Who Do You Trust?
In less than 70 days Albertans will decide whether Daniel Smith’s UCP or Rachel Notley’s NDP will form the next government. Political junkies like me have pretty much made up…
2023
The Father of Modern English
As I promised in a previous post, here’s my almost certainly true and accurate explanation of why the language you’re reading now is the result of one man’s writing back…
This week’s tonic: “Canada’s spies and the hypocrites who adore them – Did China interfere in Canada’s elections? We don’t know. But journalists must not rely on friendly leaks for the truth.”
This week’s tonic by columnist Andrew Mitrovica: “Canada’s spies and the hypocrites who adore them – Did China interfere in Canada’s elections? We don’t know. But journalists must not rely…
Today’s tonic: “20 years after the Iraq War, it’s clear our elites learned no lessons”
Today’s tonic from Taylor C. Noakes is a public historian and independent journalist: “20 years after the Iraq War, it’s clear our elites learned no lessons…Two decades on from the…
what i’m reading: my notorious life by kate manning (madame restell, fictional version, nonfiction to follow)
I read this book last year, and have been recommending it nonstop, so it’s about time to commit it to wmtc. My Notorious Life was an obvious book for me…
The Same Man The Same Danger
Donald Trump is doing it again. He’s summoning the mob. The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump called for protests Saturday in response to what he claimed would be…
What Leadership?
The one thing for sure in Canada these days that we do not waste time recognizing leadership. Leadership is a political ghost. It is something that politicians talk about but…
UCP now wants underwhelming minimum wage report, a typical Jason Kenney production, to be quickly forgotten
I suppose as good place as any to get back in to the swim of blogging is Friday’s release by Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government of the three-year-old report…
I love Saskatchewan
Another Sask. pic.twitter.com/QVNVL5lgeO — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 18, 2023 Does it look like Sask, to Sask folks? Someone in Ottawa says it doesn't at all. Views welcome. pic.twitter.com/lVvP9VstnE —…
Neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau is a Symptom of a Larger Problem
Those of you how have followed the blog for years know that Kevin Goudreau, a neo-Nazi active now for more than 30 years, has been covered on these pages mostly…
Neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau is a Symptom of a Larger Problem
Those of you how have followed the blog for years know that Kevin Goudreau, a neo-Nazi active now for more than 30 years, has been covered on these pages mostly…
Neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau is a Symptom of a Larger Problem
Those of you how have followed the blog for years know that Kevin Goudreau, a neo-Nazi active now for more than 30 years, has been covered on these pages mostly…
I’m starting to think Justin Trudeau needs to retire in order to stave off the regressive threat of Pierre Poilievre
This article, “Neither Trudeau nor Poilievre is shooting straight these days”, by Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, made me think a lot about the next federal election…
The future of dental care in Canada
A child having their teeth cleaned by a dental therapist in a school-based dental clinic in Saskatchewan. “Here is the tool that removes the bugs. It sounds like an airplane…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Alejandro de la Garza writes about the devastation continuing to be wrought by COVID-19 in Lamb County, Texas even as the powers that…
Musical interlude
Bob Moses – Hanging On
Internet Sleuths
While the internet often does much harm to innocent parties, it also allows for a form of social and even criminal justice when bad things happen. Invariably, these bad things…
judy heumann, rest in power
Judith Heumann, one of the founders and primary movers of the disability rights movement, died recently at the too-young age of 75. Judith Heumann was a force of nature. She…
The Problem With Boomers
I referred to a column by Paul Kershaw a while back. His subject was the financial burden we baby boomers are leaving on the young. He returns to that topic…