Four-day work week: Reformist or revolutionary?
Office workers in the early 1980s. Photo courtesy the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums/Flickr. The British Columbia Green Party is the closest thing to a left-wing political party (at…
2023
"Such A Willfully Stupid People"
If you watch this brief video to the end, you will see the above assessment comes from the Highest Authority. Happy Easter, all. Recommend this Post
Arguing About Alcohol.
Luckily, I am aware of some of the problems in medical research. At one time I was signing cheques for medical research in the millions of dollars. This was for…
Premier changes Pastorgate story again, claiming she thought preacher facing charges just wanted to talk politics
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has changed her story again about her controversially congenial telephone conservation with street preacher Artur Pawlowski about the criminal charges against him. Controversial street preacher Artur…
Missing the Boomers
So here is the problem: My latest article….Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals https://t.co/GCKdKM4T84 via @ottawacitizen — David Pugliese (@davidpugliese) April 3, 2023 The Line offers this…
Two Albertas … or three?
Alberta has long been a politically divided province. The north inclines progressive, the south conservative. Edmonton currently only has one UCP MLA out of 20, and Calgary only three NDP…
Two Albertas … or three?
Alberta has long been a politically divided province. The north inclines progressive, the south conservative. Edmonton currently only has one UCP MLA out of 20, and Calgary only three NDP…
Just in time for Easter, a bunny tale
Let’s begin with a little quiz. Fill in the blank: the “legitimate heir to Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Beyonce” is _____. Tough one, right? Taylor Swift, maybe? Lady Gaga?…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Esther Choo and Scott Duke Kominers are the latest to point out the need for a focused effort (comparable to the Operation Warp…
Buying the Right Polls.
It seems to be the way you ask the questions that determines your answers. You can sure be surprised by the different answers that public opinion polls can produce. I…
Carbon dioxide removal may be “next to useless”
Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing…
Musical interlude
Skylar Grey – Show Me Where It Hurts
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Linda McQuaig calls out the Ford PCs for making it even more difficult to hold corporate health care operators to account for sub-par…
"Beer, bedrooms and bathrooms"
I’m reading lots of tweets and comments these days about how banana-pants crazy some Republicans are these days, and it worries me that Canada is trending in the same direction.…
Happy Easter! Danielle Smith doesn’t apologize, but she certainly does explain!
Happy Easter! Canadian Press reporter Dean Bennett in a typical pose in 2018 (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Astonishingly, a full week after the CBC broke the story, the brouhaha continues…
Gun Love And Race Hatred – A Powerful Convergence
Although no real good can come out of it, I continue to be both rivetted and repulsed by the ongoing devolution of American society. Everywhere one looks, it is apparent…
The Better Analog
On this Good Friday, some are comparing Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate — a man who believed that cruelty was the point — is a better analog. I’ll…
What About Ontario, Justin?
No doubt many Canadians were pleased to hear that prime minister Trudeau had criticized prime minister Netanyahu of Israel for the attack on the holiest of Muslim mosques. It was…
Carbon tax justification for fools
According to a study published by Nature Climate Change, governments of 51 countries spent C$940 billion subsidizing fossil fuels in 2021. The number is likely higher since there are many indirect…