We Need Mask Mandates Now!
Here’s Dr. Joe Vipond on mask mandates: Hey Canada, it’s time we talked about mask mandates: What they do, why they’re important, and what we’ve learned from the past. A…
2022
Does Democracy Die?
We have more to think about this Remembrance Day than the dead of two world wars. We need to think about what they died for. From North America, our soldiers…
Today’s News: When the waves turn the minutes to hours
“Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Here is a great thread about a great song: 47 years ago…
U.S. voters (and conservatives) trash Trump
The Democrats are quite pleased with their showing in the U.S midterm elections. From where I sit, it doesn’t look quite that cheerful—they lost the House of Representatives and may…
Musical interlude
Lastlings – Get What You Want
Touché
Touché. I deserved that. But it’s still a clusterfuck.
Time to friend-shore?
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently introduced a concept she referred to as “friend-shoring.” In her words, “Friend-shoring is the idea that countries that espouse a common set of values…
Billionaires and the planet cannot coexist
Representative image of industrial emissions with an aircraft in the background. Photo by Mladen Borisov/Unsplash. A recent report by Oxfam finds that the C02 output of the average billionaire is…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 10, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Majority of Canadians support return of face masks in indoor public spaces if deemed necessary: survey #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3UFKSrg – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tori Cowger et al. study how the presence or absence of mandatory masking policies affects the number of COVID-19 cases among students…
That Fake War on Xmas
In my part of Canada the “war on Xmas” begins in September when some local box stores start putting Xmas ornaments and decorations out, sometimes just after Labour Day. By…
Strange Times Indeed
Having taught for 30 years, I had my fair share of classroom experiences, both good and bad, as is the norm in a long career. Fortunately, most of the students…
The general strike that could have been
CUPE members celebrates te defeat of Doug Ford’s anti-worker Bill 28. Photo courtesy CUPE National/Twitter. For a response to this article, see “A first post-pandemic political victory—hardly a ‘general strike…
If We Know What’s Right, Will We Do What’s Right?
The Toronto Star just quoted Kieran Moore, I’m very loath, after 1,000 days of a pandemic, to put in a mandate. We know what works, and we can trust Ontarians…
The Red Wave That Wasn’t
Lots of people were expecting a Red Wave. Michelle Goldberg writes: I mistook my own sense of dread for insight and assumed the people predicting a Democratic wipeout must know…
France: Parking Lots Must Have Solar Panels
Drivers know all too well that parking lots are hot, uncomfortable, and are never the right size. In France larger parking lots will now require shading in the form of…
Justin’s Fear of Change.
If you Google it, you will find ‘Fear of Change’ is called metathesiophobia. So, let’s just call it fear of change. The prime minister made it very clear, in his…
Cometh the hour, cometh the mandate letter: Premier Smith turns to the important task of looking busy
Cometh the hour, cometh the mandate letter. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Premier Danielle Smith, having won a seat in the Legislature Wednesday night, immediately turned to the…
Today’s tonic: Democrats do historically well for an incumbent party in US midterms as Trumpian liars/election deniers lose in most parts of the country
Today’s tonic: Democrats do historically well for an incumbent party in US midterms as Trumpian liars/election deniers lose in most parts of the country. The majority of Americans are not…