A Bad Moon Rising
Michael Gerson writes that American politics is now being conducted under the threat of violence: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who has a talent for constructive bluntness, describes a political atmosphere…
2021
Saturday Photo: What to Read…
We’ve just set the list for the 2021-22 season of the Atwater Book Club. Here it is, if you want t get a head start! 2021 September 1 Klara and…
Teasing the Tiger.
Our prime minister must realize that U.S. President Joe Biden and his secretary of state might be no more adept at dealing with China than Canada. To ask the president…
Tom Berger, R.I.P.
I was saddened last month to hear of the passing of Thomas R Berger, the pioneering lawyer, human rights advocate, politician and Royal Commissioner who was famous for three things…
Tom Berger, R.I.P.
I was saddened last month to hear of the passing of Thomas R Berger, the pioneering lawyer, human rights advocate, politician and Royal Commissioner who was famous for three things…
Tom Berger, R.I.P.
I was saddened last month to hear of the passing of Thomas R Berger, the pioneering lawyer, human rights advocate, politician and Royal Commissioner who was famous for three things…
What does the UCP do now that its favourite researcher says she never thought Canadian environmental groups were being used by U.S. interests?
What is the United Conservative Party’s position, pray, about Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause’s bombshell assertion she always understood the environmental conspiracy to landlock Alberta’s oilsands she promoted so energetically had…
Musical interlude
The Glorious Sons – Daylight
How races differ
Science has little use for the term “race.” Defining it is too problematic due to genetic variation among individuals and populations. To quote geneticist Kenneth Kidd, “Race is not biologically…
Alberta’s Dilemma: When do we recognize that the world is changing?
Back in 2015, I started asking a simple question: is Alberta ready? Whenever I talked to politicians or entrepreneurs or thought leaders, I asked that same simple question. I asked…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – John Michael McGrath makes the case for optimism about our potential to avoid further waves of COVID as long as COVID-19 vaccinations overtake…
Covid Journal, May 22, 2021
Opioids – The Shadow Pandemic; Opposing Bill C-10.
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 21, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Ohio mother allegedly faked daughter’s terminal illness to obtain funding for trips, housing via CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Unrelentingly Stupid
As odious as it is to stereotype people based on their geography or any other criteria, (actually, I do it all the time when talking about Americans) the following certainly…
Israel’s actions endanger Jews everywhere
IDF soldiers clash with Palestinians in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 31, 2017. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90. Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has…
Musings on Aesop and Local Politics
I’ve always liked reading “wisdom tales”; I still read and delight in those Zen Buddhist stories that Paul Reps recounted in his book, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, which I first…
COVID Speaks
Andrew Nikiforuk, in The Tyee, gives COVID a voice. It’s a must-read piece. The virus offers ten lessons. I’ll only deal with three of those lessons. The first involves eternal…
Investing in Care, Not Profit
Central to building the care economy is reversing our dependence on for profit delivery. Here is a position paper by a number of colleagues and I on addressing the tragedy…
More on language laws.
You never know where interesting comments will come from. A reader in British Columbia agreed with my comments recently on how to protect the French language. As a he is…
More on language laws.
You never know where interesting comments will come from. A reader in British Columbia agreed with my comments recently on how to protect the French language. As a he is…