Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.
How can we always tell when Ontario premier Doug Ford is lying to us? It is when he announces a program for the third time. He has found out that…
2023
I’m so tired of Teh Stupid!
The question asked by nations around the world in 2016 was “Why is US politics so stupid?” because America’s idiotic Electoral College system allowed Trump to become president even though…
Political Interference in the Administration of Justice (Again!)
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”—Proverb, originated 1562 Did you catch all that? Premier Smith has been all over the airwaves saying that regardless of what…
Russell Banks, John Brown and the American soul
“Russell Banks.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The deep malaise that defines American society—the rage, despair and widespread feelings of betrayal and loss—is rarely captured and almost never explained in the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Browne examines the differences between the Kraken variant and the forms of COVID-19 which have come before. Char Leung, Li Su…
Poilievre In Quebec
You might think that a French Canadian, fluently bilingual leader might improve the Conservatives’ prospects in Quebec. Chantal Hebert writes that’s not happening: The latest Conservative leader has his work…
The Power of Populism.
It is not all that surprising that most politician’s today want to be seen as populist. We all want to walk the walk and talk the talk. We want to…
Texas businessman, world traveller, decides not to seek re-election in rural Alberta riding
A United Conservative Party backbencher caught up in the Alohagate pandemic travel scandal in the first hours of 2021 and seldom seen in his own riding has acknowledged reality and…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Hannah Davis et al. review what we know so far about long COVID – and how much work remains to be done in…
Unmasked People, Unmasked in Their Own Way
I think masks separate us like the families in Tolstoy’s famous opening line of Anna Karenina. You know the one: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy…
A Cautionary Tale
What, Me Worry? The ‘braintrust’ in the Doug Ford government has decided that the way out of our healthcare crisis is to
Saturday Photo: The First Books Arrive….
Wednesday the first copies of my new book, Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters arrived. Most appropriate as storms batter California, destroying beaches and bridges and badly-sited houses.…
The Just Transition Act
There is a huge battle brewing in the West. Gary Mason writes: In the 2019 federal election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party announced that if elected, the government would introduce the…
Pondering the Political Phoenix.
How many times over the years have we heard speculation about this or that political party being able to raise itself from the ashes? Would the federal conservatives ever survive…
What a week!
Sad news from all over today: Jeff Beck, Robbie Bachman, Lisa Marie Presley … gone. ☹️ Life is fragile folks. pic.twitter.com/XJ7FVj7pJu — Larry Updike (@LarryUpdike) January 13, 2023 In other…
Ah, Imprecision! Carry On, Prosecutors! Danielle Smith takes it all back in clarification
As predicted in this space yesterday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has now clarified her statement of the day before about contacting Crown prosecutors “on a regular basis” to ask if…
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities – The Ghost
Why we do not need to nationalize health care in Canada
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade/Unsplash The following article is a response to “Why we need to nationalize health care in Canada” by Taylor C. Noakes, published in Canadian Dimension on…