A Global Leadership Fail
The headline in Scientific American was jarring. What we must do to prepare for the next pandemic. If this pandemic taught us one thing, it’s that we weren’t ready for…
May 2021
When Truth Is No Longer Self Evident
Former senator Jeff Flake opens an op-ed in The Washington Post with a quotation from George Orwell: “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate…
Simran Bakshi on Employment Law: What are my rights if I’m being discriminated against in my work place?
Employees are protected from workplace discrimination base on: Age Disability Race Ethnicity Religion Sex Gender Identity Sexual Orientation Employers must maintain safe workplaces that are free from discrimination. Compensation for…
Following the money.
You can’t track the money trail to Canadian politicians as easily as you can to American politicians. I finally have a theory on what is driving Jason Kenney in Alberta.…
A Revolutionary Journey: The 1971 PAL Hijacking to Mao’s China
These days, it would be hard to believe that Fructuoso Chua, Jr. ever led an exciting life. A first glance shows nothing more than an old man living a quiet…
Bukharin on State Capitalism and Imperialism
The latest in our series of translations from the journal Kommunist of 1918 goes under the unpromisingly dry title of “Some Fundamental Concepts of Modern Economics”. This though belies its…
Jason Kenney tells a whopper, Kaycee Madu recants and apologizes: situation normal in Alberta
The Internet let out a collective gasp yesterday afternoon when Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was caught telling an obvious whopper. Well, perhaps not the whole Internet, but that portion fascinated…
Alberta justice minister goes full paranoid
Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu’s comment that a Covid disaster is “what the NDP, the media and the federal Liberals were looking for and want” is contemptible. Politics can be…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Minimum wage suppression — right-wing dogma
Suppression of minimum wages is a right-wing policy position that is not irrational or ill-conceived; instead, this and other acts are intelligently designed to manage and discipline low-income populations, while…
Musings on Art and Taste
Many years ago, I had a lengthy correspondence with a friend in another part of Canada about what constitutes art. His basic argument was that art was not neutral or…
Seven tweets in May
Enjoying his life to the fullest#dogs #dogsoftwitter #DogsofTwittter pic.twitter.com/HOq8cWKGyl — dog lover (@10_Ilovedogs) April 21, 2021 There are 2 types of dogs.. ? pic.twitter.com/RtyNme0rHe — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) May 10, 2021…
Deception and duplicity
While John Horgan’s government was almost doubling the Site C budget to C$16 billion, the Biden administration was getting ready to approve a C$3.4 billion wind project off the coast…
How It Could Work
I’m just going to offer a short post today as I develop some aspects of gRSShopper. In particular, I now have the gRSShopper MOOC environment up and running in a…
Refocusing Londontlife
So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my…
Refocusing Londontlife
So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my…
Shaggin’ the Help?
A bit of salacious gossip from the Guardian. The paper reports that Don Junior’s former missus, Vanessa, and Trump’s almost daughter (by Marla Maples as if that counts), Tiffany, may…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 11, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Eight years after ‘David and Goliath’ fighta gainst systemic racism, Peel officer closes the book on his career — but notbefore a long overdue promotion via The Toronto Star…
Those Who Refuse to Learn from History
Politics and our political lives aren’t things that are always straightforward. While our beliefs in certain matters may be very clear and strong, that doesn’t mean that they don’t run…
To end military sexual violence, defund the CAF
Canadian Armed Forces members board a CC-150 Polaris aircraft in 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia in support of Operation IMPACT, October 23, 2014. Photo by LS Eduardo Jorge/Canadian Forces/Flickr. Every…