The Death Knell for Fossil Fuels?
There’s really not much to like in CNBC’s brash investment guru, Jim Cramer. Until now. Cramer warns that the fossil fuel industry has entered the “death knell stage.” Cramer added…
2020
Sarah’s Eulogy for a Long-Dead Democracy
Is today’s America no longer a democracy but a tyranny? In today’s Globe, Sarah Kendzior persuasively makes the argument. The Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump was never a matter…
… And Now We Indoctrinate Our Children
As if we needed yet another example of Albertans’ deep denial of global warming. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange claims she is receiving reports from parents of “extremist views” being taught…
News From the Front – "What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear"
Something is happening that the climate modelers didn’t foresee. Well, most of them anyway. Bloomberg reports their models are suddenly running “red hot.” There are dozens of climate models, and…
And This, Kids, Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
It’s not just that governments don’t tax enough. It’s that they don’t tax big incomes and big wealth nearly enough. Economist and professor Richard Wolff argues that modern global capitalism…
Talking the Yale Report, Peter MacKay’s Coronation & the Green Leadership Race 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 Alise Mills. We talked about the release of the Yale Report,…
That Other Leadership Race Begins
With all the attention being paid to the circus that the Conservative Leadership Race has become, it’s easy to get lost in watching that. A lot has been going on…
Chris Hedges Has a Point
I recently sent an email to a liberal friend in West Virginia. I referenced Thomas Jefferson’s writings on rebellion and asked whether a stacked judiciary, a shamelessly “bought and paid…
BREAKING: rookie minister swallows himself whole. Film at eleven.
Translation: "I'm saying 'let me be clear' to falsely imply that I hadn't been clear. And I'd been very clear about my desire to licence media organizations and content, a…
The Dude-Bro Leadership Campaign
We’re into the month of February and the way it is starting for some, many observers of Canadian Politics are going to be very happy it’s the shortest month of…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 3, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 3, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: An Arizona woman can’t use her frozen embryos after divorce, state Supreme…
The Easy Path
It’s beginning to look like Peter MacKay will have an easy path to the leadership of the Conservative Party. Martin Taube writes that easy victories can lead to disasters. He…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Larry Elliott writes that continuing inequality looms as an obstacle to meaningful climate action. But David Love offers a reminder that climate apartheid…
Amazon Workers Protest How Amazon Treats the Amazon
Amazon’s growth has been surprising to many, and their reach into markets seems endless. This expansion means they can greatly influence markets and the global environment. Companies like IKEA are…
My latest: sad Trudeau
Is Justin Trudeau sad? He sure looks sad. He looks positively dejected, in fact. In his few public appearances since the election, Trudeau has radiated none of the boyish charm…
Fool Britannia.
Brexit has come. Brexit is gone. And what does it mean? Has the English Channel widened? Are they filling in the Chunnel? Are the Chunnel trains still running? What does…
Let’s Talk about Population! (ducking projectiles)
Back in November, 11,000 scientists declared that we need to stabilize or gradually reduce the global population. Since then, I’ve bumped into a few people, online and in real life,…
Sliding by #nlpoli
Sliding b’ys. During the recent emergency in eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, both the provincial government and the City of St. John’s denied the public access to basic information about the…
What Brexit and Ottawa’s decision on the Teck oilsands mine have in common: Jason Kenney’s stubborn intransigence
Question: What do Brexit, which finally happened on Friday but the full implications of which are yet to unfold, and Ottawa’s impending decision on the Teck Resources Ltd. Frontier oilsands…
Peter MacKay and the Conservative Party Leadership
Apparently Peter Mackay is the only prospective challenger for the Tory throne so far to cough up the $300,000 admission fee. Question. If no one else chooses to throw away…