Afghanistan. There Was Never Anything to Save.
Our 20 year fool’s errand. The country’s last finance minister before the Taliban return has given an interview to BBC. Khalid Payenda says his country fell, not to the Taliban,…
Our 20 year fool’s errand. The country’s last finance minister before the Taliban return has given an interview to BBC. Khalid Payenda says his country fell, not to the Taliban,…
The Glasgow climate summit, COP 26, or, as Prince Charles called it, our “Last Chance Saloon,” has lived up to none of the hype. There’ll be no Kumbaya moment. If…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Analysis: Trump suffers blow in January 6 case but keeps trying to outrun the clock ahead of 2022 midterms via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Pandemics aren’t a ton of fun. The current one has caused economic chaos, political instability and no shortage of anxiety, planet-wide. For musicians and for those who promote live music,…
Because I’m an adolescent, I love this @CBCNews story because the guy in the picture looks like he’s so stoned he doesn’t know he’s got a string of nastiness dripping…
As a longtime educator, I have always believed that whatever progress we can make as a species resides within the domain of knowledge and its concomitant, critical thinking. When both…
Here we go again. And somehow, the latest round of hysteria includes the Cons learning nothing from the failure of their attacks on coalitions or other forms of inter-party cooperation…
Erin O’Toole has found his bogeyman — a “coalition government” between the Liberals and the NDP. Althea Raj writes: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole had a hard time concealing his smile…
I had just returned from some kind of an RPG convention where we’d been camping and doing LARP outdoors when it was nice and playing tabletop games indoors when it…
The COP26 news coverage has focussed on pledges from counties to cut their emissions (which is good) and on funding for new technologies to suck carbon out of the air…
Guardian eco-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that the ultra rich will be our ruin unless we get them first. Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The…
No wonder they call it the Liquor Cabinet! You’d think it might have occurred to someone in the United Conservative Party strategic brain trust to factor former agriculture minister Devin…
Festive cats.
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I bought an air fryer. And while I quickly tried the usual air fryer favourites like like chicken wings, tendies, sammies and tater tots,…
Speaking of people who've lost touch, @MMandryk defends Merriman and Moe, saying his comment won't go over well with people who want to vilify the "monsters who don't care", but…
By JN A “SARS outbreak” on the mainland was first reported by media in Hong Kong on December 30, 2019. For those living in or involved with politics in Hong…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: DOJ asks federal appeals court to lift temporary order blocking Covid-19 vaccine mandate via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Jeff Bezos, founder of sub-orbital spaceflight services company Blue Origin, inspects New Shepard’s West Texas launch facility before the rocket’s maiden voyage. Photo courtesy Blue Origin. What’s being called “luxury…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bruce Arthur offers a reminder that we know perfectly well how to limit the damage done by COVID-19 as long as a…
The more a CEO is paid the worst customers are treated. Everyone knows inequality is bad for our society, but now shareholders might start caring because inequality within companies produces…