so small as to…
Further Studies In Philosophy
A few thoughts aloud (Reading Toulmin and Montaigne this morning sparked some exciting musings and thoughts!) Serious studies of philosophy…ahhh, that makes me so happy. That makes me smile,…
Polling Errors in the 2019 Canadian Election – Leger Marketing Achieved the Best Results
NATIONAL POLLS Most analysts who made calculations on the accuracy of polling in the 2019 election published their data soon after the result was made known. All the tables I…
Polling Errors in the 2019 Canadian Election – Leger Marketing Achieved the Best Results
NATIONAL POLLS Most analysts who made calculations on the accuracy of polling in the 2019 election published their data soon after the result was made known. All the tables I…
Polling Errors in the 2019 Canadian Election – Leger Marketing Achieved the Best Results
NATIONAL POLLS Most analysts who made calculations on the accuracy of polling in the 2019 election published their data soon after the result was made known. All the tables I…
I’m Fine, Really
“You’d say I’m putting you on, but it’s no joke, it’s doing me harm You know I can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain You know it’s three weeks, I’m…
Opportunities Exist
During this time of crisis, it is easy to forget other, equally vital issues and the fact that the problems we currently confront do not exist in isolation. Climate change…
Modernism, Post-Modernism, Skepticism, and Sanity
Reading Toulmin’s brilliant history of modernity and the past four centuries (Cosmopolis), it becomes clear at page 190, in his conclusion, he has not been heading for the kind…