Just A Reminder
With an election in Ontario next June, Doug Ford has been trying to rebrand himself, somewhat unsuccessfully given his unusual capacity for stepping in it. Nonetheless, a little reminder from…
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But Who Serves The People?
In one of his most significant works, Death of the Liberal Class, Chris Hedges argues that the traditional bulwarks against corporate power no longer fulfill that role. He asserts that…
The Real Joe Manchin
Ever resistant to climate change mitigation measures, ‘Democrat’ Joe Manchin, has succeeded in scuttling most of Joe Biden’s ambitious plans for the environment. It now appears Biden will reduce his…
Good For Mark Cuban
He is an American who gets it: Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban was asked on a sports talk show why he is one of the few owners…
Things Fall Apart
Can a society that regards books as threats survive? I have my serious doubts, doubts you may share after becoming acquainted with the following story, yet another nail in the…
Be Careful What You Wish For
Now that the U.S. has announced its land borders will be open to vaccinated Canadians sometime in November, many, especially snowbirds, are exultant. There are, however, numerous reasons to temper…
A Meme For The Times
This particular meme has been around for awhile now. If you haven’t seen it, I think you will agree that it is particularly germane to the times in which we…
This Is Not A Parody
A little something for those Canadians who pine for the re-opening of the border to Amerika. Rarely have I seen such a sterling expression of commitment and leadership: Recommend this…
Star Readers Weigh In
I like to regularly post letters-to-the-editor that hit targets concisely and precisely. The following meet those criteria. On the subject of the Pandora Papers, her is what one writer thinks:…
The View From Olympus
As I tried to suggest in my post the other day, rich people really are different from us, and people like Justin Trudeau, part of that rarified group, have no…
Just A Quick Note
If you saw yesterday’s post, you might want to go back to it for some updates. The tale is not quite as straightforward as originally reported, but, I think, still…
You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
…especially a man like restauranteur Jody Pendleton, who so loves his freedom that he exercised it by firing all of the staff from his four eateries who have been vaccinated…
They Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
H/t de Adder Canada Justin Trudeau has rightly earned severe criticism for his holiday in Tofino on National Truth and Reconciliation Day. However, in my view there is another very…
Defiance Comes With A Cost
One of the things that riles me more than most is the absolute zeal with which the anti-vaxxers embrace their cause. Call it truculence, call it misplaced zeal, call it…
Thought For The Day
Amen. Recommend this Post
Pardon My Obsession
If you have grown weary of my regular posts about the willful ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, please skip the following. A Texas bar and grill does…
Not So Special After All
Given their passionate intensity, anti-vaxxers must be finding this week’s ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Commission deeply galling. The long and short of it: they are not so special.…
Designed To Fail
H/t Theo Moudakis In his column today, Bruce Arthur offers the opinion that Ontario’s vaccine passport is a half-hearted effort by Doug Ford that seems almost designed to fail. …as…
A Message For Those Who Claim To Be Religious
And if that doesn’t convince you, perhaps this will. Recommend this Post
Some Sunday Wisdom From A Social Seer
To borrow from Ben Jonson’s accolade about Shakespeare, George Carlin was “not of an age, but for all time.” A man not afraid to shake the tree of complacency, he…