The most important history lesson
Alberta’s pursuit of a new K-12 public school curriculum has been a long slog. An ambitious curriculum re-development project was initiated by a Progressive Conservative government in 2008. The project…
March 2024
Ending fossil fuels benefits all
Many people in Canada are employed in fossil fuel industries. Were production of carbon-laden, climate damaging products to decline or end, many towns would be disrupted. However, quality of life…
My latest: taxing in the rain
A rain tax. Seriously, they want to tax the rain. Before we get started on the latest insanity to, um, seep out of Toronto’s municipal government, let’s give credit where…
The History American Politicians Try To Keep Hidden
I have done a great deal of reading in the past couple of years on The Civil War, slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow laws that followed it, Black Codes, and…
Wisdom That Will Be Missed
On the day of Brian Mulroney’s state funeral, Catherine McKenna writes that Brian Mulroney was wise in a way that today’s Conservatives aren’t: In 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and…
Motel Medicine is a logical and predictable result of health care policies Alberta’s UCP continues to push
The Alberta motel medicine scandal that was still unfolding yesterday with the premier’s revelation 39 more discharged hospital patients were being housed in Leduc hotels by the same company as…
On Television Part 3 – Cutting The Cord, Where We Ended Up
The Fifth Column first talked about “cutting the cord” in June 2019 in my post On Television that looked at the history of television from broadcast TV and rabbit ears…
On Television Part 3 – Cutting The Cord, Where We Ended Up
The Fifth Column first talked about “cutting the cord” in June 2019 in my post On Television that looked at the history of television from broadcast TV and rabbit ears…
Musical interlude
Texas King – Whatever You Break
Identifying methane emissions accurately
Dr. Volts, writer and researcher David Roberts, provides climate change information that is useful and understandable. His March 22 contribution is What’s the deal with these methane satellites? Roberts interviewed…
The Curly Head Ballet
In The Curly Head Ballet Natasha finds herself in a village of fairy spirits where she learns to dance. The Curly Head Ballet is a 32 page original story told…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Maximilian Kotz et al. study the foreseeable effect of the climate crisis on the cost of food, and find that increased global warming…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 23, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Staff recommend pilot that allowed alcohol drinking in some Toronto parks be made permanent #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/2fj6ha5t – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
NDP motion on Palestine a step forward, but not nearly enough
NDP MP and Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson rises to introduce a motion on the situation in the Middle East, Monday, March 18, 2024. Photo courtesy Heather McPherson/X. On March…
what i’m reading: operation paperclip: the secret intelligence program that brought nazi scientists to america
Many years ago, I wrote about how the label conspiracy theory is used to shut down inquiry and squelch the questioning of authority: two words, part one, two words part…
what i’m reading: operation paperclip: the secret intelligence program that brought nazi scientists to america
Many years ago, I wrote about how the label conspiracy theory is used to shut down inquiry and squelch the questioning of authority: two words, part one, two words part…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 25, 2010 via Wise Law Blog
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 25, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: On Health Care Reform, Sex Offenders and Viagra https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-health-care-reform-sex-offenders-and.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Mr. Mulroney’s Legacy
Willy Loman – Death of A Salesman Brian Mulroney – Late Canadian Salesman In a previous post, I discussed what I considered to be one of the shortcomings of the…
Happiness is… (2024 edition)
Overall, Canada ranks 15th in the World Happiness Report, although it is first among nations with populations of more than 30 million. However, when the happiness of citizens under age…
UCP and AHS desperately search for scapegoat to make motel medicine meltdown go away
Based on the dismal performance of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos at a news conference yesterday morning, it is clear the United Conservative Party…