How to Understand the News.
Much (most) of our news is based on lies. So, feeling miserable about the world in general, I thought I’d devote a blog to samples of people who lie about…
Much (most) of our news is based on lies. So, feeling miserable about the world in general, I thought I’d devote a blog to samples of people who lie about…
By returning to the money-grabbing time-of-use (TOU) billing, Ontario’s Hydro One continues its unrelenting assault on the province’s seniors, stay-at-home parents, the unemployed, night shift workers, those under lockdown, and…
I guess the answer seems pretty obvious: you provide your personal contact information, maybe pay some money, maybe show you’ve satisfied a prerequisite, such as admission to an institution, and…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Ling writes that the third wave of COVID currently swamping conservative-run provinces can be traced back directly to our leaders’ refusal to…
Nietzsche was either terribly misinterpreted, as my dearly departed scholar brother was adamant to say, or he was simply mad his entire life, and his philosophy was a philosophy of…
Omg he is citing the National Post! That’s a right wing newspaper! They say, pouring over their daily ingestion of the now truly extreme right wing, corporate oligarchy-driven mainstream “liberal”…
Such is the state of things in Ontario. Huf Gym, in Mississauga, refuses to close despite the law. Indeed, as the following video report makes clear, the law seems to…
Politicians hollering “martial law” about Ontario are being dishonest or ignorant. Or both. #onpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 17, 2021
Correlation between @TorontoStar columnists who demanded Ontario emulate Australia’s hard lockdown rules and @TorontoStar columnists who are now outraged Ontario actually emulated Australia’s hard lockdown rules: one. #onpoli #cdnpoli —…
Bruce Arthur was with medical professionals at the Brampton Civic Hospital when Doug Ford announced his government’s latest plans to fight COVID: The doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists watched…
It is hard to tell if the pandemic is helping hide premier Doug Ford’s agenda for Ontario or just slowing it down. His plans seem to be everything except the…
It’s been more than a week since the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, but his pale blue eyes still stare resolutely from the home page of the…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 11, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Donovan Woods – Whatever Keeps You Going
It is amazing to hear such a mish-mash from two intelligent and seemingly well-read individuals. I used to like them both, Steven Pinker and Stephen Fry, (video linked below) and…
The Ontario government would like to blame the behaviour of Ontario’s citizens for this disaster implying somehow we are so much worse than the citizens of other countries, and even…
It’s Friday, the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend and this should be a time that most of us de-stress, relax and try to put the stresses of…
Assorted content to end your week. – Alex Hemingway writes about the massive concentration of wealth among the richest few Canadians while most people have struggled through the pandemic. And…
Climate change is no longer deniable: it’s happening, is human caused, and is potentially catastrophic. But denial is still a huge factor that keeps us from doing what we must,…
The Covid numbers in Ontario today are grim: 4,812 new cases and 25 more deaths. The following report by the CBC’s Ellen Mauro places the blame precisely where it belongs:…