Jeebus, Only In America
How many people can you squeeze into a Ford SUV? How about 27? Now, 15 of the 27 are dead after their eight seater SUV ran headlong into a loaded…
March 2021
More Open
“We should pause and ask the question,” says David Wiley, “is more open always better?” The answer, of course, is “it depends”. I don’t keep my house open for just…
Ithaca New York Provides a Model to Defund the Police While Supporting the Police
I find it baffling that the same organization which investigates murders also spends their time directing traffic. Others find this problematic too. Thanks to the strong efforts of Black Lives…
A Remarkable Journey
Most certainly, Abraham Lincoln would be disgusted. The Republican Party — the party that freed the slaves — is now the Party of Donald Trump. Former Republican speechwriter Michael Gerson…
Space neoliberalization agitates the frontiers of Canadian data privacy
From the European Space Agency, an artist’s illustration of the huge numbers of satellites and space debris in Earth’s orbit today. Image by Hopeful in NJ/Flickr. A space opera Notions…
Covid Journal, March 2, 2021
‘Vaccine panic’ with Canada’s right-wing media and pundits continues. Negotations get more intense between regulators and policy creators concerning a potential ‘internet link tax’ in Canada that would support a…
Talking the State of COVID Vaccine Deliveries with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest on the state of…
Being ‘Just Erin’ won’t cut it.
It seems that conservative leader Erin O’Toole is not just an unknown to Canadian taxpayers. His own caucus in Ottawa is just as much in the dark as are the…
Casino capitalism comes to newspapers and it sure looks like the dealin’s done!
Newspapering was a great career, fun and pretty well paid too, once upon a time. I’m pretty sure, though, that the whole daily newspaper thing is really closing in on…
Covid-19: Death Through The Eyes Of Nurses
Sometimes when the sun shines, and it almost feels like Spring, I can feel the optimism in the air. The feeling that we have finally turned the corner in the…
Curing the planet’s humanity problem
The planet Earth has a problem—a bad case of advanced-stage humanity. It is much more virulent and far more dangerous than a mere coronavirus, which threatens only a few species.…
CPAC – Cynical Calculation or Mass Psychosis
Grifters and lunatics. Is that what today comprises the Republican Party faithful? Monkeys in shoes. Some trained, some not. All of them gathered in Florida to breathe life into the…
Sun Media hit: O’Toole, acting like a tool
Team Tory: never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
My favourite films of 2020…
Scene from ‘Supernova’ 2020 was a tough year. So was getting a chance to watch the many 2020 flicks that got released as theatres were completely shuttered, and not all…
On a Cary Grant binge
The moment from Arsenic and Old Lace. Probably one of his best. Overshadows the rest of the marvellous performances.
André Frappier’s journey as a class struggle militant
CD columnist André Frappier has been active in various labour unions over the past 30 years, including the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Greater Montreal FTQ Regional…
Talking the State of Canada’s COVID Vaccine Rollout & the Investigation of Alleged Misconduct in the Canadian Forces 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 Will Stewart. We discussed the current state of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Karl Leffme interviews Jake Lytle about the movement to unionize marijuana-related work in Chicago. And Jay Greene and Eli Rosernberg report on an…
He’s Back!
That was quite a performance. Yesterday, in his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Donald Trump made it clear he’s out for revenge. Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman write:…
Berman’s Cowardly Comment
Late last month, Collingwood council heard from the town’s inquiry legal team* justifying the cost of the Saunderson Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (aka the SVJI), which many residents feel was an…