Joe Biden—union man
During Joe Biden’s election campaign, he promised he would be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” This may be the most important promise he made, at least on the…
During Joe Biden’s election campaign, he promised he would be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” This may be the most important promise he made, at least on the…
With ‘cancel culture’ taking hold across the world, it’s just a matter of time before St. Patrick’s Day comes under attack. By this time next year, we may be reading…
Amid escalating tensions between the US and Chinese governments, a troubling campist discourse has been growing in the Canadian left. Photo by Rayonick/Flickr. It was a warm summer night in…
For all the commentary Marco Rubio has managed to generate with his threat that Republicans may hate Amazon more than the workers seeking to organize it, nothing reflects the warped…
So, I got the AZ shot. Still alive (sorry, Justin). Column on the safety of AstraZeneca vaccine coming soon.
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kendall Latimer reports that epidemiologists are calling for far stronger public health measures as COVID variants have become the dominant strain –…
According to Joe Roberts, the question is not if we should tax the fortunes of the ultra-wealthy, but rather how much is enough. Image by Morgan Housel/Unsplash. It’s been a…
The pandemic has changed the way many of us work. Paul Krugman writes: A year of isolation has, in effect, provided remote work with a classic case of infant industry…
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest in the WE Scandal,…
Universal basic income (UBI) is a simple idea: give people a small amount of money so they can at least survive. This isn’t a radical idea yet it keeps getting…
I’d rather build my own engine, from the block and oil pan up, but this 427 aluminum block, turbo-charged crate engine from Steve Morris Racing Engines is SWEET! Way outa…
Along with most Canadians, I try to ignore the monarchy. It is ersatz, immaterial and irrelevant to our lives. The only problem is that the monarchy is locked into a…
A number of updates, but the wackiest news seems to be that the Alberta oil ‘war room’ is going up against a cartoon. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Laws that let voters recall representatives with whom they’ve grown dissatisfied have an undeniable appeal, even as they threaten to unleash constitutional mayhem and make some jurisdictions all but ungovernable.…
Today is the seventh anniversary of the day the Progressive Conservative Party Caucus in the Alberta Legislature gave its leader and premier, Alison Redford, a “work plan” to get her…
OK, so now after a good proportion of the U.S. rich and powerful are getting vaccinated we up here in Canaduh are finaly getting a small portion of the shots…
Floccinaucinihilipilification*, the longest non-technical word in the English language, is when you consider something to be unimportant, worthless, useless, or generally valueless. Basically, it means it’s rubbish. As Robert Heinlein…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rita Trichur writes that an attempt to boost the economy solely through monetary policy will predictably lead to even worse inequality – meaning…