They Want Ranked Ballots?
They never seem to learn. It certainly is not that Ontario premier Doug Ford is any smarter. He is just being his own opinionated self. I think he said ‘no’…
2023
"Florida man charged"
I didn’t bother watching any of the White Bronco chase yesterday, the Manhattan court proceedings today, or the Mar-a-Lardo speech tonight. But I have seen some great tweets and comments…
On Monday Danielle Smith quoted government lawyers; now Alberta’s premier says the UCP is paying for her to sue the CBC
Can you imagine the almighty hoo-ha that would break out across this country if the Alberta NDP ponied up the dough for its leader to sue Postmedia or the Western…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Stretching cats.
Dear Premier COVID with the pants on fire
Dear Premier: The Government of Saskatchewan’s decision to end masking requirements in Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities is a very poor policy change. Many of these facilities are serving the most…
My latest: charging Trump legally stupid, possibly politically smart
Charging Donald J. Trump with crimes — as he was, Tuesday, with nearly three dozen offences — was a really, really bad idea. The case is too convoluted to understand.…
Protected: After the Internet
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Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Santa Cruz et al. study the immunological dysfunction that looks to be the norm for up to six months after a…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 4, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Donald Trump to surrender to criminal charges on Tuesday #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/40Elm9q – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Alberta tailings leak reveals the failures of Canada’s environmental assessment process
An undated photo of the site of an overland spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake oil sands mining operation in northern Alberta. Photo courtesy Nick Vardy/Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. In…
The Republican Death Wish
Paul Krugman has been crunching some numbers. And he’s made a grisly discovery. He writes: America’s dismal Covid performance was part of a larger story. I don’t know how many…
Happy National Caregivers Day in Canada – Reasons for Hope
Today is National Caregiver Day in Canada. I feel spring in the air and I'd like to share some trends that I feel hopeful about - hopeful for the future…
Happy National Caregivers Day in Canada – Reasons for Hope
Today is National Caregiver Day in Canada. I feel spring in the air and I'd like to share some trends that I feel hopeful about - hopeful for the future…
Happy National Caregivers Day in Canada – Reasons for Hope
Today is National Caregiver Day in Canada. I feel spring in the air and I’d like to share some trends that I feel hopeful about – hopeful for the future…
The Book on Toronto Mayoralty.
Never rush your bets. We have no idea just who and how many will be entered in the race for the Toronto mayor’s chair. The job pays just under $200,000…
Substack Roundup: "Don’t Panic"
Before the news became completely dominated by the Orange Turd being hauled into court, I saw some interesting substack columns that are worth sharing. First, Justin Ling asks us to…
Alberta premier hides behind lawsuit that hasn’t happened to dodge reporters’ difficult questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith hid behind a lawsuit that doesn’t exist yesterday to avoid answering reporters’ questions about her sympathetic telephone chat with an unsavoury political ally facing criminal charges.…
Reading Animal Fairm
Animal Fairm is a 2022 translation into Scots of George Orwell’s classic satire on Stalinist (and in far too many ways, modern conservative) politics and ideology. As the cover of…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque writes about the implications of facing a deliberate decline in both environmental and economic well-being for the sole purpose of facilitating…
Looking for the Enlightened
The season finale of The Last of Us sets up a great deontological v. teleological conundrum with the big question (tiny spoiler), which ends up being an episode-long trolley problem:…