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…
2023
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…
Saturday Photo: Snow Drops, or (more appropriately) des Perces neiges..
Spring arrives next week, but the snow is receding and the first snowdrops (called perce-neige in French) have come up. A sure sign of spring…
Conservative Cant of Doug Ford.
Ontario premier Doug Ford is not particularly well educated. It is highly unlikely that anyone voted for him because of his brilliance. He is not even that good at reading…
Today’s News: Temper Tantrums
Here’s how I see it: First of all, Canadian voters haven’t turfed Trudeau in three elections and chances are they won’t in the 2025 either. The opinion polls are back…
Translating the Negativity of Today’s Right Wing into the Reality of Their Beliefs
Today’s right wing loves to express itself in terms of what they hate, seeming to lack any positive messages. When you turn their negativity into positive statements it expresses what…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Al Shaw, Irena Hwang and Caroline Chen discuss how forest loss and changing interactions between people and wildlife could be the trigger for…
About eating meat
The Colorado River and those who depend on it are in trouble. A once-in-a-millennium drought now entering its third decade is shrinking water levels to disturbing numbers. The seven states…
About eating meat
The Colorado River and those who depend on it are in trouble. A once-in-a-millennium drought now entering its third decade is shrinking water levels to disturbing numbers. The seven states…
Coddling kids does them no good
I’m glad I’m not raising kids today, and not just because I am old enough to be a grandfather by now. I am worried that the new generation, the kids…
Not the Chaucer You’re Looking For
I received a couple of new Chaucer books recently and, despite my love of reading Chaucer, frankly, I was disappointed by both. My expectations for both greatly exceeded what little…
WHAT KIND OF VOTER WILL YOU BE IN MAY?
We are all starting to come to grips with the importance of the May Alberta election. According to polls, it is very difficult to say now if the UCP or…
WHAT KIND OF VOTER WILL YOU BE IN MAY?
We are all starting to come to grips with the importance of the May Alberta election. According to polls, it is very difficult to say now if the UCP or…
WHAT KIND OF VOTER WILL YOU BE IN MAY?
We are all starting to come to grips with the importance of the May Alberta election. According to polls, it is very difficult to say now if the UCP or…
60,000 can’t be all wrong! Well, they can, I guess.
60,000 followers. Watch out, @taylorswift13. I'm in your rear view. pic.twitter.com/JTG1HLRXuF — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 17, 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa says Human Rights Commission discriminated against its Black employees #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3mYxm6A – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…