Where Agents Get Their Info.
It was about 35 years ago and I was introduced to an agent of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Quebec. It was during a break in a business…
2023
This is the way the Han Dong smear ends: not with a bang, but a whimper
The accusations against Han Dong are falling apart. Watch everyone nodding along as the translation error story was reported on Sunday: Boom. Rob Benzie’s comments on @ctvqp this morning regarding…
Hollow words, and deep down we know it
When people gather, it is common to hear acknowledgements that the group is meeting on unceded traditional territories of Indigenous people who have populated western Canada for roughly 14,000 years.…
Africa’s anti-gay madness—the Christian connection
Uganda recently passed an anti-gay law described by United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” Anyone engaging in gay…
Africa’s anti-gay madness—the Christian connection
Uganda recently passed an anti-gay law described by United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk as “probably among the worst of its kind in the world.” Anyone engaging in gay…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Nicole Grether writes about the hundreds of thousands of young people orphaned by COVID-19 in the U.S. alone, while Kyodo News reports on…
Introducing Re-Creative, a podcast about creativity and the art that inspires it
After years of threatening, I’ve finally started a podcast: Re-Creative. Actually, that’s not really true. My co-host, Joe Mahoney, is really the one to credit… The post Introducing Re-Creative, a…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Florida teen sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing 13-year-old classmate #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3lIOzk7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
It’s All Connected
It isn’t hard to come to the realization that one of the common denominators in almost all of the existential threats currently facing humanity is our flawed natures; human folly,…
The rise of China and the decline of the West
Photo by David Dennis/Flickr China’s place on the world stage advances year by year. It is arguably already the world’s largest economy. Its Belt and Road Initiative and its other…
Equity, Not Meritocracy
Ever since Biden’s speech to Canada’s Parliament this weekend, Conservative politicians here have been going off about whether or not the female members of cabinet “got there because of their…
Beware Netanyahu
The United States is not the only democracy where the rule of law is under attack. Michael Harris writes: In Israel, the government is run by a prime minister under…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 27, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 27, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 27, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: How Donald Trump Would Be Arrested Nordstrom Canada gets court permission to…
Canada Readies Beneficial Ownership Registry
Canada’s reputation has a good place to launder money may soon come to an end. A good step to preventing organized crime from using the Canadian economy to “clean” their…
The Unwanted Child.
Ontario premier Doug Ford should be well aware that the City of Toronto is a child of the province. And his short but hectic four years in Toronto City Hall…
A Simple Question (well, three simple questions)
Something is happening with Alberta’s anesthesiologists and it’s not clear what. Last week, David Shepherd, NDP health critic, asked Jason Copping, the UCP health minister three simple questions: will surgeries…
Why Jesus Won’t Answer Your Prayers
Christians pray to Jesus, but get no reply. They pray to Jesus for parking spaces closer to the mall, to win the lottery, to make their boss disappear, to lose…
Today’s Random Stuff: Horses, Dogs. and Turning Points
First, here is an amazing photo “Slam on the Brakes” from The Atlantic. It is © Steven Zhou and was taken in Ontario in August 2022. It won the 2023…