Ford’s Advice from Afar.
Ontario premier Doug Ford needs to stop taking advice from his dead brother. We hear that he is thinking of giving the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto powers similar to…
2022
Today’s News: The elephant in the room
Tonight’s Jan 6 Committee hearing made lots of news tonight. But as Brian Stelter reported in his Reliable Sources newsletter tonight, perhaps the most important comment came from Michigan Republican…
MLA Thomas Dang acknowledges reality, drops effort to rejoin NDP, says he won’t run again in Edmonton-South
Edmonton-South MLA Thomas Dang was doing no more than recognizing the reality that his political career is finished when he had a spokesperson send media a statement yesterday saying he…
Observations On Strokes and Dementia
What follows is deeply personal. This is my way of processing some of the experiences I have had from my Mother’s first stroke event to present. It is, in a…
We Need to Discuss Systemic Racism in Schools
In The Record article, “Waterloo Region District School Board Trustee Mike Ramsay speaks up about sanctions against him,” Mr. Ramsay writes that he is concerned that education has shifted from…
Groupthink
Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when the desire for group consensus overrides people’s common sense desire to present reasonable alternatives, critique a position, or express an unpopular opinion. Here,…
Looking Back: EVs
July 21, 2017 How is GM doing today vs Tesla? Well, they just passed Tesla as the most valuable auto maker in North America, so looks like most feel otherwise.…
Aug. 6-7, 2022: Montreal Anarchist Bookfair
The bookfair is back with two days of programming! PLEASE WEAR A MASK IN THE BUILDINGS The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair – takes place in two buildings, which are across from…
Status anxiety and the war in Ukraine
A defaced mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Photo by Ana Simic. Years ago, I was an exchange student in the Soviet Union. Margaret Thatcher…
Canadian Armed Forces impinge on Okinawa
Anti-military protest in Okinawa Henoko. Photo courtesy JAPAN Forward. Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are now regularly using the US-controlled Kadena Air Base and White Beach naval port on Okinawa for…
Scenes From Newfoundland
While I am not one to foist vacation photos on others, I thought I would break that rule to share a few highlights of our recent trip to Newfoundland to…
American Taliban
The fallout from the American Supreme Court decision continues across the country. Jennnifer Rubin writes: The horror stories from state abortion bans are piling up: Women facing dangerous delays in…
Brampton Brown Bifurcates.
It is amazing how Patrick Brown always seems to find the fork in the road of least resistance. For someone who has never held a real job, it seems he…
Deadline Day speculation: Could Rebecca Schulz emerge as the UCP leadership candidate to defeat Danielle Smith?
Yesterday was Deadline Day in the United Conservative Party race to replace Premier Jason Kenney, one of those frustrating moments in journalism when everyone knows there’s news to report and…
Some great stuff
I had never seen this before, its absolutely hilarious. Here’s another great Twitter story: Frank Slade was helping his Aunt Ethel run her gas station in Goldsboro, North Carolina, when…
Masked and Vaxed in School
Q. Do you support bringing back masks mandates for schools, defying provincial orders, if necessary? Do you support your board demanding that the province add vaccination for Covid to the…
Corruption – who cares?
An earlier piece by Lew Edwardson recalled one example of public sector corruption. Such occurrences are so common that most pay scant attention. In British Columbia, we have government quietly…
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Death
One likely doesn’t have to read about it to realize that GB News is ‘right-leaning.’ Ben Phillips @benphillips76 A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 20, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Another company called Meta says Facebook rebrand ‘obliterated’ its business #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3yUf20J – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Roger Waters lends star power to the fight against Palestinian dispossession
Roger Waters performs with Pink Floyd in Ottawa. Photo by Brennan Schnell/Wikimedia Commons. Last week, a 78-year-old UK-born rock star and a soft-spoken Palestinian Canadian undergraduate joined forces for a…