Nothing Seems To Deter Him
The him here, of course, would be Donald Trump who, true to form, will never accept the fact that he has been voted out of office. Despite failed efforts at…
2021
Ecological Leninism: Friend or Foe? by Gabriel Kuhn
A joint review by Gabriel Kuhn of Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century (Verso, 2020) and How to Blow up a Pipeline (Verso, 2021) by Andreas…
Plague Update: Pope Criticizes Selfish People Taking Holiday Trips
Since March it’s been known around the world that it’s not responsible to travel in the pandemic. With the curve spiking instead of flattening this winter, it’s even more extremely…
Leo Panitch: Teacher, friend, comrade
Leo Panitch talks to the ENA Institute’s Director of Research, Nikos Erinakis, in 2018. Photo courtesy of ENA. The news of his hospitalization came unexpectedly just a few weeks ago.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Don Braid calls out Jason Kenney for allowing his government’s MLAs and officials to gallivant around the world on vacation while demanding…
The Death Of Reaganism
Paul Krugman writes that 2020 was the year when Reganism died: This year is closing out with a second demonstration of the lesson we should have learned in the spring:…
Time for a change #nlpoli
We’ve moved. Starting Monday, you’ll find SRBP at edhollett.substack.com. It’s January, the start of a new year. And it’s also the 16th anniversary of The Sir Robert Bond Papers. There’s…
Time for a change #nlpoli
We’ve moved. Starting Monday, you’ll find SRBP at edhollett.substack.com. It’s January, the start of a new year. And it’s also the 16th anniversary of The Sir Robert Bond Papers. There’s…
Rescuing Plato, Rescuing Ourselves
Despite the fact that Western civilization (sic) has greatly venerated and virtually worshipped the ancients of Greece and Rome, in reality, they had little to offer in terms of philosophy.…
Alberta’s Hawaiigate Scandal grows, uncovering new non-essential Conservative trips to Mexico, Arizona, California, Las Vegas
Alberta’s Hawaiigate travel scandal continued to grow yesterday with four more United Conservative Party MLAs and one Conservative Party of Canada MP from Calgary confirmed to have been out of…
We Love Our Community-So we wear masks to keep you safe
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UCP’s new slogan: Do as I say, not as I do
When news broke this week that two well-paid government staffers – government flacks, no less – had vacationed in Hawaii during the pandemic, I thought this was an easy call…
Painting for Community
I did these fun little puzzle pieces as part of a local community initiative, “Belonging Together,” with the aim of an ever-expanding mural from people across the region. I based…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Daisy Fancourt discusses how general non-compliance with public health orders and recommendations can be traced back to the perception that elites couldn’t be…
Saturday Photo: Life Continues (if you’re lucky,) Welcome 2021
The photo was taken 10 years ago, during the holiday season we were out of our house because of fire next door. We survived that with little permanent damage, thank…
A Dumb Dumb Mistake
This week, Rod Phillips returned from his Caribbean Christmas vacation and was dumped from Doug Ford’s cabinet. Steve Paikin writes: When, a few years ago, Rod Phillips announced his intention…
Gertz’s Nihilism
A year after coming out with Nihilism and Technology, Dr. Nolen Gertz wrote just plain Nihilism, an “examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.” It’s…
Limitless supply, limitless potential
You can safely bet politicians and bureaucrats use the latest computers and communication devices and regularly view high-definition smart TVs that replaced smaller screens weighing one or two hundred pounds.…