First Out of the Blue Gate
This week promises to be a busy one in Canadian politics, especially in regard to the Conservatives leadership race. With only a matter of days to decide if candidates are…
2020
Insurgent diaspora against empire
Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent Priyamvada Gopal Verso, 2019 In the waves of anticolonial rebellion throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, opposition from within the centres of…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 6, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 6, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: CDC confirms black market THC vaping products main source of deadly outbreak…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rick Smith offers some reasons for hope in 2020 even in the face of a grim start to a new year. And Cory…
It Could Not Be Otherwise
Chris Hedges sees horrific consequences following Donald Trump’s assassination of Qassem Soleimani: The assassination by the United States of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, near…
How Architects are Responding to the Climate Crisis
Architecture is all around us and most of us don’t even think about it. The built environment shapes how we think and provides (or denies) us with options on how…
The terrors of Trump’s testosterone.
You never know what you will read in the Economist. Just the other day I was reading about the lower levels of testosterone in modern American males. Despite the changes…
Patronage and pork #nlpoli
Think of it as classic political news in Newfoundland and Labrador. VOCM headline: “Premier commits to fixing patronage issues in government”. At the same time, some people in Western Labrador…
It’s a Matter of Perspective
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions Canada is a global pariah. Whether it’s per capita emissions or overall emissions we’re among the real bad boys. On a per capita…
Get used to it, Alberta, the world is learning how to talk about climate change
Remember the anger in Alberta in 2016 when some observers connected the dots between the fire that spring in Fort McMurray and the phenomenon known as global warming? Such statements…
It’s Twelfth Night!
Today is Twelfth Night AKA Epiphany Eve.Here is one classic version: And another much earlier classic too: The director, Wendy Toye, was one of the few female film directors in…
Trump’s ‘déjà vu’ wartime playbook
History repeats itself, as they say. But in the age of American empire, not just twice. Or even three times. But with disturbing regularity. The past half century shows two…
SMCS
Not all the kids who went there are bad. Don’t forget. Congratulations to former SMCS students Akil Thomas and Jamie Drysdale on winning the IIHF World Junior Championship with Team…
Will US Allegations Against Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou Stand Up in Canada?
A hearing is set to begin Jan. 20, focusing on the test of dual criminality, or whether the U.S. allegations would also be a crime in Canada LAURA KANE, THE…
Do You Really Want to Know?
Many of us know that neoliberalism is here to stay. In 2005, Canadian intellectual John Ralston Saul brought us “The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World.” The…
2020 The Year We Push Back
Kudos to the citizens who parse Jason Kenney’s policies and winnow the truth from the lies. This takes tremendous courage given the government’s thin-skinned and overly aggressive response to criticism.…
The Con Leadership Race: Now It’s a Farce
As I'm sure you remember, the last Con leadership race was an absolute horror show that seemed to go on forever.And despite the large number of candidates stumbling around only…
Donald Trump and the Rush to War With Iran
It couldn't be a more disturbing sight. The depraved Donald Trump soaking up the love of the religious right, bragging about the assassination of the Iranian general Qassim Suleimani.And claiming…
Poll: Sanders surges in early states as Warren falters
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders is starting 2020 in a three-way tie for first place in Iowa, joining former Vice President Joe Biden and former South Bend Mayor…