You Don’t Think It’s Really Fascism?
If it’s not from Germany, it’s just sparkling authoritarianism, right? More seriously, way back when I first started this blog (in 2004), I wrote a piece about whether or not…
May 2022
Are We Being Manipulated to Ignore Covid?
Recently @LauraMiers wrote: “When people finally realize they’re being manipulated–that repeated Covid infections cause permanent organ damage and autoimmunity, dramatically shorten life spans, exacerbate all re-existing issues, and lead to…
Fire Burn And Cauldron Bubble
Thomas Edsall writes that Donald Trump has uncorked lots of nastiness in the United States: The chilling amalgam of Christian Nationalism, white replacement theory and conspiratorial zeal — from QAnon…
Let’s Green the Gaming Industry
Games are fun and we should play more of them! That being said, we should also be conscious of the impact our technological-driven gaming has on the environment. Ben Abraham…
“All Politics is Local.”
Doug Ford’s failure to recognize the “All politics is local” adage is likely to cost him an attorney general when they count the ballots in Barrie—Clearwater—Oro-Medonte on June 2. Putting…
Marking #IDAHOBT2022
Almost two decades ago, the International Day Against Homphobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was set May 17 — it has become a celebration around the world of Two Spirit, lesbian, gay,…
Putting the performance back in petroleum politics, Mr. Kenney goes to Washington
Everybody in the room yesterday at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing in Washington, D.C., knew perfectly well the United States is never going to stop buying…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Blog Update: New Contributor
Earlier today the maiden article was posted by a new contributor to this site. He has chosen Lord Ludichris as his pen name and is a UK citizen. As an…
2022 Conservative Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This article is a collection of responses from candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada regarding the monarchy. It will continue to be updated as more replies…
Plague Update: What Does COVID Do Anyway?
COVID-19 a thrombotic disease that can be caught again, and again, and again if the first bouts are survived, and isn’t confined to a “season” because it’s so much more…
Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Jean Charest
Just yesterday I received a reply from Jean Charest to my survey of the tory leadership candidates regarding their views on the monarchy. Before getting into the survey answers I…
My latest: get wasted, get violent, get away with it
We Canadians like to feel superior to the Americans. The Yanks regularly give us reasons to feel superior. There’s their fetishization of all manner of guns, which results in mass-shootings,…
The Harrowing Road for Candidates – and the Rest of Us
I’ve recently read two articles on the problem and solution to the current nastiness in elections after hearing first hand about serious issues candidates have had at the door. You…
Prince Charles, His Detractors, and the Future of the Monarchy
Prince Charles Prince Charles has been sometimes criticised for the way he expresses his views on matters of personal interest to him such as environmental affairs. However, a monarch being…
That Other Virus
I came across an article in The Atlantic about a highly infectious virus that has crossed the Pacific from the US to reach the writer’s home, Australia. It has also…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 17, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3G8g7FD – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Xue Cao et al. find that infection with COVID-19 produces accelerated physical aging among its other alarming effects, while Jan Hennigs et…
Solidarity with Cuba cannot be blockaded
A balcony in Old Havana. Photo by Ramon Rosati/Flickr. At the 2022 International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel offered a galvanizing statement to visiting delegates: “Solidarity cannot…
Groundhog Day
By this time in his political career, Michael Harris writes, Justin Trudeau might have been plotting his exit. But Pierre Poilievre has given him a reason to stick around for…