Canada is still blocking aid to Afghanistan
A Taliban soldier in Kabul, August 21, 2022. Photo by Callum Darragh/Wikimedia Commons. It has been almost three years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. Since then, the United…
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Willy Loman Lives
One of the plays I most enjoyed teaching during my career was Death of a Salesman. It told the tale of a salesman, Willy Loman, who lived a delusional life,…
Willy Loman Lives
One of the plays I most enjoyed teaching during my career was Death of a Salesman. It told the tale of a salesman, Willy Loman, who lived a delusional life,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Rohan Best, Fatemeh Nazifi and Han Cheng study the effects of carbon pricing, and find that charges attached to carbon pollution also help…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rohan Best, Fatemeh Nazifi and Han Cheng study the effects of carbon pricing, and find that charges attached to carbon pollution also…
My latest: good guys 2, bad guys 2
Good guys: 2. Bad guys: 2. No, that’s not a statistical summary of the Stanley Cup Final. The Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers are just getting started. It is,…
America cherishes military service
Joe Biden knows it. Donald Trump is about to learn it. Watch.
Legal Post of the Day: June 7, 2024
#LegalPostoftheDay: What you need to know about a potential TTC strike on Friday #law #legal #lawpost via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/5eshpx4w – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Less can mean more: Reducing energy consumption to manage the climate crisis
To change the way we consume energy, we must shift the way we think about the economy, writes Cassandra Jeffery. Image courtesy Rijksmuseum/Flickr. I wrote a first version of this…
An Early Vacay
Perhaps the aging infrastructure at Queen's Park cannot handle the heat that builds up in the legislature. Perhaps that is why Doug Ford has decided that all MPPs deserve an…
An Early Vacay
Perhaps the aging infrastructure at Queen’s Park cannot handle the heat that builds up in the legislature. Perhaps that is why Doug Ford has decided that all MPPs deserve an…
The Dark Secret That Will Bring The Fascists Down
Epstein Island is the tip of the iceberg. Watch this interview, below, on the now undeniable, documented fact, that the US is now the biggest trafficker in child sex slaves…
Thr MAGA Mob
Michelle Goldberg writes that Donald Trump’s Maga Mob has embraced criminality. She refers to a recent interview with Peter Navarro from his Florida jail cell: This week, Breitbart interviewed the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from October 29, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from October 29, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Family Law: Court of Appeal Rules Superior Court Judges May Request, But Not Order, Children’s Lawyer…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.This…
Living in a False Reality
Without testing or wastewater data warning us of rising cases of viruses in our regions ahead of time, we can only look to excess deaths after the fact. Bleak times.…
Reviled no more, Alison Redford edges toward rehabilitation with appointment to Crown corporation’s board
Welcome home, Alison. All is forgiven. Gary Mar, the affable front-runner defeated by Ms. Redford in 2011 (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Well, maybe not everything. Behave yourself, though, and there…
Good news from India
Having just posted bad news about democracy, specifically the loss of Hong Kong to Xi Jinping’s autocracy, I read some good news. In India’s recent election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Facts Matter: on June 6, always remember them
And never forget that the fight against hatred isn’t over.