Happy Mother’s Day and other comedy bits
I liked this New Yorker cartoon -- says it all. I also saw this thread on X and yes, I could appreciate this sentiment:Anyone who has ever worked in food…
May 2024
Happy Mother’s Day and other comedy bits
I liked this New Yorker cartoon — says it all. I also saw this thread on X and yes, I could appreciate this sentiment: Anyone who has ever worked in…
What’s a CEO worth?
Some French lawmakers are pursing a goal that needs to be more widespread. They are seeking to cap pay for corporate executives at 20 times the earnings of a company’s…
Canada is not a world leader on climate
I won’t be much affected by climate change, but my grandchildren will pay a very high price. For older folks like me, watching this country do the wrong things for…
My latest: the loneliest country in the world
JERUSALEM – One of the first things you notice about this country, when you come here, is the people. Not the beautiful sights, so much, these days. The people. At…
Self Organizing Criticality: Slowly, then All at Once
Alex Walker, Climate Finance Program Manager at Environmental Defence, wrote about spotlighting and mythbusting this week’s government studies on climate change and finance: “The Senate Banking commmittee had a study…
Today’s warning: “EXPLAINER – Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like”
"EXPLAINER - Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like" As we surge forward, expecting everyone else to pay to stop the effects of climate change.…
Today’s warning: “EXPLAINER – Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like”
“EXPLAINER – Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like” As we surge forward, expecting everyone else to pay to stop the effects of climate change.…
How far we have fallen
Hamas military wing logo projected on the side of a building at the University of Toronto last night.
From Israel to here
Back home from Israel. Photo: where Hamas came into Kfar Aza on Oct. 7. I’m on the spot where they killed 20 young people before killing many more. Jews and…
A timely message to our many anti-woke friends and acquaintances: Sorry about yer Rex Murphy!
Back in the day when the Calgary Herald was still a real newspaper with a newsroom, dozens of reporters, and a capital T in the first word of its title,…
Musical interlude
The Ambientalist – Lost Language
Boy names for 2023, from Aabnay to Zyre
Last week, I took a look at the interesting names given to children-assigned-female-at-birth, formerly known as girls. This week, let us peruse the 6,630 different boy names of 2023. The…
Taking Sides
H/t Theo MoudakisA new report finds a dramatic rise in antisemitism in Canada since the Hamas attack in Israel provoked a protracted, ongoing invasion of Gaza, thus far killing over…
Taking Sides
H/t Theo Moudakis A new report finds a dramatic rise in antisemitism in Canada since the Hamas attack in Israel provoked a protracted, ongoing invasion of Gaza, thus far killing…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Orders Money Mart to Pay $30,000 for Failure to Investigate Harassment http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/ontario-human-rights-tribunal-orders.html –…
In blow to Canadian mining companies, Ecuador rejects international arbitration
Members of Mujeres Amazónicas, an Indigenous environmental rights collective, march in Quito, Ecuador. Photo courtesy Mujeres Amazónicas/Instagram. On April 22, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa held a public referendum on 11…