2022

Betting on Rock Bottom

Seabed trawlers are almost universally reviled. Their lead-weighted nets scour the seabed, in the process destroying almost everything in their path. This 2014 article from The Guardian focuses on the…

Legal Tweet of the Day: August 9, 2022

#LegalTweetoftheDay: No mandatory masks in Ontario schools this fall, Education Ministry says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3p454p9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…

Unclean clean energy

In addition to the known mercury contamination of fisheries caused by hydroelectric developments, reservoirs increase emissions of methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. In some cases this increase, per…

Monday Evening Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBS reports on the Walk to Remember intended to highlight the continued need for long COVID supports. And Elizabeth Thompson reports on the…

The Case for Longtermism

George Monbiot calls it the "conspiracy of silence that dominates public life." Governments dodge dealing with problems, existential threats, and puts it down to the "power of incumbency."...those politicians and…

The Case for Longtermism

George Monbiot calls it the "conspiracy of silence that dominates public life." Governments dodge dealing with problems, existential threats, and puts it down to the "power of incumbency."...those politicians and…

The Case for Longtermism

George Monbiot calls it the “conspiracy of silence that dominates public life.” Governments dodge dealing with problems, existential threats, and puts it down to the “power of incumbency.” …those politicians…

Legal Tweet of the Day: August 8, 2022

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here? #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3p2O2aN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…

About Freedom

Although I read and write a fair amount, I clearly am not an expert in the affairs of the world. I can merely observe, report and comment on the things…

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