2023
To Live in Interesting Times.
Returning home from a visit to Toronto this past week was like returning to a peaceful oasis. Not that Barrie does not have more than its share of construction going…
Farewell to twitter, I guess
Apparently Musk is going to try to start charging for his platform. He simply doesn’t understand Twitter at all – he never did. Its like a pulp and paper company…
What polarization?
Do conservatives like democracy? That may seem like an unfair question. And for many conservatives it may be. Bur it seems there are many who don’t, and they are very…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Stephanie Soucheray discusses new research showing how people with existing health problems are at substantially higher risk of long COVID. And Helen Floersh…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 22, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘It was a mistake:’ Ford reversing Ontario government’s decision to open Greenbelt #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/s9cprz42 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Are We Supposed To Be Grateful?
Make no mistake about it: I am absolutely delighted that the Ford cabal has, albeit quite belatedly, seen the light and is restoring the pilfered Greenbelt lands. But, like puppies…
Clouds In The Future
Politics isn’t just about elections. It’s also about what happens between elections. Doug Ford made that abundantly clear yesterday when he reversed his decision to build houses on Ontario’s Greenbelt.…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 12, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Seven Years of Wise Law Blog https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/04/seven-years-of-wise-law-blog.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Nagorno-Karabakh and the failure of Armenia’s ‘colour revolution’
A billboard in Yerevan featuring the flags of Armenia and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, October 7, 2020. Photo by Garik Avagyan/Wikimedia Commons. Thursday was Armenia’s independence day. This year, however,…
How Canada’s bombing of Libya contributed to the flooding disaster
On September 6, the Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi attended a meeting at the House of Culture in Derna. The meeting was held to discuss the risks that a flood would…
Children Risk More Illnesses after Covid
What every pediatrician in the world needs to read – from tern: Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a really bad thing, isn’t it? I wonder what the…
Reforming Voting.
It seems that too often we are looking at voting methods instead of examining the entire electoral process. There is much more involved in Canadian politics that the voter should…
Wildfires — deadly for some, unhealthy for hundreds of millions
Stanford research reveals the rapidly growing influence of wildfire smoke on air quality trends across much of North America. Wildfire smoke in recent years has slowed or reversed progress toward…
Big state takes on big oil—a lesson for Alberta?
Someone reading this blog might get the impression I take pleasure in hearing about environmental lawsuits against oil companies and their friends. They would be right. I do. And so…
Cultivating Mindfulness While The Climate Emergency Clock is Ticking
This past June I had the good fortune to spend five days on a family kayaking trip in Pacific Rim National Park, off the west coast of Vancouver Island. It…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Adele Waters writes about the large numbers of UK doctors who are suffering from long COVID as a result of their efforts…