Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
October 2023
Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
Wasted on the way
We had an opportunity in Vancouver and we wasted it. We could have shown the world what a progressive government could do, but we were not bold enough. We didn’t…
My latest: a terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist
Terrorist. And, here we go again. The definition of “terrorist” is someone who is prepared to use violence to achieve some political objective. It’s not complicated. At the CBC, however…
Real Thinking Requires Hard Work
I have thus far refrained from writing anything about the atrocities taking place in The Middle East. I have nothing constructive to add to the debate. However, I can’t help…
Dolor
Finally cleaned out under and between Jeep seats and found this: my Mom’s missing glove. A sad week got worse.
Media should serve the governed, not the governors
I began following the Washington Post decades ago, when journalists often held the feet of politicians to the fire. Today, that is less likely since many media owners today rank…
Manufacturing Consent to Spread SARS-CoV-2
Like the political/media machine convinced citizens that invading Iraq was necessary, we’re being convinced to spread a virus that will come back to destroy our own lives. Yesterday, Arijit Chakravarty,…
Conservative Curmudgeons.
Somehow, through the years, the conservatives in Canada have taken a wrong turn. From a basic ideology of conserving the qualities of life for Canadians, the conservative leadership has taken…
I read the news today, oh boy!
...The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity… What an awful week…
Take Back Alberta’s David Parker: MAGA rabble rouser or establishment elitist?
David Parker, executive director of the Take Back Alberta faction of the United Conservative Party, was tweeting about Alberta Health Services’ new enhanced-masking directive first thing Thursday morning, the day…
Limits of the free market
Whenever I do those quizzes that purport to reveal where you fit on the political/philosophical spectrum, they insist I’m a social democrat. This rather surprises me because I tend to…
Here are the names of the children killed by Hamas
Aryeh Alexander Sandler, the late 5-year-old The late Gabriel Issachar Sandler, 3 years old The late Daniel Aryeh Wiplich, 16 years old The late Elad Fogel, 4 years old The…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Freedman examines how the climate breakdown is generating consequences far beyond those foreseen by previous projections. Seth Borenstein reports on the immense…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa woman, 97, charged with historical sexual assaults at residential, day schools #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/3p8zkerd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The Conflict
If I were explaining it all to a class of 15-18 year olds, here’s what I would say: my imperfect lesson with my own stance front and centre but wide…
Jeff Halper: Zionism has destroyed two peoples
Medics transport an injured Palestinian child into Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike, October 11, 2023. Photo by APA Images/Wikimedia Commons. I am going to bed tonight…
Forgive And Forget? Never
There is a saying that, in many cases is a mere platitude: “Time heals all wounds.” Often said to the bereaved, it is meant to impart that there are better…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2015
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Getting Your Legal Writing Right http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/04/getting-your-legal-writing-right.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Reaping the whirlwind
Palestinians inspect the ruins of a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. Photo by APA Images/Wikimedia Commons.…