Tyre Nichols is seen leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on January 7, 2023. Photo courtesy the City of Memphis/AP. On January 7,…
There has been a recall for the Hazel McCallion brand of politician. The former mayor of Streetsville, Ontario and the mayor of Mississauga has passed on. She earned the sobriquet…
The “boiling frog syndrome” is a metaphor used to describe the failure to act against a problematic situation which will increase in severity until reaching catastrophic proportions.—Wikipedia. Let’s talk about…
“Everything Must Go.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Empires in terminal decline leap from one military fiasco to the next. The war in Ukraine, another bungled attempt to reassert US global…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schrieber reports on new data showing that more Americans missed work due to illness in 2022 than in any other year…
The political right wing's inability to understand things beyond simplistic bromides has always surprised me. I get that it makes for easy sound bite politicking, but seriously, the conclusions drawn…
The healthcare system in Ontario is under severe strain. Doug Ford says that the way to fix the problem is to move procedures from hospitals to private for-profit clinics. Linda…
Students during the 1969 Sir George Williams University student protest. Concordia released an official apology for its mishandling of race-based student complaints in October 2022. Photo courtesy Concordia University. When…
I was honoured to chair the Council Of Canadian Academies panel on misinformation. Our report, Fault Lines, is available here. https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-socioeconomic-impacts-of-health-and-science-misinformation/
It’s pocketbook economics. Poilievre has found that if you distort the scenario just enough, it serves various purposes. If you imply that the Bank of Canada is at the beck…
Here are some of the funny tweets and stories I have seen over the last couple of weeks: I am so tired of living like it’s the 1600s. Can I…
The American founding fathers had a vision of a roughly equal society. At least for white people—others didn’t count in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Equality was…
Carol Dumaine wrote about the Davos safety measures, and how the rest of us are playing Covid roulette. It’s a solid read, but I got totally sidetracked by one of…
So anyone who knows me knows that I am not a car guy. However, one would have to be an ostrich to not see that there is a big change…
This is huge for me, us. In our little punk rock circle on the Canadian prairies, Marquee Moon was the summit – not punk rock, but with a punk sensibility…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kat Eschner interviews John Peters about the growing inequality in wealth, income and influence. And Scott Martin offers a reminder not to conflate…
Neighborhood park are great things, and we are lucky to have three nearby. They’re used by local daycares and schools too–and not just in the summer time. This group of…
She Certainly Puts Them In Their Place
Recently I have seen some quite good videos posted by young people on Tik Tock (a platform I am not on) that were reposted on Twitter. It heartens me to…