Kenney and the Autocrat’s Handbook
The Alberta Legislature ended the 2021 Spring Session on a particularly disturbing note. Members of the Opposition asked Jason Kenney to apologize for his role in pushing the niqab ban,…
June 2021
Let’s Talk A Bit About "Gender Ideology"
Over at The Economist, we have a somewhat simplistic article blathering away about how there's a backlash happening against "Gender Ideology". I'm not going to dissect the article in detail,…
Godzilla, Mechagodzilla, and Kong
I’m not sure if I should be elated or disappointed after watching Godzilla vs. Kong (GvK), the latest film (2021) in the Legendary/Universal, Godzilla/MonsterVerse saga. That’s Kong, not King Kong,…
No ‘real change’: Trudeau’s militaristic approach to the Middle East
Canadian soldiers from mark a pick-up zone for helicopters to extract them after moving through the hills to search for Al Queda and Taliban fighters north of Qualat, Afghanistan. Photo…
It’s happening
This is an extra note that I should have paid attention to earlier. ________________________________________________________________ Massive fires are burning in California and the states around it. Huge water reservoirs that are…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – As Jason Kenney and Scott Moe rush to slash public health protections including mask mandates, Gavin Leech et al. study how important…
Into the Mild
KINSELLIAN CAMPING TIPS• Jeep rooftop tents aren’t conducive to midnight peeing• cheapest sleeping bags aren’t great when it goes down to 9°• Joey will always throw up at the worst…
What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – The Summer Ahead
On Friday I was happy to record the latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and Alyson…
Booby-Trapped
The United States Justice Department has been booby-trapped. Joyce Vance writes that it is full of ticking time bombs: Attorney General Merrick Garland knew he’d inherit some ticking time bombs…
Mr. Ford’s “Good Ship Lollypop.”
Get it while you can. Like the career of Hollywood child star Shirley Temple that peaked from the time she was 3 to 13-years-old, the Ford government in Ontario is…
Brother by David Chariandy tops Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list for week ended June 13
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, June 13, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Now here’s the math prof we all should have had
Math professor fixes projector screen. Sound on https://t.co/gcJhzVOrTp pic.twitter.com/ulWFRIWT6l — Channa Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 19, 2021
Canada – In the most dangerous days it has ever seen.
The latest estimate of aboriginal children killed in their residential schools where they were sent by governments who took them completely away from their homes and families forever is now…
The Picture of Madness
The New Normal The American southwest has a problem that most residents prefer to avoid. The region is getting pistol-whipped by climate change, a deadly combination of severe heatwaves and…
Bercow Defects to Labour
As former Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow became a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic. First elected to represent the riding of Buckingham in 1997,…