Last Summer, Jeremy Appel, one of Alberta’s best young journalists, approached me to ask if I would write a foreword to the book he was completing on Jason Kenney’s big…
Young people are anti-Semitic. Not all of them, of course. But, these days, too many. Polling done since the massacres of October 7 tell a deeply disturbing story: vast swaths…
In my experience, the best activism begins like this.I used to be an activist.Not being actively involved in a grassroots movement, a part of myself is lost. It's an intentional…
BC NDP MLA Selina Robinson speaks during a public Zoom call hosted by B’nai Brith on January 30, 2024. She referred to Gaza as a “crappy piece of land” in…
In my experience, the best activism begins like this. I used to be an activist. Not being actively involved in a grassroots movement, a part of myself is lost. It’s…
Modern Conservatives don’t conserve anything. Max Fawcett writes: Of all Pierre Poilievre’s familiar slogans, there’s one that stands above the rest: Canada is broken. There’s no shortage of irony there,…
Until we redefine prosperity, consumption will continue to drive us down a destructive path (from Joe Tegerdine). People are going to fly to vacation spots to sit in the sun…
The Newtonian-Cartesian paradigm, or world view, of atomistic, dualistic, mechanistic reductionism, is a very recent, 400 year old delusion, a recent blink of the eye, and is now crumbling as…
Some interesting columns this week First, there was this controversy: Isn’t this why Trump voters like him though https://t.co/c0eXBjuKdF — Drew McKevitt (on a hiatus, mostly) (@drewmckevitt) February 2, 2024…
Here is a portion of the video I saw a few weeks ago. It’s what Israel presented at the ICJ. I assume it was released because the victims’ families agreed.…
Everything But The Girl – Caution To The Wind
This is what it is to have children: When The Captain was just only three, we took him to see Monsters, Inc.. His da was concerned it would be Too…
Assorted content to end your week. – Ian Welsh discusses how COVID-19 is the second-most important story in the world – and how our failure to respond with appropriate regard…
That’s all it will take (actually, $12 million more) according to Police Chief Myron Demkiw to keep chaos and blood from running in the streets of Toronto. Reeling from the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from November 10, 2005 via Wise Law Blog: Child Support in Canada – “Days do Not Equal Dollars” http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2005/11/child-support-in-canada-days-do-not.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
“Until the rest of the world gets a clue, you’re not alone – I’m here for you.” CCCAD maskcots We’re halfway through winter, on a caledar at least, but likely…
Welcome to Dry February: You’re probably going to feel the need for a good stiff drink when you realize just how dry things are likely to be in Alberta this…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Stephanie Soucheray examines new research showing that a large majority of respondents have concealed infectious diseases out of perceived economic or social…
