The Ideological Cant of the Cons.
It must be so easy to be a conservative. The ideology saves you from the danger of too much thinking. You have to believe that people such as Donald Trump…
2023
Demetrios Nicolaides’ red-tape plan for post-secondaries is about dominating free speech on campus, not defending it
Notwithstanding the inevitable rhetoric about defending “free speech” on campus, it’s worth remembering that’s not the reason for Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ planned homework assignment for Alberta’s post-secondary institutions.…
Dating for Dogs
Lots of people discredit the Myers-Briggs as just a horoscope, but it’s significantly different and can be useful in recognizing that we’re all innately different kinds of people. This awareness…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Catherine Albright et al. study how the wide transmission of COVID-19 – due in no small part to the “let ‘er rip” mindset…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 6, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Edmonton Kia dealership breaks ‘all-in pricing’ law in secret shopper test #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Y83dzs – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Call for Art & Essay Submissions for 2024 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoner Calendar
The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar collective is releasing its 23rd calendar in 2024. With twelve pieces of beautiful art and twelve essays, these radical calendars have a…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 6, 2023
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Knowing When It’s Time To Go
In professional sports, in politics, and in life in general, it’s wise to know when to go. Michael Harris writes that some Canadian politicians knew when to leave the stage.…
The Largest GPS Bicycle Reminds us Bicycles are Rad
The most efficient form of transportation is the bicycle, and to remind us how great the two wheeled vehicles are a couple drew a giant bike in Europe. They used…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 6, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 6, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: What you need to know about the decriminalization of possessing illicit drugs…
Public health care is under attack—it’s time to take a stand
Photo by Marcelo Leal/Unsplash Canadians cherish public health care. It’s part of our national identity; a social contract that ensures we’ll be cared for when we’re vulnerable, regardless of the…
Prescription drug insurance: Private profits or public health
Photo by The Javorac/Flickr When Justice Emmett Hall released his iconic 1964 report that paved the way for medicare, he envisaged that after universal coverage for doctors, the next step…
Health care is inefficient, but not because of public spending
Doug Ford’s strategy is clear: defund health care, generate public resentment over its inefficiency, and then privatize. While unfavourably comparing Canada’s health care system to those in Cuba and North…
Nice is Not Enough.
It was disappointing. The coffee in my cup was just lukewarm as I finished reading a page and a half of the Toronto Star the other morning. The overly long…
Woke? What?
Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK): adjective: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)—Merriam-Webster I don’t read publications like the Western Standard or…
REBOOT’S 4-H BETTER VOTER TOOL
This post is part of the series for Alberta Rebooters to consider their personal situation as we approach our voting decisions in the May general election.I’ve posted on the importance…
REBOOT’S 4-H BETTER VOTER TOOL
This post is part of the series for Alberta Rebooters to consider their personal situation as we approach our voting decisions in the May general election. I’ve posted on the…
What about the atheists?
We hear a great deal about religious bigotry these days. Islamophobia so concerns the federal government that it recently appointed an anti-Islamophobia representative—Amira Elghawaby. (Ms. Elghawaby immediately got into hot…
rip russell banks: a belated tribute
I was very sorry to hear that Russell Banks, one of my favourite contemporary writers, died on January 7 of this year. There’s a very short list of authors that…