Tax Fairness: A Doubtful Prospect
Recently I wrote a post expressing doubt that the tax treaties signed by Stephen Harper at the urging of big business will not in any way be amended by Justin…
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Anyone Who Refuses To Connect The Dots Here
... will never accept the fact of climate change:Want more information on the dangers posed by algae blooms? Click here.And just remember, sports fans, these are only the preliminary rounds.Oh,…
The News Keeps Gettting Worse
In a column on Tuesday, environmental blogger Robert Scribbler noted that the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream had merged with the Southern Hemisphere Jet Stream.“It’s the very picture of weather weirding…
A Post Fact-Checking World?
That seems to be the opinion of Donald Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord, who offers this view: I honestly don’t think this ‘fact-checking’ business ... is anything more than one more…
Sustainability Needs To Be More Than Just A Word
A Star letter-writer has an insight on sustainability well-worth sharing: Re: Canada a model for sustainable forestry, Letter June 19Reading the response to Thomas Walkom’s editorial from Forest Products Association…
Kool-Aid, Anyone?
Unless you have taken a strong slug of a particular Kool-Aid, I suspect you will be suitably appalled by the following. Indeed, the responses of the folks who were asked…
And Now, Another Word From The Truly Insane
Stephen Anderson, I see, is back at it. You may remember the hate-filled screed that this truly insane evangelical launched into following the Orlando massacre, one that was subsequently taken…
May This Day Never Come
I pray we never get to the day when scenes like the following become so commonplace that we regard them with only the passing interest we might today express in…
Our Unfathomable Equanimity
While the world convulses and gyrates over the results of the Brexit vote, I can't help but wonder why not even a scintilla of that passion can be brought to…
I’ve Seen Fire, And I’ve Seen Rain
I readily admit that I am transfixed, awed and horrified by these now-regular reports of unfolding climatic disaster. Yet our hubristic selfishness continues unabated. Why? Is this humanity's fatal flaw?Recommend…
The Perspective Of Age
I suspect that much of the wisdom attributed to old age is the perspective that the years bestow. Having lived a certain length of time, it seems inevitable that people…
Donald Trump: A Searing Assessment By A Legendary Journalist
Appearing on CNN’s Reliable Sources, legendary journalist Carl Bernstein ripped into presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, calling him America’s first major party “neofascist.”The former Washington Post reporter who was…
"They’re Coming": A Paranoid NRA Interpretation of The Orlando Massacre
A little something to disturb your Father's Day celebrations: In the wake of the massacre at Pulse night club in Orlando, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre…
On Gun Control
Before it degenerates near the end with Bill Mahar expressing his usual prejudices about Islam, this clip from his show is well-worth watching. Guests discuss gun control.The HBO Real Time…
I Kmow You Are Probably Tired Of This
.... but I suspect that our earth is growing even more weary:Recommend this Post
An Impressive Debut
I don't feel much like writing lengthy posts these days. In the final analysis, as my literary friend Hamlet would say, they are just "words, words words." However, every so…
The Christian Wrong
That, I humbly submit, should be the new name for the Christian right. They are wrong and depraved morally, ethically, theologically and humanly. It should be a source of collective…
Glad I’m Not An American
Fellow Canadian Samantha Bee articulates the reasons for my gratitude:Recommend this Post
There Is So Much Truth Here
Unfortunately, few seem to want to hear it:Recommend this Post
In Memory Of …
H/t The Toronto StarRecommend this Post