Time for a walk in the snow?
I believe Justin Trudeau has made quite a decent prime minister, certainly at least a major improvement over his predecessor. The only important disappointment for me was the betrayal of…
2023
Thursday Night Cat Blogging
Cat in perspective.
Big Fedi, Small Fedi – Where I Stand
On reading Evan Prodromou’s post Big Fedi, Small Fedi my response was a glib “I’m happy with small fedi but I’m fine with big fedi too.” But my feelings are…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jessica Wildfire offers a reminder of the breadth and depth of harm continuing to be caused by COVID-19. Julia Doubleday calls out…
The Boiling Frogs Timeline
Globally, Covid cases rose by over 50% in the past month! This article that reported the stats, mistakenly says the WHO “officially declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide…
Debunking Poilievre’s housing ‘documentary’
Still from Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s mini-documentary, “Housing hell: How we got here and how we get out.” Image from YouTube. “Housing Hell,” Pierre Poilievre’s mini-documentary on the housing…
Justin’s Journey.
It might not please all Canadians that our prime minister is staying the course and sticking around for another election. I have listened to his claims of certitude and I…
New Year’s wishes for 2024
Maybe I’m getting too old to change, but rather than making resolutions for the New Year, I decided to do wishes instead. My number one wish, of course, is health…
Eating on the road: Steak Frites at Liverpool House in Montreal
In November, I took a long weekend to enjoy a few days in Montreal. It's so near to Ottawa but I'd never really had time to just explore and enjoy…
Eating off the Hill: Steak Frites at Liverpool House in Montreal
In November, I took a long weekend to enjoy a few days in Montreal. It’s so near to Ottawa but I’d never really had time to just explore and enjoy…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates December 26, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Origins
As we go are in the holiday season, I want to take some time to reflect on my upbringing and how it guided me into public office in the first…
On the Fog of Covid
There’s nothing normal about our lives right now. Simple precautions could change the rate of illness, disability, or death, but that would mean leaders opening themselves to lawsuits if they…
‘Bring It Home.’
What does “Bring it home” mean to you? Does Mr. Poilievre’s keynote slogan have specificity for you? Is it a meaningful political doctrine? Or, is it just another vague slogan…
AlbertaPolitics.ca as its 17th year of publication begins: we need to talk, Dear Readers
This blog commences its 17th year of publication today, which makes it something of an institution in Alberta political commentary. The blogger in 2023 (Photo: Daniel St. Louis). On Christmas…
My latest: 2023’s political winner
Picking the big winner of 2023 is easy. It’s Pierre Poilievre. At year’s end, the fledgling Conservative leader is a winner not simply because he is leading in the polls.…
Today’s tonic: “Will Dumb Hitler provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?”
Today’s tonic: “Will Trump provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?” by Simon Blumenthal of the Guardian. “Donald Trump’s packing of the supreme court, to which he…
Will They Convict Him?
Donald Trump doesn’t read books. He probably doesn’t even read memos. But he does read polls. And the polls are saying something interesting. Norm Eisen, Celinda Lake and Anat Shenker…
What Seems Impossible Can Become Inevitable
George Monbiot talked with journalist Rachel Donald of Planet Critical. In a nutshell, Monbiot has many views in common with Chomsky: People with the money have become the people with…
Boxing Day Blues.
Americans missed out on this one. The celebration on December 26, of Boxing Day that originated in England, never caught on in the American colonies. It is understandable, when you…