DJ on the “Cross Border Interview” podcast
DJ recently appeared on the Cross Border Interview podcast hosted by Christopher Brown. “DJ Kelly is running to be the next councillor for Ward 4 in the city of Calgary.…
September 2021
Is That What It Is? The Roots of Malignant Populism.
I am developing a morbid fascination with the spread of malignant populism throughout not just the United States but also many other countries, Canada included. We were once the staid,…
Latest. Home.
New one. PEC. pic.twitter.com/mNz940zAXm — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 28, 2021 The post Latest. Home. first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Post Election Calls For Electoral Reform
In the wake of voting for our 44th Parliament, there are numerous calls out there to move Canada to some form of Proportional Representation (PR). I am sympathetic to these…
That Flashing Red Light – Failure to Adapt.
Take it from the Brits – mitigation without adaptation is ruinous. As governments pretend to be behind the effort to slash greenhouse gas emissions, they’re doing next to bugger all…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Danny Westneat discusses Steven Taylor’s work on the psychology of pandemics which has proven prescient as we’ve responded to COVID-19. And Umair…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 28, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: R. Kelly Is Convicted On All Counts After Decades of Accusations of Abuse via @nytimes – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Profile of a Heron
Great Blue Heron, New Westminster – BC
Reactionary anti-China propaganda not in Canada’s self-interest
Justin Trudeau meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2015 G20 summit in Turkey. Photo from Twitter. Following the recent federal election, right-wing pundits have sounded the alarm about…
Policing the poor
Toronto Police assemble to confront protesters guarding homeless encampments in Trinity-Bellwoods Park in the west end of the city, June 22, 2021. Photo by Martin Reis/Twitter. Recently, we have seen…
Murray Dobbin
There are some commentators who believe with Tennyson’s Ulysses that it’s “not too late to seek a newer world.” Murray Dobbin was one of them. Seth Klein and Shannon Daub…
PARENT TO PARENT: Learning to TRANSITION
A few weeks ago, I came across this wonderful piece on transitions by a parent of twins, Marquitha Gilbert. I contacted Marquitha and we had a rich conversation about parenting,…
Hot Nasties: get the album here!
<a href=”https://hotnasties.bandcamp.com/album/the-hot-nasties”>The Hot Nasties by Hot Nasties</a> The post Hot Nasties: get the album here! first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
At the Political Circus.
Canada hardly needs to keep the leaders of three weakened and badly led political parties. The melee in the middle-of-the-road in this recent election was nothing but a circus. Some…
Conservative MLA, notorious for ‘Cheezies’ remark, righteously scorched by indignant Edmonton physicians
It’s a wonder Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s inbox didn’t spontaneously combust yesterday when the letter from the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association landed in it. Signed by EZMSA President Erika…
The end of the American empire
I’m sorry to be late on this one. I suspect I’m closer to heaven or hell than I was just a few days ago. The latest U.S. polls show Trump…
Annamie Paul is (Almost) Gone. Can the Green Party Survive What Comes Next?
Annamie Paul is in the process of resigning her leadership of the Green Party of Canada. Good. By any reasonable metric, Paul's tenure as leader has been a mitigated disaster…
Annamie Paul is (Almost) Gone. Can the Green Party Survive What Comes Next?
Annamie Paul is in the process of resigning her leadership of the Green Party of Canada. Good. By any reasonable metric, Paul’s tenure as leader has been a mitigated disaster…
Plague Update: Saskatchewan Abandoned by Sask Party
Saskatchewan is a sad place to be right now, while the Premier is off on a second job farming when not golfing, a Cabinet Minister was on vacation in the…