We All Have Our Crosses To Bear
And for the reasonably sane in Wisconsin, that cross would be Father James Altman. The fiery, unhinged priest, as you will see, is clearly giving my usual target, crazed evangelicals,…
April 2021
Pushing Back. The Greek War on Migration.
We’re entering an era of mass migration. There are several triggers – conflicts, climate change, food insecurity, alone or in combination. These migrations sometimes pit desperate people, struggling to survive,…
I See Your Red Roof and I Want to Paint it White
On solution to avoid catastrophic climate change is as easy as painting buildings. It’s known that white pain has benefits for cooling cities and on individual buildings it can reduce…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – John Paul Tasker reports on new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada showing how public health measures have slowed the transmission…
Talking the Growing Emotional Strain of COVID-19 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 Alise Mills. We discussed the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations…
Getting Comfortable With Uncertainty
People everywhere are the same – people are people. We have far more in common than we have differences between us. And all the differences, or at least the great…
the concept of intersectionality: what it is, what it’s not, why we need it
Women Friendly Cities Challenge After the recent, horrific murders in Atlanta of eight people, six of whom were Asian or Asian-American spa workers, there was a lot of discussion online…
Irrational Decisions
We like to think that people make rational decisions. And we make predictions based on that assumption. But assuming rational human behaviour damns us. Charles Blow illustrates how recent American…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of April 26, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of April 26, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
The Rise of the Maverick?
Ever since Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole released his “lose, lose, lose” carbon pricing plan, I’ve been watching the overall reaction from the conservative movement writ large. Some in the grassroots…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 26, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 26, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Florida Supreme Court’s order blocking diversity quotas for CLE instructors could impact…
The Vulnerable Sex Workers.
If we are going to consider the most vulnerable in our society for vaccination, we should start with the sex worker. They are doing something most people enjoy. It is…
Vague promises and half measures…
Leaders who worry about the state of the world in future years want actions to address climate change taken today. Leaders who worry about the state of the economy today…
Kinney versus Kenney: Can a progressive gadfly offer unhappy Albertans a way to send their premier a message?
Progressive gadfly Duncan Kinney, executive director of the progressive news and advocacy organization behind the Progress Report newsletter and podcast, is the first Albertan to file his papers with Elections…
Episode 73: Alberta politics is never boring
There is rarely a week in Alberta politics that is boring. On this episode of the Daveberta Podcast we discuss the recent fundraising numbers that show the NDP crushed the…
Kenney vs Freeland: National Child Care
“…this is going to be the most powerful step change in the Canadian economy since we did the NAFTA deal. It will really drive our economic productivity, our growth.” –…
Without Us, Covid-19 Would Be a Big Fat Nothing
We’ve learned a lot about Covid-19. Compared to other viruses it’s easily transmissible. It’s very contagious, easily spread. It’s also pretty lethal, far worse than seasonal influenza, which makes it…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rich Mendes reports on new research showing that the longstanding focus on physical distance as a means of avoiding the indoor transmission…
topsy-turvy land: u.s. states make protest illegal and driving into protestors legal
It seems that state lawmakers in several U.S. states need a refresher course on the First Amendment. It’s a very simple amendment, really. Amendment I Congress shall make no law…