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Hello, dear reader(s). Are you ready for one last look back at 2025? I hope so, because that’s this blog’s topic, specifically a list of the best books I read…
January 2026
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Thomas Seal and Derek DeCloet warn about the threat the U.S. poses to Canada - including the risk of becoming even more of…
Today’s News: Comment Roundup on Minneapolis, disinformation, Alberta separatism, Canadian progress, Greenland, Venezuela, Mid-Terms and more
On days like these, where there are so many things going on around the Internets, I want to highlight a few of the comments and commentaries that help us keep…
Alberta has four health ministers, and there’s not been a chirp from any of them about the mess in the province’s Emergency Rooms
Ever since emergency medicine physicians in Edmonton called last Friday for Alberta to declare a state of emergency about the catastrophic condition of the city’s hospital Emergency Rooms, the only…
Well-Said!
I came across this on Facebook, and the Australian who offered this hard-hitting post sets into stark relief what we are contending with today. It is also prescriptive for Americans,,…
Trump is insane, but the Greenland thing is really, really insane
The military don’t start wars. Politicians do. History is littered with proof of that. Old men, with political power, start a war, and young men with no power are sent…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Miguel Xavier discusses the need for social democrats to stop limiting their goals to preserving the status quo, and instead make the case for…
Can the USA be Saved?
The United States’ long experiment with democracy ended last year, just months shy of its 249th birthday since it declared independence from Britain. It quickly transformed itself into an authoritarian…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of January 12, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 12, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 12, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:10 people found guilty of cyberbullying French first lady Brigitte Macron Breaking down…
One individual driving change
MacKenzie Scott is one of the world's wealthiest women, despite living away more than US$19 billion. In 2020, she issued a statement that began with this...
Venezuela against the empire
Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair The United States is descending into a state of general lawlessness, both at home and abroad. From deploying domestic paramilitary units like Immigration and Customs...
Venezuelan heavy oil coming on stream could spell a $9-billion Alberta deficit, former energy minister predicts
Former United Conservative Party energy minister Sonya Savage spoke the truth on Friday when she forcefully suggested on a podcast that without public funding Premier Danielle Smith’s perpetual pipeline project…
Public Interest or Private Profit? Liberal Insider Mike Crawley Plots to Seize the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership
I've never been some well-connected, business-card-waving, lobbyist-registry-joining insider willing to sell access to people I know in the Ontario Liberal Party. Sure, I could've taken that route after 2003 when…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paul Crider discusses how the Trump regime is setting up the U.S. for explosive internal violence - while planning to blame its victims…
The Many Routes To War
It is said that it is darkest before dawn. Unfortunately for us, it is not yet midnight.
You can’t have Housing First without having housing first
Finland is the only country in the European Union where homelessness has been decreasing. The small Nordic country is hailed as a model for homelessness work and Finnish expertise is…
Sunday Funday: Comments on the passing scene, plus funny-odd and funny-ha ha, and of course Trump Watch and Animal Crackers
Well, our times are officially "interesting" now aren't they, so we really need a Funday. (And does everyone get the joke in the wombat cartoon?)I still have to start with…
Saturday Photo: The Trees Are Dancing in the Winter Sun…
Well, perhaps not dancing, but their shadows on the snow this sunny day seem almost exhuberant. Good way to start the New Year. May 2026 be full of good times,…