My latest: don’t assume, Team Tory
You can’t assume anything in politics. That’s a Tip O’Neill truism. He had lots of them. Thomas P. O’Neill was a Democrat, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives…
April 2024
Chasing the Sun, for a Glimpse of Totality
Totality as seen in Mena Arkansas on April 8, 2024. A composite of 9 images taken at different exposures This was supposed to be an easy eclipse to watch. I…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 10, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Near-Total Abortion Ban Enacted in 1864 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/5cyk84ad – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Small Minds And Big Power
It will probably come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I have a rather low opinion of our species. There are too many small-minded people thinking…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Dying without a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
Today’s lament: “Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario” by Max Fawcett
Today's lament: "Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario" by @maxfawcett 'There’s fierce competition in the unofficial race for Canada’s most dangerous premier, with Alberta’s Danielle Smith deliberately destabilizing her province’s…
Today’s lament: “Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario” by Max Fawcett
Today’s lament: “Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario” by @maxfawcett ‘There’s fierce competition in the unofficial race for Canada’s most dangerous premier, with Alberta’s Danielle Smith deliberately destabilizing her province’s…
Learning to campaign, for real
In the year following Frank’s nomination, I expressed an interest in getting involved with his campaign and helping him win the eventual by-election. It took a lot of patience, taught…
Non-profit news is also infected by corporate ‘pink slime’ in US
“Pink slime’” journalism is a murky world of partisan websites and print outlets that deceptively pose as local news to push political candidates and parties. Photo by lane Becker/Flickr. The…
The Recovery War Room: Best practices if ideologically acceptable, but not necessarily best practices
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government tabled legislation yesterday to establish its previously announced Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence, which appears to be the drug-treatment equivalent of the UCP’s notorious Alberta…
Conservatives, party of the poor?
That headline is one I thought I would never write. “Conservatives, the party of the poor”—you must be joking. But that, in fact, is what a recent survey by Angus…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tabled cat.
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 9, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canadian DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads, but it kept selling them #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/m92mx66y – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cory Doctorow discusses the inherent impossibility of trying to build any public good on an economic system centered on selfishness: This is…
A Weird, Weird World
Fifty years ago, Louis Armstrong had a big hit singing “What A Wonderful World.” That song doesn’t characterize the world we live in. Susan Riley writes: Anyone looking for evidence…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Severance entitlements of long-term employees
In 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a 65-year-old civil engineer who had been employed for 40.66 years. In exceptional circumstances…
Wisdom is timeless
Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice for 23 years from 1916. He was nominated by Woodrow Wilson but the President’s choice was hotly contested. Writing for the…
Danielle Smith squirms at thought of Jason Kenney’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act used against her allies
You might be tempted to think Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was on the right track with her obvious discomfort at the thought of her predecessor’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act being…
My latest: the Super Bowl for nutbars
ST. ELIZABETH PARISH, JAMAICA – Jamaica wasn’t really the best place to see the eclipse on Monday. For one thing, it’s way too far from what the scientists were calling…