Caught Without A Figleaf
While I have been retired from teaching for quite a number of years, every so often I am reminded of the often counter-productive influence that parents can exert over the…
2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 28, 2023
#LegalTweetofthDay: Meet the DA who’s set to go to war with Donald Trump #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3nm6m0V – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Does the NDP want conflict with China?
Does the NDP want conflict with China? Party officials would deny it, but they are promoting measures that will ratchet up tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. In recent weeks the…
A Society That ignores Its Young
Today is budget day. Lots of people have tried to capture Chrystia Freeland’s ear. But the young don’t have any representation in the budget process. Max Fawcett writes: They are,…
As Lasso flails, Ottawa pushes for more Canadian mining in Ecuador
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República del Ecuador/Flickr. As embattled Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso faces public disdain, struggles against potential impeachment, and foments regional divides, Ottawa…
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…
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…