Meme Monday #14
All men think about the Roman Empire is a meme I've covered before. This comic takes things a bit further and implies all men have a particular empire they obsess…
February 2025
Sawmilling turncoats
Canfor sawmill. Photo by Larry Lamb/Wikimedia Commons. With the Americans attempting to undermine our sovereignty with a trade war, it turns out our biggest forestry companies are helping them. ...
Taking housing policy solutions to their failure point
Photo by Alan Harder/Flickr Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis Carolyn Whitzman UBC Press, 2024 Carolyn Whitzman has all the answers. She has a plan to fix ...
Think tank pushes more bad ideas to help ‘fix’ Canada’s news media
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts the Public Policy Forum’s testimonial dinner in Toronto, April 20, 2017. Photo By Adam Scotti/PMO. Any report published by a so-called “think tank” should be…
Taking a step back
So now, in this Year of Our Lord 2025, let's look at where are we at. In Canada, by mid-March, we will have a new federal Liberal leader - I…
Geothermal — clean, non-destructive renewable energy
Traditional geothermal failed to produce clean heat and electricity for the people of the German town of Geretsried. But now Calgary's Eavor Technologies, using directional deep drilling technologies developed in…
Two cheers for Don Getty, who gave Alberta the Family Day long weekend in February
Happy Family Day! The winters around here are long. T.S. Eliot may have reckoned April was the cruellest month, but anyone from Alberta knows it’s February, season of the original…
Defenders of democracy must speak out
I told Michael James, the writer recently featured here, that I wished more journalists had the strength of character to oppose authoritarianism now threatening democracy. Doing so involves professional risks…
Happy (Canadian) Family Day
On the third Monday in February eight Canadian provinces will celebrate a special day. Alberta, BC, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan call it Family Day. Manitoba celebrates Louis Riel Day;…
Dig it Doug out
That little red snow shovel
CFP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dominic Cardy
This post is a bit late as the Canadian Future Party has already chosen their leader at their founding convention. I did still want to do a profile on Dominic…
The Musk Dynasty Will Be Hereditary
It’s abundantly clear now that the President of the United States is Donald Trump in name only, and that this show is being run by Elon Musk.
Is democracy doomed in North America?
With the Musk/Trump administration ripping huge holes in America's social safety net, it is frightening to observe how major media properties have sagged onto bended knees to pay homage to…
Weekend funny stuff: The ridiculous weather: Our ridiculous politics; and Animal Crackers
Our weather here on the Prairies has been generally awful this winter -- cold cold and more cold, week after week since November.Well, its going to be a little more…
Michael James update…
Mr. James posted a follow-up to the short essay he recently published on Facebook. His first piece was shared tens of thousands of times, but it attracted many hateful responses.…
Liberal leadership: my take
Me on Unpublished Cafe on the Liberal leadership and the Mango Mussolini.
Dry January was easy. De-Trumping will be hard
Last month, I decided to go the ‘Dry January’ route and abstain from alcohol. It really wasn’t that hard, since my alcohol intake consists of one reasonably priced beer a…
Demagoguery
On the information platform Medium, Jack Dallaire describes himself: "Former tech CEO turned journalist-in-training. Psychology degree holder with a mission to uncover how tech giants are shaping a digital dystopia."…
Be the People…
Michael James is a widely published journalist who lives in New York. He posted the following on Facebook and I think it is worth repeating.