Biden is a Baby Bonus Booster.
Did Canada’s prime minister give American president Joe Biden the tip? It’s a political axiom in Canada: If you don’t know what to do in politics, increase the baby bonus.…
2021
July 18: The blog I didn’t want to write
I don’t want to write this. I know many people will be angry at what I write. But I think it’s a truth we have to recognize. It’s a reality…
KINSELLACAST 168: Live from the Bovine! With Fine, Mraz & Adler!
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OMG, If This Is True.
The accusation is numbing. Two TB researchers allege that the mass deaths from tuberculosis at Canada’s residential schools were no accident. Lena Faust, a PhD student at the McGill International…
what i’m reading: the heartbeat of wounded knee: native america from 1890 to the present
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is a fascinating nonfiction. Part hidden history, part contemporary journalism, plus a dash of personal memoir, this ambitious book offers a new perspective on the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kelly Grant writes that the toll from COVID-19 includes driving many workers out of the nursing profession. And Kim Siever notes that…
Donald Trump Destroyed Whatever He Touched. Who Knew the Evangelical Church Would Be One?
Hallelujah! There has been a precipitous drop in the number of Americans who identify as evangelical Christians from 23 per cent of the population in 2006 to just 14 per…
Farewell "Same Old, Same Old." You’ll Be Missed.
“Same old, same old” used to convey monotony, something dull, repetitive and boring. Our same old, same old world is no longer. We may wish it wasn’t. Our world is…
Oh, Baby! Female names for 2020 are U’nique
When last we met – if you can call one person writing and another reading an actual meeting – I was discussing the more intriguing and downright weird names Albertans…
Competition Between America’s Two National Sports Erupts
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The Deconstruction of the United States of America
Americans, or half of them, are descending into madness. This item from CNN explores the link between those who reject the idea that Joe Biden won last November and the…
No Inoculation
Donald Trump isn’t the only one promoting the Big Lie. Trump’s former economics advisor Peter Navarro is trying to sell it too. Newsweek reports that: Navarro, one of the first…
Requiem for Canada’s Greens.
We thought we knew you. You have disappointed us. When Canada needs you, where will you be? You are our green initiative. You are not the back of the hand…
The Rose Code, by Kate Quinn, returns to top of Alberta Independent Bookshops’ bestseller list for week ended July 11
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, July 11, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Self-Diagnosis with Checklist Criteria: the Big Five and ASD
When I was a kid, my folks said I was a little slow to warm up to people and sometimes needed a nudge to interact. Then, in grade 11, we…
A Bit of a Shocker. Has the Liberal Lead Faded?
Angus Reid finds that the Liberal lead over the O’Toole Conservatives isn’t what it was even just two weeks ago. The Trudeau Liberals were comfortably ahead – so long as…
Avi Lewis and the NDP: Why stars don’t point the way forward for the left
Without a connection rooted in trust with its electorate, the left must compete on terms similar to the other parties, with branding and ads and celebrity candidates. But these approaches…
Can Avi Lewis carry on the success of his family’s electoral tradition?
Filmmaker and activist Avi Lewis speaks during the West Coast premier of This Changes Everything with his wife, Naomi Klein, September 25, 2015. Still image from YouTube. This article is…
Reclaiming Democracy In Canada – And Around The World
In the 1960s, there was a cultural awakening which spread rapidly around the world, and Chomsky is right in calling it both a cultural awakening, and also, an outbreak of…