A Happy New Year for the American military
Santa was good to the U.S. armed forces. On December 27th President Biden signed a defence bill for nearly $770-billion. This was $24-billion more than he had asked for, but…
January 2022
On voluntary efforts
The past few days have seen the emergence of an effort to build up self-reporting capacity to fill in where provincial governments are choosing to be wilfully blind to COVID…
Rumours of Coups
I’m getting weary of the recent deluge of articles and op-eds about secessionism in America, nascent civil war, violent unrest. Then I came across a piece in today’s Guardian written…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 3, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario moves school online, closes indoor dining and gyms as part of sweeping new COVID-19 measures #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
The Buffalo Commons
In a world riveted to violent natural catastrophes – hurricanes and tornadoes, floods and droughts, heatwaves and wildfires – slower moving calamities are easily overlooked. Canadians don’t dwell on the…
How capitalism made the pandemic worse, every step of the way
The internal logic of capitalism has tainted our government’s response to the pandemic. Corporate profits were preserved, while the interests of the working class were disregarded. Pandemic austerity and vaccine…
My latest: fear not, salvation is at hand
A new year! People make resolutions. People make promises. People promise to do things differently. It’s likely that there have been fewer resolutions this time. Why? Because people have been…
Of course these ‘experts’ are pro-military—follow the money
A light armoured vehicle (LAV) manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario. Photo courtesy General Dynamics Land Systems. The military and arms industry sustain many ideological institutions,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CTV reports on Alberta Health Services’ recognition that tens of thousands of the province’s residents project to suffer from long COVID. Alex McKeen…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of January 3, 2022
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Spinning Our Wheels
If you thought that 2021 was going to be a year of radical change, Susan Delacourt writes that you must be disappointed: It has become a cliché to call 2021…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 3, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 3, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: US Supreme Court receives appeals asking to block large employer vaccine mandate…
Godaddy Broke My Blog 1
I apologize to readers who have been wondering what happened to my blog. It seemed to go haywire, with an old, out-of-date theme showing and no posts since Nov. 18.…
BREAKING – RCMP INVASION EXPECTED ON WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY
Word has just come in that RCMP are arriving to Wet’suwet’en Territory in response to the reoccupation of Coyote Camp. The Unist’ot’en Village and Gidimt’en Checkpoint are both seeking supporters…
No Longer ‘United’ States?
Canadians should be very concerned about talk of a divided America. There is nothing friendly about dividing up a country. The antipathy and rancor exist long after the deed is…
Spinning delay as a favour to teachers and a response to COVID, Kenney indicates he’ll press on with controversial curriculum
The way Jason Kenney told the story, Alberta parents and teachers would like his United Conservative Party government to “go a bit slower” rolling out the new primary school curriculum…
Kenney’s New Modus Operandi: Goodbye Peter Lougheed; Hello Donald Trump
There was a time when Jason Kenney pretended to be the modern-day manifestation of Peter Lougheed, notwithstanding his conviction that Lougheed’s programs were akin to “neo-Stalinist make-work projects.” He’s since…
The Tiniest New Year’s Resolution
It’s the new year – a time for hope and resolutions. But it’s also 2022 and we’re in the midst of a new surge in the pandemic. The usual template…
Everyday America
Somber talk for New Years Day. The editorial board of the New York Times paints a picture of a republic in peril. Jan. 6 is not in the past; it…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ryan Cooper highlights the reasons to be careful about any COVID minimizers seeking to declare the Omicron variant as too mild to…