Broad front or false front?
Promotional artwork for the Rage Against the War Machine rally, held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on February 19, 2022. On February 19, no fewer than 1,000 protestors…
February 2023
Federalism’s Failure.
Comment #2 on the Rouleau Report: Justice Paul Rouleau understated it in his inquiry report when he labelled our policing as dysfunctional and a failure of federalism. While he showed…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Drowsy cats.
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates February 21, 2023
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…
The Real Snowflakes
The extreme right seems to take pleasure in calling progressive people snowflakes, implying that they are such sensitive souls that any criticism or views that don’t accord with theirs hurt…
The boy names list, from Aabir to Zaidan
Every year around this time, the Alberta government bestows upon its winter-weary residents a gift: every baby name in Alberta in the past year. I say it’s a gift because…
Jimmy Carter—a noble life
I was saddened to hear that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has gone home to die. A statement from The Carter Center read “After a series of short hospital stays,…
Official enemies and the media’s double standard on anonymous sources
The Globe and Mail Centre, Toronto. Photo by Henk Binnendijk/Flickr. In two recent articles, the Globe and Mail unwittingly exposed its double standard on the use of anonymous sources. When…
Cold War realism: Lessons for Ukraine
Photo courtesy the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Twitter The new Cold War, like its predecessor, can be traced back to the misinterpretation of Russian intentions. In case of…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Moscrop discusses how the Trudeau Libs have chosen to funnel money to cutthroat corporate consultants rather than building a functional public…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 21, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Milton, Ontario man, 22, charged with murder after fatally shooting suspect who tried to rob his house, lawyer says #law #legal #lawtwitter @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3IhDnCt – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Protests in Cuba vs. Peru: a case study in Canadian hypocrisy
Cuban Americans hold a rally in Miami to support dissidents on the island, July 2021. Photo from Flickr. Canada’s foreign policy record is stained with countless examples of hypocrisy, opportunism,…
He’s Living In The Past
For quite some time, I have suspected that Putin was living in the past – quite specifically, the Cold War. His "State of the Nation" speech today confirmed that. Most…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 21, 2023
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Money Alone Won’t Do It
You might hope that the federal infusion of money into our health care system would solve its problems. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Throwing more money at the system is a…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 21, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 21, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Manitoba man imprisoned for decades to get appeal after likely miscarriage of…
Hébert Hardly Helps.
While I have always respected Chantal Hébert’s opinion, whether written in the Toronto Star or expressed on the CBC, she lost my support in her commentary on the official languages…
Toward local energy generation and a distributed grid model
After implementation of efficiencies and conservation measures, the least destructive way to meet future energy needs may be local power generation from solar and wind sources…
Chris Hedges: Rage Against the War Machine speech
“Murder King.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Idolatry is the primal sin from which all other sins derive. Idols tempt us to become God. They demand the sacrifice of others in…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Mark Jacobson writes that we already have the technology needed to make a full transition to a clean energy economy – as long…