My three favorite reads last year
This was a fun little exercise – pick your three favorite reads from the last year. It’s on a book and author discovery site called… The post My three favorite…
2023
How War In Gaza Should Change The Rules Of War
Current international law on war is largely derived from the fallout of WWII. It’s seen a little bit of trimming around the edges, but for the most part it is…
Carbon Folly
Politicians are chipping away at the carbon tax. Pierre Poilievre wants to “axe the tax” entirely. The situation upsets former environment minister Catherine McKenna. She writes: Life is full of…
Western students must stand up for Palestine
Pro-Palestinian student rally at McGill University, November 9, 2023. Photo courtesy Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill-SPHR McGill/Twitter. As students, we stand as inheritors of our small, delicate planet. One…
On not teaching Palestine
Organizers with Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) gather at York University in Toronto on November 20, 2019. Photo courtesy Independent Jewish Voices Canada. It snowed that morning, but by the…
an obvious life hack: how to make streaming more affordable and still enjoy ad-free viewing
Much ink is being spilled, metaphorically speaking, about the changing trends in subscription-based streaming services. Headlines scream that shows on Netflix and Prime will now include ads, implying that users…
From Childcare to Prisons
There’s a growing and obvious labour shortage in certain fields that all connect to one culprit. But we don’t want be explicit about it. And N95s help as well! As…
Big Plans: Small Minds.
There must be some amused apparatchiks at the Ontario Legislature. These are the conservative ones in the premier’s office, charged with keeping Doug Ford out of harm’s way. To them,…
“Human rights” lawyer spouts B.S.
• Hamas hasn’t killed any Jews outside “occupied territories.” • Firebombing a synagogue may not be anti-Semitic. • A Montreal Imam who called for Jews to be exterminated, didn’t. That’s…
Antisemitic attacks in Canada and elsewhere must be condemned and stopped; Peace and security for Palestinians will never happen as long Hamas terrorists remain in power in Gaza
The horrific attacks on innocent Israeli civilians on October 7th by Hamas terrorist thugs truly shocked me and I continue to reel over the details of the brutality, as well…
Council’s First Year, Part Two
Part two of the series in Collingwood Today about our council’s first year asked “how councillors felt this council has set itself apart from previous Collingwood councils.” As with the…
Premiers can agree not to poach health care workers from one another, but that’s easier said than done
A week ago, Canada’s premiers ended a meeting in Halifax agreeing that they shouldn’t poach health care workers from one another. Nova Scotia Conservative Premier Tim Houston (Photo: Screenshot of…
Effective Altruism
Coming out of the Silicon Valley libertarian sphere, Effective Altrusim is basically little more than 1980s era Reaganomics with a side order of philanthropy to paper over the rotting stench…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 13, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Donald Trump takes the stand to defend his business empire in New…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of November 13, 2023
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We Need to Backtrack and Explain the Disease
Kaveri Roy is an Assistant Professor of Nursing, and she explained how Covid works to her first year students last year in very simple terms, like this: “I teach patho…
Warnings issued and ignored years ago
Had they paid attention to science years ago, political and industrial leaders would have known the world was heading for a crisis. Climate change is widely recognized as an existential…
Trying Trump.
The trial that Donald Trump and his co-defendants are currently undergoing in New York City is not a question of guilt or innocence. The State of New York knows that…
Oddities and funny stuff: from the Valeriepieris circle to a bull riding a motorcycle
First up, the Valeriepieris circle, which is sorta fascinating. Out of a total world population of 8 billion, there are 4.2 billion living in this circle. And this is fascinating…