Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andrew Sheng discusses the role of oversimplified assumptions about economic development in exacerbating wealth and income inequality: The American era has been very…
Greg Fingas
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lounging cats.
On consistent patterns
It’s certainly worth being cautious about leadership campaign polling which is met with a challenge almost as soon as it’s first released. But the NDP side of Mainstreet’s new poll…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elizabeth Kolbert comments on the psychology of inequality, and particularly how the current trend in which a disproportionate share of gains goes to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jim Hightower writes about the importance of a popular movement to build the policy foundation for middle- and working-class prosperity. And Doug…
On permanent repercussions
When Trent Wotherspoon first announced that he was considering pursuing the Saskatchewan NDP’s permanent leadership, I pointed out some of my concerns about how his previous tenure as interim leader…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jesse Winter is the latest reporter to tell the stories of a few minimum-wage workers who will see a raise as a…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Simon Ducatel writes about the unfairness of attacking people living in poverty rather than looking for ways to improve their circumstances: (I)n the…
Musical interlude
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
On last chances
I’ll offer one last reminder that tomorrow at 5 PM is the membership deadline for the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership race. Sure, the Saskatchewan Party will soon be deciding on a…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Kenneth Rogoff writes about the dangers of presuming that economic growth (at least in stock markets if not wages) can withstand political upheaval.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Comfy cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bernie Sanders comments on the need to take back political power from the wealthiest few: Now, more than ever, those of us…
Leadership 2018 Links
The latest from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign as the entry deadline has passed and the membership deadline approaches. – While I haven’t tracked endorsements all that closely, it’s certainly worth…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Axel von Schubert notes that the effect of Donald Trump’s giveaway to his billionaire buddies will be to turn the U.S. into a…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Julian Cribb reports on new research as to mass exposure to chemicals and pollutants: Almost every human being is now contaminated in…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Marty Warren highlights why Tim Hortons workers – and other people facing precarious and low-paying work – need union representation to ensure their…
Musical interlude
Philosopher Kings – Charms
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gwynn Guilford discusses how dependence on coal and other resources has left the U.S.’ Appalachian region both poor and ill-equipped for the future…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jerry Dias writes that a new year has already seen far too many examples of corporate greed rampaging out of control. Elizabeth…