The Progressive Pope Fallacy
The Catholic Church’s selection of an American not shy to criticise the US administration as their new Pope does not suddenly make the world’s largest tax-exempt corporation a bastion of…
May 2025
Canada needs to tell Alberta we love her….
Here's a snap I took on the Icefields Parkway, during one of our many great vacations in Alberta:We loved those vacations, and we love Alberta.I know that Wexit, AKA Alberta…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Poised cat.
The Honeymooners: The Imaginary Greatness That MAGA Wants to Return To
Ever see The Honeymooners? Unless you’re at least as old as I am, it’s unlikely you ever saw the TV show when it was first broadcast in the mid-50s. It…
Saturday Photo: Le Jardin des plantes etc.
We were in Paris for nearly two weeks. Lovely weather for the most part and many enjoyable experiences. Glad to visit le Jardin des plantes again, which was the reason…
Saturday Photo: Le Jardin des plantes etc.
We were in Paris for nearly two weeks. Lovely weather for the most part and many enjoyable experiences. Glad to visit le Jardin des plantes again, which was the reason…
Guest Post: The zombie Grassy Mountain coal mining proposal never dies because in Alberta the minimum is good enough
Last Thursday, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved a controversial coal exploration project in the environmentally sensitive and beautiful Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The open-pit mining proposal by Australian-owned…
Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Edited transcript of recording by Google Audio Recorder. Slides and audio available here. There will be audio and video of the presentation available for you later. Oh, this is the…
Connectivism and Artificial Intelligence in Education
Edited transcript of recording by Google Audio Recorder. Slides and audio available here. There will be audio and video of the presentation available for you later. Oh, this is the…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman examines the regressiveness and cruelty of the Republicans' planned budget which imposes massive costs on those who already have the least…
Legal News Post of the Day: May 20, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump Has His Law Firms Right Where He Wants Them #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/HLzX6oHqtr - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
My latest: Netanyahu is not Israel
Is Benjamin Netanyahu Israel? Is Israel Benjamin Netanyahu? If you spend a few weeks there, talking to Israelis, the answer is pretty clear: no. To many Israelis, their Prime Minister…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Post for the Week of May 20, 2025
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Finally, A Modicum Of Integrity
The images of the carnage in Gaza are hard to look at. Innocent men, women and children maimed and dead are scenes only the deeply depraved could welcome. And the…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 20, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 20, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Magistrate judge is breathing fire over law firm’s dragon logo on legal pleadingsSeparatist…
Just Keep On Truckin’
I started assembling a post tonight about all the ways that America is sliding into a lawless authoritarian pit, but I couldn't finish it -- because yes, we know that…
Happy Victoria Day & a Few Odds and Ends
Happy Victoria Day! The health of the Canadian Monarchy has had its ups and downs since this blog began. On this blog's 11th anniversary it is nice to see the…
Party fealty—a public curse
The federal Conservatives’ fealty to Pierre Poilievre is puzzling to some. The man never caught... The post Party fealty—a public curse first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…
Today’s other tonic: “ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics?”
Today's other tonic: "ANALYSIS: Did Mark Carney just shake up Ontario Liberal politics? "In removing Nate Erskine-Smith from cabinet, the prime minister might have complicated Bonnie Crombie’s hold on the…