January 2021
The Cancer Diaries, Part 23
I started the New Year with another welcome three days off, with the final third of my radiation treatment ahead in the next few weeks. I can’t say I’ve ever…
Time for Better Politics
This week has been a watershed moment for democracy, with the insurrection of the Capitol of the United States making a dark moment in history. Never did we ever think…
The Mike Harris Abomination
Those who live in Ontario and are of a certain age will remember the disaster that was the Mike Harris premiership. Yet despite all the damage he did to this…
Ethiopia and the perils of war
Ethiopian troops near Zalambessa during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. Photo by Petterik Wiggers/Ethiopia Insight. Paulos Tesfagiorgis was the head of the Eritrean Relief Association (ERA) and one of the senior cadres…
Careening To The Precipice
Yesterday, Doug Ford announced that all schools in Ontario will be closed until January 25th. Bruce Arthur writes: There go the schools, and maybe it’s ironic. This is, after all,…
what i’m reading: never cry wolf by farley mowat
I have read many essays and op-eds by Farley Mowat, the legendary Canadian naturalist, but until now, had never read any of his many books. (He was incredibly prolific.) When…
Non-standard accounting creates imaginary profits and hides failure
Future BC Hydro ratepayers will be paying excessive rates for electricity and BC Hydro financial statements have been distorted by non-standard accounting methods. These allowed the provincial government to direct…
Mr. Trump, May I Introduce You to Michelle Carter
Words have consequences. Each of us is deemed by law to intend the logical and foreseeable consequences of our actions. Around this time last year Michelle Carter was convicted of…
An estimated 141 species at risk are found in North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve
Staggering number of species at risk in Municipal Forest Reserve. Draft report released after FOI request. ,An estimated 141 species at risk are found in North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal…
Beyond the New Democratic Party
With so many trains leaving the station, is the NDP’s the right one to jump on? Photo by Andres Garcia/Unsplash. This article is a response to “Why socialists should join…
Lindsey Graham Attacks Senate Sergeant-at-Arms for Failure to Protect the Capitol from His President’s "Terrorists."
South Carolina senior senator, Lindsey Graham, held a press conference today. Graham began by saying he agrees with Democrat Chuck Schumer that the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms needs to resign or be…
The Coven In Trump’s Bunker
Mike Pence is PNG, persona non grata, with his president after failing to somehow derail the confirmation of the electoral win of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Pence is said…
We should have seen this coming …
On Wednesday morning, I was tinkering with a blog I wanted to call “We’re going to miss you know who”. The rough idea was that when a certain American president…
I Tried. Close But No Cigar.
When I got up yesterday morning I was almost immediately hit by the realization that it was the 6th of January, the day when the final results of two senate…
Donald Trump’s Shameful Day Of Crazy Evil
Donald Trump was already a very sick man, mentally ill and increasingly desperate. As CNN correspondent Jim Acosta reported, a senior GOP source had warned that Trump is "out of…
Three major threats to life on Earth that we must address in 2021
Photo by Mike Marrah/Unsplash Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Macdonald examines (PDF) the continued pay gap which sees CEOs rake in more money the morning of the first day of…
We are coming back.
Yes, we are starting to get the urge to write. It has been a longer hiatus than intended. Today we are just doing a test with one of our favourite…