Can a Slingshot Down this Goliath?
I read Andreas Malm‘s book, How to Blow Up a Pipeline a few months ago, then watched the movie, and then was reminded of it all again by Abigail Thorn’s…
January 2024
Don’t Cry for Ford Ontario.
Some times you just have to just take it on the chin and carry on regardless. We heard the other day that the Ontario conservatives might not be having a…
As temperatures drop, police and city crews continue rousts of homeless encampments, government pitches winter camping
With temperatures falling and lows below minus-30 degrees Celsius forecast by the middle of next week, Edmonton police and city crews continue to break up homeless encampments in the city…
Why must the Palestinians beg for a country in their own land?
A seemingly eccentric question, one that shouldn’t have to be asked, yet it does because that is the bizarre situation the Palestinians find themselves in. Indeed, many find themselves refugees…
Hate has no home here
True story. Went to introduce myself to new neighbor. She opens door, I extend hand. She won’t take it. Invite her to our neighborhood party. She shakes head. Says Israel…
My latest: little guy, big life
Jean Chretien is turning 90 this week. And what a life he has had. Let me tell you one of my favorite Chretien stories, about just one afternoon in that…
My 2023 books worth reading (and one to avoid)
Happy New Year, readers. And since you are readers, I thought I would give you the New Year’s gift of a list of my favourite books of 2023. (You will…
Virginia Prisoners Hunger Strike at Red Onion State Prison
On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, several prisoners confined at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike to protest the continued use of long-term solitary confinement within the institution.Despite…
Covid Won’t Go Away On Its Own
I’m feeling a bit frantic today (even more than usual) as it’s two days before school opens again, and wastewater indications show we’re really in the thick of it in…
Global Tectonic Shift: The Rise Of China & The Collapse Of The West
To more deeply understand China’s rise, and the decline of the West, see my essay, The Failure Of Propaganda & The Resort To Fascism, which traces the history of the…
Poilievre Protects Polluters.
Some of our pollsters tell us that the conservative leader is making in-roads with voters with his “Axe the Tax” campaign. His very first error in this is that the…
Musical interlude
The Ambientalist – Who We Are
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Brent Appelman et al. study how mental and physical exertion in the midst of a COVID-19 infection can cause long-term damage. Tom Scocca…
AI Drift
I’ve set up a Cloudron installation – it’s currently costing me about $25 per month ($15 for the Cloudron pro license and another $10 for the web server space). I…
"God Made Trump"
I ‘m sorry to report that the American race to the bottom continues. The above is not a satire, but rather a post by Trump on his social media platform…
Political Philosophy & The Future Of Humanity – In A Nutshell
I will be brief. Fuller elaborations I have already made elsewhere. Here is the gist. Excellent talk, this is, in the video linked below, but incorrect here: “Nobody in the…
McKinsey’s Effect on Public Health
Almost two years ago, the Canadian government published a Covid response plan that they appear to be largely ignoring. The 3rd edition of the guide was published in March 2022,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 5, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canada’s Senate ordered to reinstate executive who alleged he was fired because of racism #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/2tfbf234 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
the secret pocket: children’s books on residential schools, reading for reconciliation, and other library things
This post started as a standard "what i'm reading" post. But as I thought about it, I realized that it touches on several other themes that are important to me:…
Israel’s drone age
Unmanned aerial vehicle in Israeli military service. Photo by the Israel Defense Forces/Wikimedia Commons. On January 3, 2020, Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by a US-operated drone attack in…