Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 28, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 28, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Why are so many federal inmates dying shortly before their release date?How AI,…
July 2025
Answering a seven-year-old rhetorical question: Why Canada needs to outlaw freelance ‘diplomacy’
Back in 2018, I asked, “Do we need a Canadian version of the Logan Act to put a stop to dangerous freelance diplomacy?” The proximate cause of this rhetorical query…
I’m Supposed to Write a Blog Post Today
When I rebooted this blog in the fall of 2018 I made a commitment to post at least once a month and so far I have kept that promise to…
I’m Supposed to Write a Blog Post Today
When I rebooted this blog in the fall of 2018 I made a commitment to post at least once a month and so far I have kept that promise to…
The Door Is Slamming Shut
I have been retired from teaching high-school English for almost 20 years. When I look back, I realize how fortunate I was to have been able to spend the bulk…
The Real Gulf of America
Between Canada and Mexico exists an ever-darkening expanse of medieval terror in a place we can reasonably refer to as the Gulf of America.
Sunday Funday: How about those BlueJays? The lighter side of the news – Coldplay memes, Hunter’s interview. And some more funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
How about those Jays! ...The Blue Jays’ spectacular second half continued as they picked up their seventh win in eight games since the all-star break, and took over top spot…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Charlie Angus discusses how MAGA is recognizing the effects of Canada's resistance - so long as our leaders don't sell us out. - But…
Canada, tweeting from the sidelines
When a country doesn’t matter militarily or diplomatically, when no one is sharing intelligence with it anymore, all that it has left are…empty words, basically. Piety and preaching. That’s it.…
Homelessness and supportive housing in Alberta
I recently organized a homelessness study tour of Edmonton and Calgary for the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness. Here’s a ‘top 10 overview of the study tour:https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-and-supportive-housing-in-alberta/
Carney is in no hurry to sign a bad US trade deal
As August 1 approaches, the Trump administration is announcing eleventy-billion trade deals and patting themselves on the back about how gosh-darn terrific they are. And if you believe that, maybe…
Musical interlude
Rainshow - Aurora
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
My Ethical AI Principles
Sign posted in the common kitchen at the campground in Selfoss, Iceland, where this article was written I understand. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology unlike any we've seen before.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Harj Narulla weighs in on the effects of the International Court of JUstice's determination that countries can be held liable for contribution to a…
On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
Very Depressing; Very Strange: American Pedocon Theory
To people who aren’t in the MAGA cult, it’s been very worrying that tens of millions of Americans are willing to overlook the Orange Menance’s convictions for fraud, and his…