Moral numbness
Writing for The Atlantic magazine, journalist David Brooks comments: There’s a question that’s been bugging me for nearly a decade. How is it that half of America looks at Donald…
July 2025
Terawatts of clean energy
American company Quaise Energy is developing a new way to access the largest untapped energy source available. It will use established production methods of the fossil fuel industry, but the…
A Miller On America
This Facebook post captures the American Zeitgeist. Tragedy with a touch of conspiracy, and lots and lots of child abusers in power, apparently protected from prosecution. Antonia Zerbisias shared this.…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Tom Nichols discusses how the only discernible values behind the Trump regime are those of corruption and retribution. And Toby Buckle writes about…
A Note About Progressive Bloggers
Just a brief note: I was in recent contact with Scott Tribe, who operates the Progressive Bloggers aggregator. It appears that, owing to financial considerations, the website is down for…
Canada gets back to summer as usual — complaining about the Liberals!
(Remembering summer evenings - a mural in Kipling, Sask.)After the breakneck pace of patriotism and panic of the past seven months - Trump's 51st State threats and TACO tariffs, Trudeau's…
Globe and Mail journalist was stalked and photographed by persons unknown for breaking stories about UCP Government
For several days the sordid tale of how a Globe and Mail journalist was stalked and photographed by a person or persons as yet unidentified has been one of the…
We Can Use Container Ships to Sequester CO2
Years of researchers looking into carbon sequestration have concluded two things: 1. It’s far better to reduce emissions than rely on sequestration to avoid climate catastrophe 2. Ocean-based sequestration is…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 21, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 21, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:After Texas Floods, Summer Camps Reassess Safety Measures Amid Parental Concerns Tesla Faces…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 21, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 21, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:After Texas Floods, Summer Camps Reassess Safety Measures Amid Parental Concerns Tesla Faces…
Economic power = political power
The video embedded here is not the least bit critical of its subjects. There is no discussion of wealth building through tax benefits, strategies that eliminate competition, or the use…
Canada’s legal duty to end trade with Israeli settlements
Illegal Israeli settlement encroaching on Bethlehem and Beit Sahour in the West Bank. Photo courtesy The Advocacy Project/Flickr. On June 25, the Irish government introduced the Occupied Territo...
Does a UCP path to victory in the next provincial election run through Edmonton City Hall?
With a steady buzz suggesting Premier Danielle Smith may call an early provincial election in 2026, a path to victory runs through Alberta’s city halls, particularly Edmonton’s. Ms. Smith has…
The “coalition of the willing” steps up
Western Europe has long been a fractious place with war a near constant for millennia.... The post The “coalition of the willing” steps up first appeared on Views from the…
Just swap out MMP for 2030 Greenhouse Gas
Cartoon from March 2024.
Fired
#DougFord #Onpoli #wildfires
Lawn Mowers Are Our Most Pampered Pets
Summer is once again upon us.
Sunday Funday: Some funny cartoons and comments on the passing scene, plus some TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
The passing scene:Because SOMEBODY will have to harvest those US crops! And here's one for all those Republican politicians complaining about immigrants "taking our jobs": View on Threads I gather…