Putting royalty to rest
“The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg,” by Thomas Sunderland (1818). Image courtesy the National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons. It was hardly surprising…
2022
It Can Be Devastating
We’re not done with COVID. And it’s not done with us. Andrew Nikifork writes: This question demands to be top of mind: What can COVID do to our brains? Add…
The Sweet Spot.
When the new leader of Canada’s conservatives made his debut confrontation across the aisle from the prime minister, it was more of a touchy-feely session than a gun fight in…
Great stuff
Today, here’s some of the interesting stuff I bookmarked recently: This is fascinating – its a visual representation of the world population and the webpage also has much more detail…
Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes … Edmonton’s Federal Building and B.C.’s Liberals get new names
Yesterday, the provincially owned Federal Building adjacent to the Alberta Legislature in downtown Edmonton was officially renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Building. The notorious Sky Palace on the day in…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Marina Hyde laments Liz Truss’ decision to hit the gas pedal on free money for the people who need it least while…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats looking up.
Lester Pearson at the World Bank
Lester Pearson at Germany’s accession to NATO, 1955. Photo courtesy NATO. In August 1968, the World Bank assembled a team of “stature and experience” to study the impact of twenty…
Back to Horace
During the pandemic lockdowns, I heard a lot of people bemoan their inability to travel; on vacation, to visit relatives, to shop, or just to get out of their homes…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates September 6, 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…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 27, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge rejects attempt by 5 Western University students to block COVID booster mandate #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3BOwLrV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
My latest: hate begets hate
The female Member of Parliament, a former cabinet minister, looked afraid. She was pale. She was describing sitting alone in a Winnipeg hotel room, months earlier, reading debased threats from…
The Great Pivot, A.K.A., Refashioning His Image
By now you have probably heard about Pierre Poilievre’s outrage over an apparent threat against his wife, Anaida. The threat, made by Jeremy MacKenzie, is, of course, reprehensible and unacceptable.…
Zombie Reaganomics
Last week, the Republicans released their campaign “platform.” They called it a “Commitment to America.” Paul Krugman writes: If you squint hard at the economics section of the Commitment to…
Poilievre’s ‘Woke.’
The word ‘woke’ is not all that new. Its use is taking a roller-coaster ride. Young people tend to use it in the sense of becoming aware of societal errors…
Today’s News: "But I never thought leopards would eat MY face!"
The original tweet, from 2015: ‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party. — Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) October 16,…
‘All options on table’ to block federal gun buy-back, vows Tyler Shandro … as clock runs out on Kenney Government
The Kenney Government will do whatever it can to block Ottawa’s plan to implement stricter firearms regulations that include buying back AR-15 military-style rifles and similar weapons that were banned…
Denmark first to pay for climate “loss and damage”
Under the Paris Climate Accords, the world’s rich nations have pledged to provide $100-billion US per year to help undeveloped nations adapt to climate change. As well they should. Rich…
Today’s tonic: “Cuba overwhelmingly approves same-sex marriage in referendum”
Today’s tonic: “Cuba overwhelmingly approves same-sex marriage in referendum” #Equality #Cuba #LGBT
Kenney’s Legacy: Lessons from Alice
Alice laughed. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I dare say you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen…’Why, sometimes I’ve believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’—Lewis…