FAST CAR is a Song About Caregiving
Driving home in a snowstorm today, the song Fast Car came on the radio. I can sing every word because I've loved it since Tracy Chapman first released it in…
2025
Some reading suggestions for the new year
Welcome, dear reader(s) to my annual look at the best books I read last year. I do this not to brag about how many books I read (22, but who’s…
An Excellent Way to Mock Our Prime Minister-In-Waiting
My friend Gary, who I have known since my university days, has a sly wit whenever he comments on politics, both domestic and foreign. He sent me an email about…
Weekend funny stuff: Trump freezes his inaugural off, plus some random posts and animal crackers
First, some funny posts about Trump's inaugural -- we might as well laugh, I guess. Most of us aren't even going to watch, on Monday or ever again. I think…
If I Was Teaching Writing
(Disclaimer: not a professional writer or teacher) If i was teaching writing I would teach that writing is a process. The first step is putting all your thoughts down on…
If I Was Teaching Writing
(Disclaimer: not a professional writer or teacher) If i was teaching writing I would teach that writing is a process. The first step is putting all your thoughts down on…
Poilievre—an authoritarian?
Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre is noted for his iron control of his caucus. Does this... The post Poilievre—an authoritarian? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Musical interlude
Elderbrook - Afters
Chrystia Freeland is needed in the Liberal leadership race….
I'm glad to hear that Liberal MP and former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is running to replace Justin Trudeau as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. She put out…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ed Hawkins offers a visual indication of the unprecedented global warming experienced in 2024 - as well as the paths forward depending on whether…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 17, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Lack of interpreter leads Alberta judge to throw deaf man's sex charges out of court #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/i3TDCDGJqE - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from April 29, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from April 29, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Paralegals and Family Court Representation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/04/ontario-paralegals-and-family-court.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto L...
Trump’s Canadian fever dream
Painting by Tom Freeman showing the burning of the White House after it was set aflame by British troops during the War of 1812. Image courtesy the White House Historical…
Last normal Friday thoughts
The best thing about being a writer is being somewhere and someone quietly comes up to you, and they say something you wrote affected them and stayed with them. Happy,…
My latest: Celebrity apprentices
As is well-known: Ottawa and Washington, D.C. are Hollywood for ugly people. Less-known: using good-looking celebrities to win votes doesn’t always work. Sometimes it even backfires. Case in point: Kamala…
Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights (and wrongs)
The BC NDP remains committed to expanding fossil fuel production. In BC, the industry paid millions of dollars to lobbyists and politicians. The rate of return on that investment was…
Today’s Roundup: announcement from Carney, betrayal from Smith, revenge from Trump, incompetence from the tech bros, and a Roomba story
Carney announces and Canada is deciding. I just hope Carney realizes quickly that he's not going to find any friends in Canada's media. Then again, neither will Freeland.I’m with you,…