The People Upstairs
The house was old; the house was big – bigger in fact than it had ever been. Not much happened upstairs, in the attic, because the attic was full of…
February 2024
History And Pride
For the past couple of years I have been reading about the antebellum South, the Civil War, and the so-called Reconstruction era that followed. My reading has uncovered a number…
Norway Gamed Oil to Get Rich and Go Green
Norway figured out how to make money from its oil while going green, and other countries should learn this nifty trick. Yes, oil is bad and we need to stop…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: 1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 2. Nobody is…
Asper’s legacy of media control lives on in HonestReporting Canada
Israel “Izzy” Asper and his son Leonard Asper in the early-2000s. Photo courtesy La Presse. One of the benefits of teaching overseas, as I was forced to do for most…
Plague Update: SARS1 2009 News, Viewed from 2022
How many mental health problems seen since the pandemic started are actually blamed on changes in the brains of people infected, and not on some scapegoat like quarantines that kept…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Meghan Bartels interviews Maria Van Kerkhove about the continuing and emerging threats in the fifth year of a pandemic which most of the…
My latest: Belleville’s problem is everyone’s problem
BELLEVILLE – Brian Orford is a Belleville native, age 44. He looks a lot older than that. He looks profoundly sad, like he’s seen it all. He probably has. Brian…
Eating on the road: Breakfast at Olive et Gourmando in Montreal
When I was looking for breakfast spots during my visit to Montreal last year, Olive et Gourmando came up a lot. And just a few blocks walk from my hotel…
CTV gets hammered for credulous reporting of dodgy poll by deceptively named company
Sooner or later, every news organization gets sucked in by a questionable story. Reporter Duncan Kinney of The Progress Report (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Best practice suggests the appropriate way…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 7, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Court allows negligence class-action suit against Ontario LTC minister to proceed #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/27a8bbd9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Eating off the Hill: Breakfast at Olive et Gourmando in Montreal
When I was looking for breakfast spots during my visit to Montreal last year, Olive et Gourmando came up a lot. And just a few blocks walk from my hotel…
Mask Up for Measles!!
The WHO put out this reminder about measles, which is hitting Europe and the UK hard and starting to be seen more in Canada too: I re-did it to bring…
WWCD: What Would Cicero Do?
Throughout his career, Marcus Tullius Cicero fought tyranny, stood up to dictators and bullies, defended the Republic, and paid for his principled stand with his life. He put himself in…
Wise Law’s Satyma Mongia discusses harassment in the workplace and the steps you can take to protect yourself
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Career One: High Tech
My first practical political experience came through my involvement in the world of free software. I stumbled into a career in the community when I was only 18, and spent…
Canada joins Peru’s president in mining push
Peru’s President Dina Boluarte speaks during a televised address. Photo courtesy Presidencia del Perú/X. It’s been barely a year since Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency in Peru, but she is…
The Decline Of The US Empire & The Rising Star Of Mexico
I’ve written extensively and in depth, for decades, in two published books and over a thousand published articles, with tens of thousands of references, on the rapidly shifting state of…