They’re Nuts
It appears, Tom Walkom writes, that the Conservative Party has lost its mind: Conservatives, it seems, are no longer content with those who promise them good and limited government —…
July 2022
There is no joy in Brampton.
Something smells in Brampton, Ontario, and it is not the roses that the city is famous for. Patrick Brown has returned to confuse and compound. A lost boy, Patrick clings…
Today’s News: From All Over
Reconciliation visit: The final stop for Pope Francis in Canada was a visit to Iqaluit. The Globe and Mail reports: On Friday, met with several school survivors In Iqaluit before…
Rachel Notley rolls dice, risks joining UCP leadership candidates to attack Danielle Smith for cancer remark
New Democratic Party Opposition Leader Rachel Notley joined the trailing United Conservative Party leadership candidates yesterday in piling onto UCP frontrunner Danielle Smith for her remarks in a recent social…
Saturday Night Cat Blogging
Laundered cats.
Musical interlude
PVRIS – Anyone Else
Book proof in hand
Unusual delays, staff changes, Covid… but we managed to check out the proofs for books 4 and 5. August is short, and September is coming up fast. Anyway, a few…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rhythm Sachdeva reports on research which has documented the effectiveness of COVID-19 testing in advance of events (just in time for governments to…
The left, inflation and monetary policy
Banksy mural in Midwood, Brooklyn. Photo by Joshua Geyer. The return of high inflation after the global pandemic poses a major political and analytical challenge for labour and the left.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 29, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Service Ontario employees arrested in massive auto-theft ring bust #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3JdGnQ8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
The American Dream – A Trenchant Interpretation
I have likely posted this in the past, but a repeat viewing in these troubled times is surely warranted: George Carlin parsing the truth about the ‘American Dream’. As always…
Coming to Hamilton.
Most of us probably think of Hamilton as the lunch-pail city of Ontario. Maybe we do but it doesn’t deserve a lunch-pail mayor such as former MPP Andrea Horwath. The…
With friends like C2C Journal, does the new chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission need enemies?
With friends like the lads at C2C Journal, does Collin May need enemies? Collin May, the controversial chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, whom I imagine would prefer it…
Okay, Shoot the Messenger. Go Ahead.
Every season has its tell-tales. In North America summer is heralded by blue-green algae blooms, toxic garbage that spreads through our lakes and rivers. This stuff poses a threat to…
Today’s News: "Rescind the Doctrine"
The Pope’s reconciliation events were in Quebec today – above is a photo of a delegation from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, where the last Quebec residential school closed in…
NEW ISSUE: Re-Build! A New Afrikan Independence Movement Periodical, Summer 2022
The Rebuild Collective has a new issue of their newspaper out for Summer 2022. You can read it online on their website here! You’ll also find lots of news and…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates July 26, 2022
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Farewell to a great environmentalist
I was saddened to read this week of the death of British environmental scientist James Lovelock. He had a good run, dying at the great age of 103. In a…