Trump battles grief and the ocean tides.
As though commanding the ocean tide, the imperial Donald Trump continues his petulant arguments about his electoral college defeat by Joe Biden. No doubt his efforts to nullify the election…
2020
Gone viral: Moral panic over Palestinian content in Ontario schools
Protesters carry a Palestinian flag in Montréal, July 30, 2014. Photo from Flickr. Digital technology has been a fixture in the Ontario classroom setting for some years now, but with…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial government its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July.There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.Buses.CBC reported…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial government its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July.There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.Buses.CBC reported…
Did Breen bungle federal bus cash offer? #nlpoli
The federal government offered the provincial governments its share of about $19 billion in COVID aid delivered to provinces in July. There was another chunk earmarked for municipal transit systems.…
David Khan and Don Iveson, two bright lights of Alberta politics, announce they’re packing it in
Two prominent Alberta politicians have taken the traditional Canadian walk in the snow and announced their planned departures from their current political roles. Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan, 46, one…
The tweet of the year
This is from September: Aliens: “Take us to your leader.” Me: “I would wait.” — Jesse Lifson (@DoYouEvenLif) September 12, 2020 Turned out to be pretty good advice.
Victory!
(CNN) The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy…
Raw power
The certification of Joe Biden’s massive win is the best thing to come out of Michigan since the Iggy and the Stooges’ first album!
The Intense Stare of the Ring-Necked Duck
At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Jim Harding writes about the Saskatchewan Party’s politically-driven lack of action to get COVID-19 under control. Gillian Steward discusses how empty any bleating…
Synecdoche, Universe
In the delightfully quirky, postmodern film, Synecdoche, New York, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a movie director obsessed with creating a set that realistically represents New York City for…
Canada should release Meng Wanzhou—and pursue an independent foreign policy
Illustration by Canadian Dimension The current hearings on the extradition of Meng Wanzhou are a tangled web of legal arguments that obscure a simple truth: the Canadian government is enabling…
Talking Stricter COVID-19 Measures & Canada-US Relations post-Trump on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Dennis Matthews. We discussed the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Virtual Book Launch: The Philosophy of Antifascism & Demarcation and Demystification
Join us on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at 7 pm EST for a virtual book launch — Devin Zane Shaw is the author of The Philosophy of Antifascism. Joshua Moufawad-Paul…
what i’m reading: beaten down, worked up: the past, present, and future of american labor
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse is exactly what the subtitle says: a history and analysis of the rise, decline, and…
This Indigenous-Owned Solar Installation Near the Tar Sands Shows the Future
The province of Alberta is likely best known internationally for its world-destroying tar sands, but in the province there’s a push by citizens to create a sustainable economy. On the…
Still Watching the Three Stooges
There’s a bittersweet pleasure in watching the Three Stooges these days, knowing about them, their careers, their lives. What seems like zany comedy on screen was, like so many celebrity…
Leadership And The Common Good
In the midst of a pandemic, Robin Sears writes, we are losing trust in our governments. There are ominous signs on the horizon which we must change: The transgressions of…
Covid Journal, November 23, 2020
The High Cost of Lockdowns As millions of small businesses hang by a thread, the focus will be on the demise of big boxes as a result of lockdowns. Will…